How to play piano/organ/keyboard: The single- note scale & fingering techniques of B flat Major
Theodore Ugwa Theodore Ugwa
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 Published On Dec 27, 2023

Key Bb major is a major scale based on the note ‘Bb ’. It consists of the pitches Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, and A.
The key signature has 2 flat notes at: Bb and Eb

Its relative minor is G minor (This entails that G is the note ‘Lah’ of the Bb major scale).

Its parallel minor is Bb minor (This is got when we take the note Bb as our ‘Lah’ and the tonic of a new minor scale- key Bb minor).

The scale goes like this:
Bb, C, D, Eb, F, G, A, and Bb` (octave) - (d, r, m, f, s, l, t, and d’)
The fingerings and the finger-turnings for the single-notes scale of key Bb major is the same as those of key C major.

FINGERINGS
The point here is that there are different finger-turnings for the two hands namely: left and right

For the Left hand, for the scale of key Bb,
We have lah- turning
This entails that the turning occurs after achieving the 5th (this simply means after having played the first five notes of the scale)
Again, this turning occurs from above, immediately after playing the (soh)
And then the l t d'
In essence, for the left hand we borrow 3 fingers.
Again, while descending, the turning occurs from under after playing the lah and we have soh-turning.

For the right hand, for the scale of key Bb major, we have fah-turning.
This entails that the turning occurs after achieving the 3rd (this means after having played the first three notes of the scale). Again, this turning occurs from under, immediately after playing the (mee), then f, s, l, t, d'
In essence, we borrow 5 fingers after achieving the 3rd
Again, while descending, the turning back to normal occurs from above after playing the fah and we have mee-turning on descending.

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