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Right back in the original post Evaldas said that. So I understood the question to be something like "in the key of F major, should I use the same fingers for the notes as I would use if I were playing the scale, i.e. 2 on G, 3 on A, regardless of comfort?"
And a number of people have answered this -no. The scale fingering is the fingering for the scale, when you are actually playing the scale. Sometimes in a piece you will have a passage with a scale or part of a scale, and often you will find the scale fingering will be the most comfortable. But everything else depends on the context. You will teach yourself good fingering habits if you use editions with fingering marked and learn from these. There is no right finger for a certain note like there is on, say, a woodwind instrument.

Now, if that was the question, I think it's been answered.

If that wasn't the question, then perhaps Evaldas could try again

Thanks, currawong, but I think that summarizes what I did glean from the thread! Still, I remain mystified by these follow-ups by Evaldas:
If we're talking about separate notes then (as the graphic examples illustrated) rather than scales, what do scale fingerings have to do with anything?

Steven

"So I understood the question to be something like "in the key of F major, should I use the same fingers for the notes as I would use if I were playing the scale, i.e. 2 on G, 3 on A, regardless of comfort?""
Yep, that's what I meant

So there's nothing wrong with my comprehension skills . Hope you're happy with the answer(s).

Evaldas, now that the question as been defined and confirmed, do you believe you have an answer? If so, would it be possible to share what answer you found (if you feel like it)?

Well obviously you're supposed to use the right fingering for scales, and for scores WITHOUT "scale passages" in them use the most comfortable fingering (if not indicated)

A question (though not about scales - but I don't want to make another thread for this): I'm playing only for less than 3 weeks, should I be freaking out that I can't seperate my hands? I mean that I can't pretty much do different things, of course I can play one note with my left and then a melody with my right, but I can't let's say take a chord divide it into quarter note (or eight) arpeggio and play a melody with my right hand at the same time... So?

Evaldas,
If at six months you can't do that I'd wonder.
If at three weeks you could do that I'd wonder.

Hey, I have a question:
In your opinion what's the best fingering for this bar: