Questions tagged [fingering]
Choosing which finger(s) to use to press a key (of a keyboard) or to stop a string, or the set of fingers to use to produce a particular note or chord.
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Fantaisie Impromptu - Specific fingering issue
I've been practicing Chopin's Fantaisie Impromptu for several weeks now, and while I'm by no means perfect at it, there aren't any aspects or parts of the piece that I am not confident I'll be able to ...
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Piano: good exercises for runs and navigation [closed]
I'm an aspiring jazz pianists but my right hand falls short in navigation and attempting runs. I need to buy etudes and exercises for fingering. That is, fingering for the various scales (I don't know ...
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Jazz piano: accompanying oneself
My goal is to be able to by ear play a jazz standard, with improv sections.
When keeping an accompaniment in my left hand (say, a walking base or similar) while soloing with my right, then I stall. ...
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Piano fingering for chromatic fifths, is a fifth too wide for fingering 2-4?
I'm trying a fingering that basically limits white keys to fingers 1 & 5 and black keys to 2 & 4. This fingering seems good for non-legato for medium size intervals perfect fourths and ...
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Chopin: marche funèbre bar 15 impossible place
Chopin sonata #2 Opus 35:
Look at the left hand: Db from small octave and F from 1-st octave. Neither I, nor anybody of my acquaintances can stretch the hand so far.
My idea was to replace F 1-t ...
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7th chords with black key at the bottom fingering
I want to ask why nobody plays for example, F# half diminished chord on piano with 2145 fingering on right hand. Everybody plays 1235 or 1245. I think better to use 2 at the bottom because you can ...
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How to perform quicker shifts? (Prokofiev Visions Fugitives #2)
The passage of interest:
This is specifically pertaining to the right hand, and the tempo I am provided is quarter note = 60-66. The fingering I am using is, starting with the C:
3-5 3 2 1 3 1 | 3 2 ...
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Relative positions on electric to string bass?
This may seem an odd request, but I can't figure any way to find this out with out having both in my possession.
I am a bassist primarily, & have been for 45 years or so. I play electric & ...
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Fingering for right hand thirds in Bluebird by Alexis Ffrench
Hi, I'm trying to figure out how to play this part of the song (Bluebird by Alexis Ffrench). It seems impossible (for an amateur) to play it with proper rhythm. Could anyone please show me the ...
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How to read rhythm when note stems and beams are used to indicate fingering [closed]
In Georg Anton Benda's keyboard sonatas there are many examples of beaming used NOT to show rhythm but to show which hand to use. This was how my problem with the notation was explained to me by an ...
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Interpretation of songsterr tab
Hi guys I'm looking at a tab on songsterr (Use Somebody fingerstyle) and at the 8th bar the tab indicates the playing of the open CGC strings and above it says t.h.(12) and t.h.(19).
Can anyone ...
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Are these double note fingerings to avoid fingers 1 and 5 on black keys practical?
I know there is a standard double note fingering for consecutive thirds like this...
2345 345
1123 123
But I have been experimenting with other double note fingerings for larger intervals and for ...
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Alto saxophone fingering for notes written below the staff
I am a beginner on the alto saxophone. I understand the fingering for playing notes on the staff but I do not understand the fingering for playing notes below the staff. Sometimes there are two extra ...
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G chord guitar fingering - one finger?
I bought a guitar course on DVD and am puzzled by the way they have begun teaching the chords, specifically the G major. In the first lesson we were taught to put our third (ring) finger on the E ...
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Why does flute fingering have to be so complicated?
So, I have progressed on my flute. I'm now getting the notes that I am supposed to be getting. Here is what I noticed during my last flute practice as far as fingerings:
All open: C#
1 key down(...
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Fingering in Unsquare Dance
I'm an intermediate piano player and learning to play Dave Brubeck's Unsquare Dance. I'm doing alright in terms of rhythm and coordinating my hands despite the unusual meter, but I'm really struggling ...
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What does this 7 mean above the f flat
It seems to look like a fingering number but I don’t have 7 fingers and the note is already marked with a fingering number.
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Arm pain and endurance when playing Revolution by Chopin on piano
I know this piece is mostly meant as a technical exercise for the left hand, but every time I practice it my arm gets too tired to continue after the first page. I've been practicing it regularly (30 ...
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Piano - Playing scales efficiently
I have just started playing the piano, enjoy playing scales on it. When I play a scale one handed (C major for example), after I finish playing the note with my pinky finger, I have to lift my hand up ...
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Which Bansuri Fingering Chart to use with Practicing Saptak (both Beginners and Experienced)
I totally appreciate the nuances of Bansuri notation. And I am starting to notice subtle differences when practicing half-notes (i.e. Komal)
Is it best practice to use simple Bansuri fingering chart ...
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How can I practice/utilize bigger and more emotional hand movements when playing the piano?
Whenever I watch a good piano player, I notice their arms and hands move a lot and it looks very smooth and emotional. Then when I record myself playing, I notice my hands often look stiff and they ...
