Now here’s what the A flat major scale looks like written for the treble and bass clef (right and left hand): It will still sound like the “do, re, mi” pattern that you may have learned as a child. Take heart though, all of those flats won’t change the way a major scale sounds. As stated before, the key of A flat contains four notes ( B, E, A, and D) that are “flat”, or lowered by one semi-tone. The root of a scale gives the scale its name, so the root of the A flat major scale is A flat. In music, a “major” key is a key with a major third distance between the first note – the “ root” note – and the third, creating music that carries a “happy” sound to our ears. There’s quite a bit more vocabulary to unpack, so we will do so now. An A flat major scale is one such scale set in the tonality of A flat major, a major key containing four flats. Now a musical “scale” is a graduated sequence of notes dividing an “octave”, or set of eight notes.

A Flat Major Scale – Left Hand Fingeringīefore we can dive into how you can play A flat major scale, it’s best we first quickly cover the concept behind scales and why they’re important.

A Flat Major Scale – Right Hand Fingering.

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