D 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 D 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 D 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 D minor
- PaparazziLady Gaga
- City Of Stars (From La La Land)Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone
- UltraviolenceLana Del Rey
- Hotline BlingDrake
- I'm Still StandingElton John
- In The EndLinkin Park
- He's A Pirate (From Pirates Of The Caribbean: The Curse Of The Black Pearl)Hans Zimmer
- ThrillerMichael Jackson
- Sad GirlLana Del Rey
- Moonlight SonataLudwig van Beethoven
- Davy JonesHans Zimmer
- Dangerously In LoveBeyonce
- Oceans (Where Feet May Fail)Hillsong UNITED
- The Phantom Of The OperaAndrew Lloyd Webber
- Eye Of The TigerSurvivor
- The Sound Of SilenceSimon & Garfunkel
- In-a-gadda-da-vidaIron Butterfly
- FlyLudovico Einaudi
- I Should Have CheatedKeyshia Cole
- Habanera (From Carmen)Georges Bizet
- Careless WhisperGeorge Michael
- FadedAlan Walker
- HappyPharrell Williams
- GrenadeBruno Mars
Questions
What notes are in the D natural minor scale?
D, E, F, G, A, B♭ and C, then D again an octave up.
What is the fingering for the D 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 D minor?
Paparazzi by Lady Gaga, City Of Stars (From La La Land) by Ryan Gosling & Emma Stone and Ultraviolence by Lana Del Rey are among the songs here in D minor.