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Offline twebbas

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please help me...
on: May 20, 2003, 06:56:35 PM
hi! I really need to know which keys to press to play a real f-dur scala on a piano.. could anyone help me..? please... :'(

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Reply #1 on: May 22, 2003, 01:10:59 AM
Hey - you're German, aren't you?

The regular f-major scale is: f-g-a-b-c-d-e-f; the fingerings for the right hand are 1-2-3-4-1-2-3 (-1), left hand: 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 (-4)

The harmonic and melodic fingerings are slightly different.

You might do a check on Hanon's 'The virtuos pianist/Der virtuose Pianist" for further studies. Good luck!

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Offline rachfan

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Reply #2 on: May 22, 2003, 02:25:52 AM
Hi twebbas,

One modifcation to Diablos' reply:  the b is actually b flat.

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Re: please help me...
Reply #3 on: May 22, 2003, 05:35:57 AM
RachFan:
Hey buddy, ya gotta learn German. B is by definition B flat. B natural is H. But you probably knew that. That's how you get B A C H on a keyboard.

"Skala" is also Polish.

What's up here?

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Reply #4 on: May 23, 2003, 01:23:28 AM
Hi Ned,

Well, to be honest I studied Latin, French and Spanish, but never German.  I stand corrected on H.

Dave
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Reply #5 on: May 24, 2003, 01:28:45 AM
Hey guys - I'm sorry for that little mistake; I'm sometimes forgetting about the b  ;D

But thanks for correcting.

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