Hardest scale

[nonickname10293]

I’m bringing up a question that was asked in 2008, with this post: https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=30913.0
I am giving you 4 votes per user for the 3 minors, and major.

[brogers70]

I find D major the hardest, in terms of getting up to high speed and maintaining evenness. I find the easiest ones are the ones that use 3-4 black keys.

[lelle]

My pick was harmonic B flat minor because I think it lies the least naturally under my hand.

[ravelfan07]

I find D major the hardest, in terms of getting up to high speed and maintaining evenness. I find the easiest ones are the ones that use 3-4 black keys.

Very true
Can’t forget d minor also, Mazeppa being a good example

[pianopro181]

D Major is very awkward for some reason. Only one for me really maybe other than perhaps Bb minor

[ravelfan07]

D Major is very awkward for some reason. Only one for me really maybe other than perhaps Bb minor

Personally I don’t understand the difficulties, d major is one of the easiest for me

[pianopro181]

Personally I don’t understand the difficulties, d major is one of the easiest for me

What I mean is I find it more awkward than the others. But all the ‘regular’ scales and arpeggios are fine. Things like F major 7th arpeggios in 3 inversions however are a different beast all together.   

[brogers70]

Personally I don’t understand the difficulties, d major is one of the easiest for me

I will guess that those of us who find D major to be relatively hard (I mean relatively - they're all only scales) are those whose 2nd finger is shorter than their fourth.

[ravelfan07]

I will guess that those of us who find D major to be relatively hard (I mean relatively - they're all only scales) are those whose 2nd finger is shorter than their fourth.

Weird, my fourth finger is much larger than my 2nd

[pianopro181]

I will guess that those of us who find D major to be relatively hard (I mean relatively - they're all only scales) are those whose 2nd finger is shorter than their fourth.

Hmm, that’s interesting I never actually thought about it. As it turns out my fourth finger is more or less the same length as my index in my right hand but longer than my index in my left