D Natural Minor scale on piano

Notes, fingering for both hands, and a free trainer that listens while you practise it. Sad, natural minor — also called the Aeolian mode.

The notes in D Natural Minor

Fingering, one octave

1 is the thumb, 5 the little finger. The pattern repeats for every further octave.

Its relative major shares every note: F major.

Songs in D minor

The fastest way to make a scale stick is to use it on music. These songs sit in D minor:

Every key of the Natural Minor scale

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