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Tigernamus: Sep 9, 2005; And here you are, my glowing sun...

Thanks for this post. I found it quite interesting if a little lacking in detail but I appreciate it's much too difficult to cover all situations in any depth. If I may, I have a question about my fingering technique.

Say I play a major scale, C Major for this example, using my right hand:

code:

   
         C# D#    F# G# A#
        C  D  E  F  G  A  B  C
        T  1  2  T  1  2  3  4

(T = Thumb 1 = Index Finger 2 = Middle Finger 3 = Ring Finger 4 = Little Finger)

This is the correct technique, right? What about for the left hand? Is it:

code:

   
         C# D#    F# G# A#
        C  D  E  F  G  A  B  C
        4  3  2  T  3  2  1  T

I'm also curious about the F Major scale. At the moment I play it like this for the right hand:

code:

          
        F  G  A  Bb  C  D  E  F
        T  1  2  3   T  2  3  4

and for the left:

code:

   
        F  G  A  Bb  C  D  E  F
        4  3  2  1   T  3  2  1

but should it be like this for the left?

code:

   
        F  G  A  Bb  C  D  E  F
        4  3  2  1   T  2  1  T

Is there one set way of playing each scale in a technically correct fashion or does the positioning vary from scale to scale? Aside from a teacher, is there any other way of finding out the "correct" ways of playing each scale, for example a website which shows each scale and the correct fingering? Thanks in advance for any and all help.

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