F♯ 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 F♯ with finger 2. Going up the fingers are 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3. Your thumb tucks under after finger 3 and 3, each time. Come back down the same way.
Left hand
An octave lower, start on F♯ with finger 4. Going up the fingers are 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4. After your thumb, finger 3 and 4 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 F♯ minor
- Billie JeanMichael Jackson
- ExperienceLudovico Einaudi
- Flashing LightsKanye West
- Shape Of My HeartSting
- AirplanesB.o.B. featuring Hayley Williams
- UnstoppableSia
- WonderwallOasis
- Find Your LoveDrake
- SeptemberEarth, Wind & Fire
- Lucid DreamsJuice Wrld
- Final CountdownEurope
- Do What U WantLady Gaga
- Get LuckyDaft Punk
- West CoastLana Del Rey
- No Sound But The WindEditors
- Russian RouletteRihanna
- 1973James Blunt
- I Hate U, I Love UGnash
- White RabbitJefferson Airplane
- Waiting For LoveAvicii
- Into YouAriana Grande
- S.o.s.Rihanna
- Born To Be My BabyBon Jovi
- TwentysomethingJamie Cullum
Questions
What notes are in the F♯ natural minor scale?
F♯, G♯, A, B, C♯, D and E, then F♯ again an octave up.
What is the fingering for the F♯ natural minor scale?
Right hand going up: 2 3 1 2 3 1 2 3. Left hand going up: 4 3 2 1 3 2 1 4. Coming down, the fingers go the other way.
Which songs are in F♯ minor?
Billie Jean by Michael Jackson, Experience by Ludovico Einaudi and Flashing Lights by Kanye West are among the songs here in F♯ minor.