Grade 4 Scales and Arpeggios

By Grade 4, students should be very familiar with playing quite a number of white-key major and minor scales with both hands. In this grade, 2 of the black key scales (B flat and E flat major), which are already introduced in the previous grade, will be required to be played both hands. The black key scales uses a different set of fingering each from the white key scales, so more practice would be required to remember them, especially if you have skipped the previous grade.

More arpeggios in Grade 4 are to be played both hands so more practice would be required especially for the black-key arpeggios which also uses a different set of fingering from the white key arpeggios.

All scales and arpeggios are to be played two octaves, hands together and separately.

To aid in the learning of scales, you may also like to print out Scales Checklist G4

For the scales and arpeggios syllabus of other grades, please click here


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right hand:
scale_BbmajRH2
Left hand:
scale_BbmajLH2

B flat Major Scale Video:


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
scale_EbmajRH2 Left Hand:
scale_EbmajLH2

E flat Major Scale Video:


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:

Left Hand:

B Harmonic Minor Scale Video


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
scale_CminRH2
Left Hand:
scale_CminLH2

C Harmonic Minor Scale Video:
 


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
scale_BmajRH2 Left Hand:
scale_BmajLH2

B Major Scale Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:


Left Hand:

F sharp Major Scale Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
scale_AbmajRH2
Left Hand:
scale_AbmajLH2

A flat Major Scale Video



Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:

Left Hand:

F sharp Harmonic Minor Scale Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
scale_FminRH2
Left Hand:
scale_FminLH2

F Harmonic Minor Scale Video:


Hands together, starting with index fingers on E flat, 2 octaves
contrary_Ebmaj

E flat Major Contrary Motion Scale Video:

Hands together, starting with thumbs on C, 2 octaves

C Harmonic Minor Contrary Motion Scale Video:


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:

 Left Hand:

Chromatic Scale beginning on A flat Video:

*Note that the chromatic scale featured in this video is starting on A flat. You are required to start on F sharp for grade 4.


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:  arpeg_BbmajRH Left Hand: arpeg_BbmajLH

B flat Major Arpeggio Video:


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand: arpeg_EbmajRH Left Hand: arpeg_EbmajLH

E flat Major Arpeggio Video:


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:

Left Hand:

B Minor Arpeggio Video:


Hands together, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
arpeg_CminRH
Left Hand:
arpeg_CminLH

C Minor Arpeggio Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand: arpeg_BmajRH Left Hand: arpeg_BmajLH

B Major Arpeggio Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:

Left Hand:

F sharp Major Arpeggio Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right hand:
 arpeg_AbmajRH
Left hand:
arpeg_AbmajLH

A flat Major Arpeggio Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:

Left Hand:

F sharp minor Arpeggio Video:


Hands separately, 2 octaves
Right Hand:
arpeg_FminRH
Left Hand:
arpeg_FminLH

F Minor Arpeggio Video:



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*updated in 2024

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