Scale sheets

Oboe minor scales

All 12 minor scales (natural, harmonic, or melodic) for oboe, one octave up and back down and the arpeggio, with the fingering under every note. Pick the keys you want, or print all 12.
Scales
Range
Minor form
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Keys to show and print (concert minor)
Spelling

The diagram under each note is its fingering. Filled keys are pressed.

Concert A natural minor

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44ABCDEFGAGFEDCBACEAECA

Concert D natural minor

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44DEFGAB♭CDCB♭AGFEDFADAFD

Concert G natural minor

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44GAB♭CDE♭FGFE♭DCB♭AGB♭DGDB♭G

Concert C natural minor

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44CDE♭FGA♭B♭CB♭A♭GFE♭DCE♭GCGE♭C

Concert F natural minor

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44FGA♭B♭CD♭E♭FE♭D♭CB♭A♭GFA♭CFCA♭F

Concert B♭ natural minor

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44B♭CD♭E♭FG♭A♭B♭A♭G♭FE♭D♭CB♭D♭FB♭FD♭B♭

Concert E♭ natural minor

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44E♭FG♭A♭B♭C♭D♭E♭D♭C♭B♭A♭G♭FE♭G♭B♭E♭B♭G♭E♭

Concert E natural minor

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44EF♯GABCDEDCBAGF♯EGBEBGE

Concert B natural minor

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44BC♯DEF♯GABAGF♯EDC♯BDF♯BF♯DB

Concert F♯ natural minor

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44F♯G♯ABC♯DEF♯EDC♯BAG♯F♯AC♯F♯C♯AF♯

Concert C♯ natural minor

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44C♯D♯EF♯G♯ABC♯BAG♯F♯ED♯C♯EG♯C♯G♯EC♯

Concert G♯ natural minor

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44G♯A♯BC♯D♯EF♯G♯F♯ED♯C♯BA♯G♯BD♯G♯D♯BG♯
About scale sheets

How each scale is laid out

Each measure of the scale starts with a quarter note on beat one, then eighth notes, up and back down. The arpeggio follows in triplets, and the scale ends on a whole note. With 2 octaves on, a scale that would go past the range on this sheet is printed in one octave and marked "1 octave".

Natural, harmonic, and melodic minor

Natural minor uses only the notes in its key signature. Harmonic minor raises the 7th note, going up and coming down. Melodic minor raises the 6th and 7th going up, then comes down as natural minor. Coming down, the 6th and 7th each have a courtesy accidental, a reminder that they're back to the notes in the key signature. Each minor scale shares its key signature with a major scale: A minor with C major, D minor with F major, and so on.

Keys with two names

D♭ and C♯ major sound the same, and so do G♭ and F♯, and B and C♭ (and their relative minors). Use the spelling buttons to print the one your music uses.

Practicing scales

Use a metronome. Start slow enough to play every note clean and in tune, and speed up only once you can play the scale twice in a row without a mistake. Say or think the note names as you play, and learn the fingerings with them, so both are automatic by the time the scale is fast.

Practice them

Play each scale up and back down in the Woodwind Trainer: pick oboe, then Scales. It checks every fingering, and you can play into your microphone.