Musical Scales (C,D, E, G, A Scales For now)?

Question

I'm little confused I just started practicing my scales again because I felt I was out of touch, and felt that I had to practice my scales more as I recalled the (C, D, E, G, A ) scale(s) fingering went like this, as i remembered RH 123123454321321 LH 543213212312345 but I went to check online and in a couple of sites the left hand was a little bit different as pianist know fingering is very important on the sites I've visited the left hand went something like this 54321321231234(1)<<

Answer 1

The only real difference in these alternatives, so far as I can see, is whether you conclude your one-octave scale with your left hand on your little finger or your thumb. To me, it is very odd and rather awkward to conclude on thumb, so you are probably right that the website is contemplating a possible continuation basswards - hence the '(1)' being in parentheses. Ultimately, I would advise you to use which fingers (a) make you more comfortable and (b) produce the better results.

Answer 2

For the first five scales in the Circle of Fifths (C, G, D, A, E), the fingerings are
RH; 1 2 3 1 2 3 4 5/1
LH; 5 4 3 2 1 3 2 1
Some tricks to remember are that on these first five, your third fingers always come down together. Also, as a general rule for all the scales, if you know where your fourth fingers go and which fingers to cross under, you've pretty much got it.

Answer 3

I think you're right. The website fingering really doesn't make sense. I mean, 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1, and then 2, and then your third finger crosses over again? That doesn't make sense regardless of whether you're doing one or two octave scales.

For reference, it should be 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 (for C, D, E, G, A)

Answer 4

the fingering from the website gives you the fingerings for going up and back down, one octave

Answer 5

Right Hand: ur right

Left hand 2 octaves: 543213214321321

Left 1 octave: 54321321