Example 29. Fingerings of the augmented second in various passages, with the augmented second circled in each excerpt. (A) The augmented second performed with right-hand fingers 3 and 4 in an A harmonic minor scale in Hanon (1878, 32). (B) The augmented second performed with right-hand fingers 3 then 2 as part of an F minor harmonic minor scale excerpt within Beethoven’s op. 2, no. 1, m. 133. (C). The augmented second performed by right-hand fingers 2 then 1 as part of a F♯ minor scale excerpt within Chopin’s Nocturne in C♯ minor, no. 20, m. 15