Scales and technique need to be performed with a pianistic fingering that allows for fluent execution of the exercise. The determination of what is an acceptable fingering is at the discretion of the examiner. The fingerings below are acceptable, as are those found in "The Brown Scale Book" (Frederick Harris HS1) available at your local sheet music dealer.
Fingering Guide
Scale Blocked/Broken Tonic Arpeggio Dom 7 Dim 7
MAJOR Chords Arpegg. Arpegg.
Black-key groups
D-flat RH 2312341 RH 135 125 135 RH 412 RH 4123 RH 4123
C# LH 3214321 LH 531 531 521 LH 214 LH 4321 LH 3214
G-flat RH 2341231 RH " RH 1 23 RH 2341 RH "
/F# LH 4321321 LH " LH (1)32 LH 4321 LH "
C-flat RH 1 231234 RH " RH " RH 1 234 R 1 234
/B LH (1)321432 LH " LH " LH (1)432 L(1)432
C Major fingering
C RH 1 231234 RH " RH 1 23 RH " RH "
LH (1)432132 LH " LH (1)42 LH " LH "
G RH " RH " RH " RH " RH "
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH "
D RH " RH " RH 1 23 RH " RH "
LH " LH " LH (1)32 LH " LH "
A RH " RH " RH " RH " RH "
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH "
E RH " RH " RH " RH " RH 1234
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH 2143
A-flat RH 3412312 RH " RH 412 RH 4123 RH 4123
LH 3214321 LH " LH 214 LH 2143 LH 4321
Others
E-flat RH 3123412 RH " RH " RH " RH 3412
LH 3214321 LH " LH " LH " LH 4321
B-flat RH 4123123 RH " RH 412 RH 4123 RH "
LH 3214321 LH " LH 321 LH 3214 LH "
F RH 1 234123 RH " RH 1 23 RH 1234 R 1 234
LH (1)432132 LH " LH (1)42 LH 3214 L(1)432
HARMONIC MINOR
C major fingering
C RH 1 231234 RH 135 125 135 RH 1 23 RH 1 234 R 1 234
LH (1)432132 LH 531 531 521 LH (1)42 LH (1)432 L(1)432
D RH " RH " RH " RH " RH "
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH "
G RH " RH " RH " RH " RH "
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH "
A RH " RH " RH " RH " RH "
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH "
E RH " RH " RH " RH " RH 1234
LH " LH " LH " LH " LH 2143
G# RH 3412312 RH " RH 412 RH 4123 RH 4123
/A flat LH 3214321 LH " LH 214 LH 2143 LH 4321
C# RH " RH " RH " RH 4123 RH 4123
LH " LH " LH " LH 4321 LH 3214
F# RH 3412312 RH " RH " RH 2341 RH "
LH 4321321 LH " LH " LH 4321 LH "
Black-key groups
B-flat RH 4123123 RH " RH 231 RH 4123 RH 3412
LH 2132143 LH " LH 321 LH 3214 LH 4321
E-flat RH 3123412 RH " RH 1 23 RH 4123 RH "
/D# LH 2143213 LH " LH (1)42 LH 2143 LH "
Others
F RH 1 234123 RH " RH " RH 1234 R 1 234
LH (1)432132 LH " LH " LH 3214 L(1)432
B RH 1 231234 RH " RH " RH 1 234 RH "
LH (1)321432 LH " LH " LH (1)432 LH "
The above fingerings are to be extrapolated for the appropriate number of octaves - if a (1) occurs in the LH, the student is expected to substitute the 5th finger at the beginning of the exercise, and the RH requires the use of the 5th finger at the top Other substitutions are possible which make playing the first note(s) of some exercises (before the regular physical pattern begins) more comfortable - use your imagination! The dominant seventh and diminished seventh arpeggios merely represent those respective sonorities built above the tonic note; thus, they are the same for parallel keys.
* The fingering for cross-hand arpeggios is:
LH 531 RH 135 LH 531 RH 135 LH 2 RH 531 LH 135 RH 531 LH 135
This chart is adapted from a guide prepared by Peter Henderson, 1994