Piano scales and arpeggios: fingering in all 12 keys
Fingering for every major, harmonic minor and melodic minor scale and every major and minor arpeggio in all 12 keys, over four octaves, for each hand. They are Hanon’s exercises 39 and 41 in “The Virtuoso Pianist”; the chromatic scale is No. 40. Start with C, G, D, A and E major, which share one fingering (1-2-3, 1-2-3-4-5 in the right hand).
Scales
| Scale | Right hand | Left hand |
|---|---|---|
| C major scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| A harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| A melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| G major scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| E harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| E melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| D major scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| B harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1 |
| B melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1 |
| A major scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| F♯ harmonic minor scale | 3-4-1-2-3-1-2-3 | 4-3-2-1-3-2-1-4 |
| F♯ melodic minor scale | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· |
| E major scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| C♯ harmonic minor scale | 3-4-1-2-3-1-2-3 | 3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3 |
| C♯ melodic minor scale | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· |
| B major scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 4-3-2-1-4-3-2-1 |
| G♯ harmonic minor scale | 3-4-1-2-3-1-2-3 | 3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3 |
| G♯ melodic minor scale | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· |
| F♯ major scale | 2-3-4-1-2-3-1-2 | 4-3-2-1-3-2-1-4 |
| E♭ harmonic minor scale | 3-1-2-3-4-1-2-3 | 2-1-4-3-2-1-3-2 |
| E♭ melodic minor scale | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· |
| D♭ major scale | 2-3-1-2-3-4-1-2 | 3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3 |
| B♭ harmonic minor scale | 4-1-2-3-1-2-3-4 | 2-1-3-2-1-4-3-2 |
| B♭ melodic minor scale | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· | ·-·-·-·-·-·-·-· |
| A♭ major scale | 3-4-1-2-3-1-2-3 | 3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3 |
| F harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| F melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| E♭ major scale | 3-1-2-3-4-1-2-3 | 3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3 |
| C harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| C melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| B♭ major scale | 4-1-2-3-1-2-3-4 | 3-2-1-4-3-2-1-3 |
| G harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| G melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| F major scale | 1-2-3-4-1-2-3-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| D harmonic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
| D melodic minor scale | 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-1 | 5-4-3-2-1-3-2-1 |
Arpeggios
- C major arpeggio
- A minor arpeggio
- G major arpeggio
- E minor arpeggio
- D major arpeggio
- B minor arpeggio
- A major arpeggio
- F♯ minor arpeggio
- E major arpeggio
- C♯ minor arpeggio
- B major arpeggio
- G♯ minor arpeggio
- F♯ major arpeggio
- E♭ minor arpeggio
- D♭ major arpeggio
- B♭ minor arpeggio
- A♭ major arpeggio
- F minor arpeggio
- E♭ major arpeggio
- C minor arpeggio
- B♭ major arpeggio
- G minor arpeggio
- F major arpeggio
- D minor arpeggio
And the chromatic scale.
All 60 exercises are in the complete Hanon list; the method, in how to practice Hanon.