I have had great difficulty in finding fingerings for scales on the web. I therefore list here what I believe to be a standard set of fingerings for major scales on the piano. The only thing you need to know is the note played by the ring finger; in all these fingerings the ring finger plays only one note in the octave, and it is the same note whether ascending or descending. So, in E flat major, right hand, the ring finger plays B flat; consequently A flat falls to the middle finger, G to the forefinger, F to the thumb, E flat to the middle finger, D to the forefinger and C to the thumb.
The list is:
| left hand | right hand | |
| C major | D | B |
| G major | A | F sharp |
| D major | E | C sharp |
| A major | B | G sharp |
| E major | F sharp | D sharp |
| B major | F sharp | A sharp |
| G flat major | G flat | B flat |
| D flat major | G flat | B flat |
| A flat major | D flat | B flat |
| E flat major | A flat | B flat |
| B flat major | E flat | B flat |
| F major | G | B flat |
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31.10.06