50 Minor Five-Finger Patterns
Recall the Major Five-Finger Pattern, introduced in Unit 2. It includes the first five notes of the major scale: do re mi fa sol.
C Major Five-Finger Pattern
The Minor Five-Finger Pattern includes the first five notes of the minor scale: do re me fa sol. It’s nearly the same as the major five-finger pattern, with only one difference: the third note is lowered by a half step.
C Minor Five-Finger Pattern
The minor five-finger pattern contains both whole and half steps. Label the whole step(s) with a W and the half step(s) with an H in the blanks below the keyboard.
Using this pattern of whole and half steps, you can build minor five-finger patterns for all twelve keys:
Starting note + whole step + half step + whole step + whole step
You can also think of the major five-finger pattern first, then lower the third note by a half step to find the minor five-finger pattern.
50.1 | Minor Five-Finger Pattern with Tonic Triad
Learn this pattern in all minor keys:
