By Grade 3, students should be quite familiar with playing white-key scales with both hands if they have gone through the grade 2 syllabus. For those who have skipped to grade 3 from grade 1, you would need to work very hard as this is a huge transition from grade 1 scales. For this grade, there are two black-key major scale introduced – B flat major and E flat major. Black key scales uses a completely different set of fingering each from white key scales and thus would require more practice. For slow learners, it is still advisable for parents to learn so that they can guide their children at home.
All scales are to be played 2 octaves, hands together and separately. Same for arpeggios. Those need to be played both hands would require more practice.
To aid in the learning of scales, you may also like to print out Scales Checklist G3
For the scales and arpeggios syllabus of other grades, please click here
D Major Scale
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right hand:
Left hand:
D Major Scale Video
A Major Scale
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
A Major Scale Video:
E Harmonic Minor Scale
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right hand:
Left Hand:
E Harmonic Minor Scale Video:
G Harmonic Minor Scale
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right hand:
Left Hand:
G Harmonic Minor Scale Video
B flat Major Scale
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right hand:
Left hand:
B flat Major Scale Video:
E flat Major Scale
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
E flat Major Scale Video:
B Harmonic Minor Scale
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
B Harmonic Minor Scale Video
C Harmonic Minor Scale
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
C Harmonic Minor Scale Video:
E Major Contrary Motion Scale
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right hand and Left hand, both thumbs starting on E
E Major Contrary Motion Scale Video:
Chromatic Scale beginning on D
Hands together, 1 octave
Right Hand and Left Hand, both thumbs starting on D
Chromatic Scale beginning on D Video:
D Major Arpeggio
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand
Left Hand
D Major Arpeggio Video:
A Major Arpeggio
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right hand:
Left hand:
A Major Arpeggio Video:
E Minor Arpeggio
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand
Left Hand
E Minor Arpeggio Video:
G Minor Arpeggio
Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
G Minor Arpeggio Video:
B flat Major Arpeggio
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
B flat Major Arpeggio Video:
E flat Major Arpeggio
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
E flat Major Arpeggio Video:
B Minor Arpeggio
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
B Minor Arpeggio Video:
C Minor Arpeggio
Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
Left Hand:
C Minor Arpeggio Video:
If you think that this is worth it, buy me a coffee
*updated in 2024
My Piano Teacher 