A natural minor scale
The darker cousin of the major scale: its third, sixth and seventh notes are one key lower.
How to play it
The numbers are your fingers: 1 is the thumb, 5 the little finger.
Right hand
Start on A with finger 1. Going up the fingers are 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Your thumb tucks under after finger 3. Come back down the same way.
Left hand
An octave lower, start on A with finger 5. Going up the fingers are 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1. After your thumb, finger 3 crosses over. Come back down the same way.
Both hands
Play both hands together, an octave apart. The hands change position at different notes, so go slowly and watch the finger numbers.
Songs in A minor
- Für EliseLudwig van Beethoven
- Smooth CriminalMichael Jackson
- BelieverImagine Dragons
- Una MattinaLudovico Einaudi
- One DanceDrake
- Eye Of The TigerSurvivor
- HelloAdele
- Under The Milky WayThe Church
- Fur EliseLudwig van Beethoven
- WonderwallOasis
- HeartlessKanye West
- StayRihanna
- The Point Of No Return (From The Phantom Of The Opera)Andrew Lloyd Webber
- Bad RomanceLady Gaga
- Count On MeBruno Mars
- Across The StarsJohn Williams
- Money, Money, MoneyABBA
- T.n.t.AC/DC
- Hips Don't LieShakira
- Rather BeClean Bandit feat. Jess Glynne
- Where Do I Begin (Theme From Love Story)Francis Lai
- HandclapFitz And The Tantrums
- The Imperial March (Darth Vader's Theme)John Williams
- Evil WomanElectric Light Orchestra
Questions
What notes are in the A natural minor scale?
A, B, C, D, E, F and G, then A again an octave up.
What is the fingering for the A natural minor scale?
Right hand going up: 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5. Left hand going up: 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1. Coming down, the fingers go the other way.
Which songs are in A minor?
Für Elise by Ludwig van Beethoven, Smooth Criminal by Michael Jackson and Believer by Imagine Dragons are among the songs here in A minor.