How To Play a C-Major Scale

 Alright amigos!! I am going to go through the steps of playing a C-Major scale on the piano with your left and right hands. 

Notice: You may need a piano prior to learning. 

Alrighty! Now that you have your piano, let me introduce you to your new best friend! His name is middle C. He's the white key located directly below the Y printed on a Yamaha piano. He is mandatory if you've never really played the piano before. :D 

So lets begin. Place thumb of your right finger on middle C with your other four fingers resting on the follwing white keys. So all your fingers should be on Middle C, D, E, F, and G. Are they all there? Ok. Now play C, D, E..... don't play F yet! This is where it gets tricky!! 





After you've played E with your third finger, slightly lift up your hand allowing your thumb to pass under your second and third fingers. After you've done so, play F with your thumb. As you're playing F, shift all of your fingers over your thumb so that your fingers are now resting on F, G, A, B, and C. From there play the rest of the keys until you hit C. 

Now for the left hand. So, eighty keys down from middle C is your bass clef C, and that is where you'll start with your left hand. Rest your pinky on bass clef C with your other fingers resting on D, E, F, and G. Play all of those notes from pinky to thumb. Now you're probably wondering, where do I go from here? Don't worry! 

The next step is to cross your second and third finger over your thumb, and then play A with your third finger. Then follow that playing B with your second, and then C with your thumb. We are done with the left hand!  

Place both hands on the piano with your left hand starting on bass clef C and your right starting on middle C. Start playing C, D, and E. Now be careful not to forget that sneaky part with the right hand. As you're about to play F with your second finger on you left hand, shift your thumb under your second and third fingers on your right hand and play both F's together. 

After playing F continue with G, and then as you're about to play G with your right hand, cross your third finger over your thumb on your left hand and then play both G's together.

Get your left hand back into position and continue with both hands until you end with your left thumb on middle C and your right pinky on C. 

THAT is how you play a C-Major scale with both hands together.