C major scale, hands separate
Learn the thumb tuck. This is how you play more than five notes without jumping.
- Right hand: after finger 3 plays E, tuck the thumb under to play F.
- Left hand: after the thumb plays G, cross finger 3 over to play A.
- On the way down, reverse the same moves.
Notes as text
- Bar 1
Right hand: Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat. D4, finger 2, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat. F4, finger 1, 1 beat.
Left hand: Rest, 4 beats.
- Bar 2
Right hand: G4, finger 2, 1 beat. A4, finger 3, 1 beat. B4, finger 4, 1 beat. C5, finger 5, 1 beat.
Left hand: Rest, 4 beats.
- Bar 3
Right hand: C5, finger 5, 1 beat. B4, finger 4, 1 beat. A4, finger 3, 1 beat. G4, finger 2, 1 beat.
Left hand: Rest, 4 beats.
- Bar 4
Right hand: F4, finger 1, 1 beat. E4, finger 3, 1 beat. D4, finger 2, 1 beat. Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat.
Left hand: Rest, 4 beats.
- Bar 5
Right hand: Rest, 4 beats.
Left hand: C3, finger 5, 1 beat. D3, finger 4, 1 beat. E3, finger 3, 1 beat. F3, finger 2, 1 beat.
- Bar 6
Right hand: Rest, 4 beats.
Left hand: G3, finger 1, 1 beat. A3, finger 3, 1 beat. B3, finger 2, 1 beat. Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat.
- Bar 7
Right hand: Rest, 4 beats.
Left hand: Middle C, finger 1, 1 beat. B3, finger 2, 1 beat. A3, finger 3, 1 beat. G3, finger 1, 1 beat.
- Bar 8
Right hand: Rest, 4 beats.
Left hand: F3, finger 2, 1 beat. E3, finger 3, 1 beat. D3, finger 4, 1 beat. C3, finger 5, 1 beat.