SCALES fingering

It corrected itself

Thanks!

I'll come back to bother you for the Bb scale...

Fulvio wrote:

I learned the major scales in ascending order (C....C#).

...and descending?

Fulvio wrote:

Now I would like to do the ones with flats.

For example, C# coincides with Db

Yes, steady ascending and descending motion.

And yes, I have studied the theory and I know the three "coincidences" in major scales.

My teacher had me start with C#, then F#, then B, and then the group C, G, D, A, E which have the same fingering, but in reverse (from E to C). He maintains that starting from C major is not advisable because it is more "tricky" than the others since it has no black keys.

And he is perfectly right.

While waiting to resume lessons, I am moving on to the group F, Bb, Eb, and Ab. However, I do not know the fingerings, so I asked for enlightenment.

Then one moves on to the minor scales (natural, melodic, and harmonic).

It will take me quite a while.

But, piano study and "hurrying to do everything" don't seem to go well together.

Thank you all.

Scales are grouped into fingering "families" and every day one must keep one for each family at hand. F major, like B flat major, is part of those "exceptional" ones for which - in general - a different approach to the subject is better.