The flats and sharps from key to key are not random. In the lesson about the major keys on the circle of 5ths you learned every key has a unique number of flats or sharps. If you are playing on a mobile device, you may need to ensure the ringer is set to on.What is the Order of Sharps and the Order of Flats? Note that some browsers including the desktop version of Safari will not play this, so please see the MP3 audio below. The audio is available beneath the score. Here is the music score for two octaves of the Bb Major scale, with the right hand starting on the Bb below Middle C and the left hand starting on the Bb an octave below that. This works well for two and four octave scales. Sometimes scales are played with a slight accent on every fourth note. Ensure the scale maintains a regular rhythm. Start slowly, concentrating on fingering and playing each pair of notes at the same time, and gradually build up the speed. Scales are generally played with the hands one octave - that is, eight white notes - apart. There’s no particular trick to this - it just takes time to get used to it. Once you’ve practiced both hands separately, it’s time to play the two hands simultaneously. Should you be playing more than one octave, continue the sequence thus: 2, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1… and finishing on a final 3. To play the descending one octave Bb Major scale, reverse the sequence thus: 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3. Should you wish to play more than one octave, repeat the sequence from the last finger ‘3’, thus: 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3… The ascending one octave Bb Major scale is most easily played by the left hand with the fingering 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3 This fingering is different from scales on white keys because of the position of the black keys making the standard 1,2,3,1,2,3,4 fingering cumbersome. Should you be playing more than one octave, repeat the sequence from finger ‘4’, thus: 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 4, 3… and always finishing on a 2 for the final note. To play the descending one octave Bb Major scale, reverse the sequence thus: 4, 3, 2, 1, 3, 2, 1, 2 Should you wish to play more than one octave, simply continue with a ‘1’, continuing the sequence from the first ‘1’ in the sequence, thus: 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4…

The ascending one octave Bb Major scale is most easily played by the right hand with the fingering 2, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4 Left and right hands fingering for Bb Major scale Right Hand Playing

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