A Minor Scale on Piano

A Minor: A B C D E F G. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.

Notes

• Notes: A B C D E F G
• Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
• Steps (W whole, H half): W H W W H W W

Same notes as

• C Major

Finding it on the keys

• A is the white key between the second and third of the three black keys
• White keys: A B C D E F G
• Black keys: none

About the Minor scale

• Darker and more serious than major.
• Rock ballads, metal, film scores.
• Its relative major starts on the ♭3 and uses the same notes.

Chords in A Minor

• i: Am
• ii°: B°
• ♭III: C
• iv: Dm
• v: Em
• ♭VI: F
• ♭VII: G

Other instruments

• A Minor on Guitar
• A Minor on Bass
• A Minor on Ukulele

More on A Minor

• A Minor on the circle of fifths
• Chord progressions in A Minor