How Do You Play A C Scale On Piano?
Learning to play a C scale on the piano is one of the backbones of learning the instrument. The C scale only requires you to depress white keys. Avoiding the black keys at the beginning of your piano studies is important so that you can focus on the form of your fingers and the rapidity with which you glide them over the piano keys. Place your right hand on C4 and your left hand on C3. Place your right thumb on the keys and your left pinkie finger on the keys. Place the other four fingers on the neighboring keys as the C scale ascends. Your hands must be an octave apart from one another. Play the first five notes of the scale, from C to G. As each finger depresses the piano key, pay attention to the height that your fingers are coming off of the keys. It is important that you achieve half an inch of separation between the piano keys and your fingers. This will strengthen the muscles required to play loud dynamics. After playing from C to G, come back down the scale in the opposite orde
