What is the correct fingering for this on piano?

[jw232]

If I want to play every note starting from C going up two octaves in both hands (including white and black keys) what fingering should I use?

[allthumbs]

I use the following...


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

Another method uses  mostly 1 on the white keys and either 2 or 3 on the black keys,  but I found it wasn't as fast for me.

Hope that helps.


Cheers

allthumbs

[slobone]

When I play a chromatic scale (in either hand), I always put 3 on the black key. That way there's one less thing to think about. Then on the white keys I play just 1 or 1 and 2 depending on how they're grouped.

OK, that's confusing. Start at C and going up it's:

RH 1313123131312313...
LH 1313213131321313...

I've gotten pretty fast at it. My piano tuner was impressed until I showed him the trick...