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    Scale Fingering Chart

    Robert T. Kelley
    http://www.robertkelleyphd.com/home/keyboard-scale-fingering-chart/

    Note: Use these fingerings with caution. The fingerings given here may not be the fingerings most commonly given in piano
    method books, but they are the most physically practical fingerings. In the case you have to play scales for judged competitions,
    you may want to revert to the ”accepted fingerings” given in that competition’s guidelines.

    1. General Fingering Rules


    (a) The fingering always alternates 123 1234 (or 321 4321) so that the same fingering pattern repeats every octave.
    (b) The thumb always stays on the white keys, never on black keys.
    (c) The fourth finger always plays a black key (when there is a black key to be played in the scale).
    (d) The fifth finger is only used at a starting place, a stopping place, or a turning-around place.
    (e) The augmented second in harmonic minor scales must fit conveniently under the hand (preferably between 1 and
    2 or 2 and 3), except for E[/D] minor LH.
    (f) When working out scale passages in the literature, consider alternatives that put the fingering patterns in alignment
    between the hands (thumbs happening together somewhere in the scale).
    2. The Fingerings
    (a) These are just the fingering patterns: Feel free to use 5 when appropriate (first note, last note, turning around).
    (b) Feel free to revert to traditional fingerings, especially when performing the melodic minor scale ascending and
    descending.
    Melodic Minor
    Major Natural Minor Harmonic Minor
    (ascending)
    Key Fingering Key Fingering Key Fingering Key Fingering
    RH C major 12312341 A minor 12312341 A minor 12312341 A minor 12312341
    21321432
    LH C major 14321321 A minor 14321321 A minor 32132143 A minor
    (14321321)
    RH G major 12312341 E minor 34123123 E minor 12312341 E minor 12312341
    LH G major 32132143 E minor 14321321 E minor 14321321 E minor 14321321
    RH D major 12312341 B minor 34123123 B minor 12312341 B minor 12312341
    LH D major 21432132 B minor 13214321 B minor 13214321 B minor 13214321
    RH A major 12312341 F] minor 34123123 F] minor 34123123 F] minor 23123412
    LH A major 21321432 F] minor 43213214 F] minor 43213214 F] minor 43213214
    RH E major 12312341 C] minor 34123123 C] minor 34123123 C] minor 23123412
    LH E major 14321321 C] minor 32143213 C] minor 32143213 C] minor 32143213
    RH B/C[ major 12312341 G]/A[ minor 34123123 G]/A[ minor 34123123 G]/A[ minor 34123123
    LH B/C[ major 13214321 G]/A[ minor 32132143 G]/A[ minor 32143213 G]/A[ minor 32143213
    RH F]/G[ major 23412312 D]/E[ minor 31234123 D]/E[ minor 31234123 D]/E[ minor 31234123
    LH F]/G[ major 43213214 D]/E[ minor 21432132 D]/E[ minor 21432132 D]/E[ minor 21432132
    RH C]/D[ major 23123412 A]/B[ minor 41231234 A]/B[ minor 41231234 A]/B[ minor 41231234
    21432132
    LH C]/D[ major 32143213 A]/B[ minor 21321432 A]/B[ minor 21321432 A]/B[ minor
    (21321432)
    RH A[ major 34123123 F minor 12341231 F minor 12341231 F minor 12341231
    LH A[ major 32143213 F minor 21321432 F minor 21321432 F minor 21432132
    12312341 12312341
    RH E[ major 31234123 C minor 12312341 C minor C minor
    (23412312) (23412312)
    21321432 21321432 21432132
    LH E[ major 32143213 C minor C minor C minor
    (14321321) (14321321) (14321321)
    23412312
    RH B[ major 41231234 G minor G minor 12312341 G minor 12312341
    (12312341)
    21321432 21321432 21432132
    LH B[ major 32143213 G minor G minor G minor
    (14321321) (14321321) (14321321)
    23123412
    RH F major 12341231 D minor D minor 12312341 D minor 12312341
    (12312341)
    21321432 21321432 32132143
    LH F major 32143213 D minor D minor D minor
    (14321321) (14321321) (14321321)

    2001
    c Robert T. Kelley. All rights reserved. Copying of this document is permitted for classroom and private educational purposes only. On all
    copies the web address, author’s name, and copyright notice must appear.

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