I'm trying to re-train my hand to use better fingerings. Recently I looked at my fingering for something very basic: primary triads.
I want to adapt the fingering for all 24 keys and both hands.
I think my fingering for C major is straight forward. That same fingering seems to work in B flat major too, but I also tried an alternate fingering. C major and alternate B flat fingerings are...
...a few details about how I am approaching things:
- C major, bar 4, I keep my finger 5 on the
G
for the first note and sort of contract my thumb (1) in for theC
. Is that kind of shift in position OK or standard? It seems better to hold 5 onG
from bars 3 to 4, get the rest of my finger on theC
chord, and then switch to 4 on theG
. Better to contract my hand than to reach finger 4. - Bb major, bar 1 to 2, thumb on a black key is sometimes avoided, but in this case 1 and 3 are both on black keys in bar 1 so the hand is sort of pulled up onto the black keys together, then in bar 2 fingers 3 and 5 drop down to white keys pulling away from the black keys, I then switch to finger 2 for the
Bb
, because it naturally reaches the black key easier that the thumb. - Bb major, bar 4, last note, I push my hand in a bit to get 1 onto the
Bb
, it a little awkward, but it gets my hand back into position for the repeat and theEb
chord. Keeping finger 2 on theBb
and then trying to reach 5 up to theG
of theEb
chord seem an even more awkward option to avoid.
I'm trying to find economical fingerings that fit the hand well.
Some aspects of these fingers feel a little unnatural. If I'm not concentrating, I might use other fingers. But, I can't really tell if that is simply old habits taking over versus bad fingerings.
I'm willing to put in the time to re-train, but don't want to devote that time to bad fingerings.
Am I headed down the path of bad fingering?