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The B Major Scale

The B Major Scale

B Major Scale Overview

B Major Scale Overview
Keyboard Layout
Staff Layout
Key Signature	Five sharps (F^♯, C^♯, G^♯, D^♯, A^♯)
Notes of Scale	B, C^♯, D^♯, E, F^♯, G^♯, A^♯, B
RH Fingering	1 2 3 - 1 2 3 4 - 5
LH Fingering	4 3 2 1 - 4 3 2 1
Relative Scale	G-sharp Minor Scale
Parallel Scale	B Minor Scale

VIDEO: How to play the B Major scale on the piano

Visualize the B Major Scale layout on the keyboard

The layout of this scale is

B Major piano scale keyboard layout diagram

Read the B Major Scale on the staff

This is what this scale looks like on the staff

B Major piano scale on the staff with fingering — Click image to enlarge

Play the B Major Scale with hands alone

Core positions

B Major Scale chart: Core Positions for the Right Hand:

B Major piano scale chart right hand fingering

B Major Scale chart: Core Positions for the Left Hand:

B Major piano scale chart left hand fingering

Play the B Major Scale with hands together

First sync point

B Major Scale hands together fingering chart

Second sync point

B Major piano scale hands together fingering diagram

Expand the B Major Scale to more octaves

Playing this scale in more octaves

B Major piano scale chart in two octaves on staff with fingering — Click image to enlarge

Avoid common mistakes in the B Major Scale

Common mistakes in this scale are

Other techniques related to the B Major Piano Scale:

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