What scale can you play if you only play the black keys on the piano?

When you are only using the black keys you often like to rest on Gb, that’s because the black keys are the 1,2,3,5 and 6 of the Gb major scale. The major pentatonic scale is very easy to use, because each note will sound good with each other.

Are Black Keys minor?

But a key, as a piano key, as a black or white key by itself, cannot be either major or minor. That refers to the distance between two stepping stones. A black key by itself is just one of those stones.

Is the black key major or minor?

In general, they represent the tones between the notes with letter names (i.e. sharps and flats.) For example if you found the “G” on the keyboard, the black key to the right of the “G” would be G sharp, and the black note to the left of the G would be G flat. We use these notes to help make major and minor scales.

What pentatonic scale is all black keys?

Pentatonic scales found by running up the keys C, D, E, G and A

Tonic	Name(s)	Black keys (the keys on G♭-major pentatonic scale)
1 (C)	Major pentatonic	G♭-A♭-B♭-D♭-E♭-G♭
2 (D)	Egyptian, suspended	A♭-B♭-D♭-E♭-G♭-A♭
3 (E)	Blues minor, Man Gong (慢宮調)	B♭-D♭-E♭-G♭-A♭-B♭
5 (G)	Blues major, Ritsusen (律旋), yo scale	D♭-E♭-G♭-A♭-B♭-D♭

What scale is a piano?

The A-flat major scale consists of the pitches Ab, Bb, C, Db, Eb, F, and G. Its key signature has four flats. The A major piano music scale consists of the pitches A, B, C#, D, E, F#, and G#.

Why are there 5 black keys?

And in the mid 15th century we decided that if you could lower a note with a flat, you could also raise a note with a sharp, so we invented that. The piano wasn’t created until another 300 years later, so it’s always had the five black key arrangement.

What key has G flat?

Flats

Keys	Accidentals
A-flat major / F minor	B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭
D-flat major / B-flat minor	B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭
G-flat major / E-flat minor	B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭
C-flat major / A-flat minor	B♭, E♭, A♭, D♭, G♭, C♭, F♭