Fingering on F major scale

by wongb18c Sat May 23, 2009 6:05 am

I'm practicing all my major scales right now with left and right hand. I was wondering what's the best fingering pattern for the left hand, and for the right hand? I don't think I'm doing it correctly, because I'm not ending on the octaves with my 1 and 5 fingers.

by ROBIN Sat May 23, 2009 1:05 pm

HI wong18c
RH = 1/2/3/4..then tuck 1/2/3/4
LH = 5/4/3/2/1..then cross 3/2/1
and same going down scale ..based on single octave, hope this helps
also slightly different with 2 octaves but not much
RH =1/2/3/4/1/2/3/1/2/3/4/1/2/3/4 ....then same back
` LH = 5/4/3/2/1/3/2/1/4/3/2/1/3/2/1.....then same back

by Thomandy Sat May 23, 2009 2:51 pm

There are some variation based on what key you play in though!
Like the black key scales are very different!

There is a scale-topic that contains a scale.pdf filething, look for it, and there will be good fingering there.

by Thomandy Sat May 23, 2009 2:52 pm

Thomandy wrote:Just made it into links

Major Scales
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadfile.php?uid=ZaqcmZSsYq6inJSlsKyZlJyiYq%2BWlpWt2

Harmonic Minor Scales
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadfile.php?uid=aK6ZlpyoarKhnOKnZ6qhkZSqZKyalZas7

Melodic Minor Scales
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadfile.php?uid=crGZl5SscbOgnOKnaaqhkZSqZqyanJeu9

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Major Arpeggios
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadfile.php?uid=ZqqcnZinaq2eluKnY6qhkZSqYKyalpqq3

Minor Arpeggios
http://www.ziddu.com/downloadfile.php?uid=brGZlpymaK2gnOKnZaqhkZSqYqyanJeo5

by ROBIN Sat May 23, 2009 3:16 pm

Thanx thomandy
they are useful links Smile

i shall grab some for myself lol ...btw i am very impressed with your piano playing ..from your short time of learning ..you are already teaching ..thats the way to go mate keep up the good work Smile

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by wongb18c Sat May 23, 2009 10:04 pm

Thank you both, I'll try it out.

by Thomandy Sat May 23, 2009 10:36 pm

ROBIN wrote:Thanx thomandy
they are useful links i shall grab some for myself lol ...btw i am very impressed with your piano playing ..from your short time of learning ..you are already teaching ..thats the way to go mate keep up the good work )

Tnx

Nice to hear Smile

by RP TPA Fri Dec 25, 2009 6:25 pm

Good thing I saw this thread. I was just about to ask the same question. The 1-2-3-tuck-1-2-3-4-5 method was a bit difficult in a Fmaj scale when trying to get my right thumb to that Bb note. 1-2-3-4 tuck 1-2-3-4 makes a lot more sense.

Ron

PS....Andrew, if you're reading this.... I work for Air Canada down here in Tampa, so I might be one of the rare Americans who knows where Prince George actually is!! Haven't been there, though. Closest I came was was skiing at Silver Star and Big White about 10 years ago. Same province, at least.

by pianochris Mon May 17, 2010 10:47 pm

A good little trick and tip to do when practicing your scales is to play them hands together with the left hand ascending and the right hand descending, eventually meeting in the middle. It helps you brain learn new melodic patterns which it might not be used to. After a while, you'll get used to it.