What does it mean to play 2 octaves?

In music, a fifteenth or double octave, abbreviated 15ma, is the interval between one musical note and another with one-quarter the wavelength or quadruple the frequency. Two octaves (based on the Italian word for eighth) do not make a sixteenth, but a fifteenth.

What octave is C major?

In the diagram above, which depicts a C major scale, the music goes up from middle C, or C4 (the pitch C in the 4th octave on a piano) to the note C5, which is exactly one octave above it. The C4 vibrates at 261.63 Hz, and the C5 vibrates at 523.25 Hz—its sound waves are double the frequency of C4.

How many octaves are in the C major scale?

Two octaves
Two octaves of C-major scale.

How do you play the C major scale with 2 octaves?

To play the C major scale with 2 octaves, you just keep heading further on in the direction you started (usually up) and get to another C. The fingering will differ slightly. After you play your first octave, instead of playing finger 5 to end things off, you need to cross your thumb under so you can start your next octave of the scale.

How do you play two octaves on the piano?

You play up to your thumb, then cross over with finger 3. Up to your thumb, then cross over with finger 4. Up to your thumb, then cross over with finger 3. Now you’ve completed two octaves, so it’s time to turn around and head home. Play to finger 3, then the thumb goes under. Play to finger 4, then the thumb goes under.

What hand do you play C major on piano?

This is appropriate for around level 1 piano. We’re still going to keep it hands separate – all things in good time! For our regular 1-octave C major scale in the right hand, you cross under the thumb after finger 3, play to your pinky, then cross back over finger 3 on the way back down.

What is the C major scale on piano?

The C major scale on piano is the first scale almost everybody (probably everyone really) learns. It’s a basic and fundamental scale and the only major scale with no sharps and no flats. On this page we’ll go over the notes, fingering (or finger patterns) to use and lay it all out with some nice pictures to go along with it.