C Minor Scale on Piano
C Minor: C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭. See every note on the piano keyboard, the scale formula and the chords that fit.
Notes
- Notes: C D E♭ F G A♭ B♭
- Formula: 1 2 ♭3 4 5 ♭6 ♭7
- Steps (W whole, H half): W H W W H W W
Finding it on the keys
- C is the white key just left of the two black keys
- White keys: C D F G
- Black keys: E♭ A♭ B♭
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 C Minor
- i: Cm
- ii°: D°
- ♭III: E♭
- iv: Fm
- v: Gm
- ♭VI: A♭
- ♭VII: B♭