Getting the right fingering is essential for executing scales proficiently and fluently, but I'm sure you, like many of my students, find remembering the fingerings a little daunting, especially considering the sheer number that you need to learn for the higher grades.

Being that there is only one sharp here makes it easy to remember what notes you can play.Getting the right fingering is essential for executing scales proficiently and fluently - here are a few tricks to help. Take time to practice both hands and to learn the notes on the scale. It takes time to learn the switch with the right hand. This scale is different from other scales in the fingering used to play it. With your thumb on C you can walk down the rest of the scale with the remaining fingers Then fold under your middle finger with your thumb to land on C.

Walk down until you get to the middle finger on D. The F Major Scale starts with the first finger on F. Then walk up the scale with the remaining fingers.

Then crossover your middle finger over your thumb to land on the D. Walk up the scale until you get to your thumb on C. Then you crossover with your ring finger to the Bb and play the rest of the scale with the remaining fingers. Now you will cross under with your thumb on the C, second on D, third on E, and end with the ring finger on F Going back down the scale start with the fourth finger on F, third on E, second on D, and fist on C.

Instead of crossing under at this point you are going to use your fourth finger, ring finger, on the Bb. Right-Hand fingering starts with the thumb on F, the second finger on G, and the third finger on A. The fingering for the F Major scale is a little bit different then most other scales have you tuck your thumb under your middle finger as you ascend and cross your middle finger over your thumb when descending.

B flat major scale piano fingering