Fingering of the scales.
To each note in the first position belongs its own finger, whether the note is raised or lowered a semitone, the same finger being used. As a rule in ascending passages the open string is used; downwards, the 4ᵗʰ finger is preferred in its stead. If the notes of the open strings are raised a semitone, usually the 4ᵗʰ finger plays it on the string below.
If the scale begins with such a note, the first finger will be used twice in succession; for example:—
