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    The document discusses the fingerings for major scales that begin on black notes on the piano. It states that these scales require a different fingering approach because the thumb must pass under to a white note after playing a black note. The B-flat major scale is used as an example, where the same finger combinations are not always used between the hands when playing the same black notes. The E-flat major scale is described as easier because the fourth finger is always used when two black notes are played together. A-flat major is also discussed as following similar principles but containing two pairs of black notes, one followed by a single white note and one followed by two white notes.

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    The document discusses the fingerings for major scales that begin on black notes on the piano. It states that these scales require a different fingering approach because the thumb must pass under to a white note after playing a black note. The B-flat major scale is used as an example, where the same finger combinations are not always used between the hands when playing the same black notes. The E-flat major scale is described as easier because the fourth finger is always used when two black notes are played together. A-flat major is also discussed as following similar principles but containing two pairs of black notes, one followed by a single white note and one followed by two white notes.

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    The document discusses the fingerings for major scales that begin on black notes on the piano. It states that these scales require a different fingering approach because the thumb must pass under to a white note after playing a black note. The B-flat major scale is used as an example, where the same finger combinations are not always used between the hands when playing the same black notes. The E-flat major scale is described as easier because the fourth finger is always used when two black notes are played together. A-flat major is also discussed as following similar principles but containing two pairs of black notes, one followed by a single white note and one followed by two white notes.

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    UNIT 7

    MAJOR SCALES ON BLACK NOTES


    Major scales starting

    on black notes have a different kind of fingering,

    based on the

    need to pass the thumb under to a white note after a black note. In B flat major, this
    means we don't always get the same combination

    of fingers (between the hands) on

    the same black notes. Also, the second finger is put in at the start of the right hand,
    and at the top of the left hand.

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