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Beginner studies lesson-4

Major And Natural Minor Scales Fingerings
Fingerings

Fingerings is about which fingers you are recommended to use and which position of hand should have when playing keyboard. There are rules and instructions for fingerings in general and depending on the situation.
To play scales we have konw that "which scale what fingering have to use" .

When exercising scales, it is necessary to apply the right fingerings in playing keyboard.Otherwise we feel difficult while we go to further lessons and we feel difficult to play keyboard.So fingering is very important while learning keyboard

General tips to play keyboard
  • While playing the keyboard to keep our hands free and we do'nt feel stress while playing keyboard.
  • While playing the keyboard we have to bend our fingers slightly otherwise we feel stress while playing keyboard.
  • You have maintain your nails shortly.Because these nails are disturbs you while playing keyboard.
  • when you start to learn to play keyboard,you not to take much time to practise keyboard in the starting learning classes because you lose interest on learning.You can practice more time by increasing your pratice day by day.
  • Take a good teacher to teach keyboard classes.If you any body interested we are there you to teach keyboard lesson in telugu.You can contact in contact in link.
Appling numbers to fingers:

Now we see how to apply numbers to fingers of our hands because we have to play keyboard with hands only.

The diagram was shown below to number the fingers:

Number the fingers of both left and right hands as following:
  • 1 = thumb
  • 2 = index finger
  • 3 = mih6le finger
  • 4 = ring finger
  • 5 = little finger

First of all we see fingering of two tyoes of scales.After we can see other scale's fingering in further lessons(advanced lessons).

  • Major scale's fingerings
  • Natural minor scales fingerings
Major scales fingerings:
  • C Major Notes:
  • C D E F G A B C
    Fingering of C major scale

  • D Major Notes:
  • D E F# G A B C# D
    D E Gb G A B Db D
    Fingering of D major scale

  • E Major Notes:
  • E F# G# A B C# D# E
    E Gb Ab A B Db Eb E
    Fingering of E major scale

  • F Major Notes:
  • F G A A# C D E F
    F G A Bb C D E F
    Fingering of F major scale

  • G Major notes:
  • G A B C D E F# G
    G A B C D E Gb G
    Fingering of G major scale
  • A Major Notes:
  • A B C# D E F# G# A
    A B Db D E Gb Ab A
    Fingering of A major scale
  • B Major Notes:
  • B C# D# E F# G# A# B
    B Db Eb E Gb Ab Bb B
    Fingering of B major scale
  • C# / Db Major Notes:
  • C# D# F F# G# A# C C#
    Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb C Db
    Fingering of C# major scale
  • D# / Eb Major Notes:
  • D# F G G# A# C D D#
    Eb F G Ab Bb C D Eb
    Fingering of D# major scale
  • F# / Gb Major Notes:
  • F# G# A# B C# D# F F#
    Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb F Gb
    Fingering of F# major scale
  • G# / Ab Major Notes:
  • G# A# C C# D# F G G#
    Ab Bb C Db Eb F G Ab
    Fingering of G# major scale
  • A# / Bb Major Notes:
  • A# C D D# F G A A#
    Bb C D Eb F G A Bb
    Fingering of A# major scale
    Fingerings of natural minor scales
  • C Minor Notes:
  • C D D# F G G# A# C
    C D Eb F G Ab Bb C

    Fingering of C minor scale

  • D Minor Notes:
  • D E F G A A# C D
    D E F G A Bb C D
    Fingering of D minor scale

  • E Minor Notes:
  • E F# G A B C D E
    E Gb G A B C D E
    Fingering of E minor scale

  • F Minor Notes:
  • F G G# A# C C# D# F
    F G Ab Bb C Db Eb F
    Fingering of F minor scale

  • G Minor notes:
  • G A A# C D D# F G
    G A Bb C D Eb F G
    Fingering of G minor scale
  • A Minor Notes:
  • A B C D E F G A
    Fingering of A minor scale
  • B Minor Notes:
  • B C# D E F# G A B
    B Db D E Gb G A B
    Fingering of B minor scale
  • C# / Db Minor Notes:
  • C# D# E F# G# A B C#
    Db Eb E Gb Ab A B Db
    Fingering of C# minor scale
  • D# / Eb Minor Notes:
  • D# F F# G# A# B C# D#
    Eb F Gb Ab Bb B Db Eb
    Fingering of D# minor scale
  • F# / Gb Minor Notes:
  • F# G# A B C# D E F#
    Gb Ab A B Db D E Gb
    Fingering of F# minor scale
  • G# / Ab Minor Notes:
  • G# A# B C# D# E F# G#
    Ab Bb B Db Eb E Gb Ab
    Fingering of G# minor scale
  • A# / Bb Minor Notes:
  • A# C C# D# F F# G# A#
    Bb C Db Eb F Gb Ab Bb
    Fingering of A# minor scale

    Friends practice scales with these right fingerings explained above.