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Learning to quickly identify valid fingering for piano?
I have identified three main problems holding back my piano sight-reading, and this is the second biggest.
I can work out fingerings by trial and error, but some very experienced pianists just devise ...
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How to play upper voices of this piano arrangement part of Pachelbel's Canon
I am not quite sure how to play best the upper two voices of measures 2 and 3 in the picture below in a piano arrangement of Pachelbel's Canon in D. My first idea was to use the left hand and play the ...
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Piano: Ring finger goes down with pinky [duplicate]
I'm a beginner to Piano and when I'm playing the C chord, I'm placing my thumb on C, middle finger on E, and my pinky on G. Only thing is, whenever I bring my pinky down, my ring finger comes down ...
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Viola Pinky Pain
I've watched carefully both how my instructor uses her pinky, and how others do so, and it seems to universally be comparatively straight at the second joint to make the stretch, with the first bent ...
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Is the fingering of thirds flexible or do I have to follow the rules?
In the exercises of thirds instead of playing it 1/3 2/4 3/5 can I play it 1/3 2/4 1/5 or it's not advisable? It's really hard for me to raise the fourth finger when going to play 3/5; are there ...
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Differences in Bansuri Fingering Chart
I have been practicing little over a month roughly 30 minutes a day. Bansuri is A scale, almost 23.5"
So far I am practicing SA RE GA MA PA DHA NI SA, and using higher octave when doing PA DHA NI SA.
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Are there specific injury concerns I should watch out for with piano tremolo exercises?
Based on Cortot exercies like these...
...I've been practicing patterns like this for seventh chords...
...and left hand...
The spacing of the fingers with these major seventh chords feels ...
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How should I position fingers 1 and 5 in these preparatory exercises from Cortot?
The first two are from Cortot's preparatory exercises for Chopin Etude opus10/1...
My hand cannot reach a 10th so I have to reach ...
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How should I correct my wrist motion when trying to do this preparatory exercise of Cortot?
From Cortot's preparatory exercises for Chopin Etude Op.10/2...
Apologies in advance for a bad recording and my piano's bad tuning and my bad playing. At least Cortot says play it in a slow tempo. ...
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Trouble with thumb placement when practicing arpeggios on a piano
I'm just now learning the correct fingering for when practicing scales and arpeggios. Scales are going quite well, but when I practice arpeggios, I seem to have a lot of trouble with my thumb ...
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Piano fingering for basic triads in B flat major
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 ...
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Why does each key have different fingering on the erhu?
Why does each key ...playing the erhu have different fingering ? Is there a way to understand why and if I understand the logic, I might be able to figure out what fingering I should be using. I have ...
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Learning piano by song tutorials
I started learning piano few years ago. I did not spend too much time on theory as it seemed straightforward to me, but easy to forget. I However practiced a couple of songs over and over. I looked at ...
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Sometimes when i focus my attention to strumming i struggle with proper fingering speed and precision
I'm fairly new to guitar and i need some help.
First off, i'm playing an acoustic guitar. I'm not a beginner yet not a master. I've been playing for a few months, i know a few scales, a dozen of ...
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Why are some alternate sax fingerings harder to play than the normal fingerings?
I've found that on my alto sax, some alternate fingerings require much more air to play than the normal fingerings. For example, A# can be played with either of these fingerings:
However, the second ...
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Balalaika strummed by finger or thumb?
I bought myself a balalaika and started to play with it. As I watched my first video here:
it tells that I have to use my index finger for stroking it.
But that is ...
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Pinky finger cracking while playing guitar
While exercising my pinky at playing the guitar I noticed a huge problem which I am not able to find on the internet. My pinky kind of cracks when trying to bend it from its flat state. I tested it on ...
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How to stop a 5-string capo blocking my fretting of the bottom E string?
I want to play a fingerstyle guitar based on open-voiced chords in the key of D, capoed to be in D, Eb or E for performance. I'd love to have the low D from a drop-D tuning but this messes up some ...
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Where do you place your fingers (y-axis) on keys when your thumb or pinky is on a black key or white key?
I'd like some feedback on some keyboard diagrams I'm making. I'd like to indicate where you would put your fingertip (fingers 1-5) on the y-axis if you were to play certain chords depending on if the ...
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Left hand Fingering for G Root Position Dominant 7th Chord?
I notice that a lot of people recommend playing a G root position dominant 7th chord in the left hand with the fingers 5, 3, 2, 1. But to me, 5, 4, 2, 1 is more comfortable.
Is it considered "bad" ...
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How to know when to play what note on what string on the violin?
I'm teaching myself to play the violin and only just starting on the notes and how to read the music, but i am getting a little stuck on knowing what note to play on what string from reading the sheet ...
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Fingerings for Chromatic Third Scales on the Piano
Can someone enumerate the main fingerings for major (... → C-E → C♯-F → …) and minor (... → C-E♭ → C♯-E → …) chromatic third scales? I've heard that Czerny, Moszkowski, Chopin and Godowski each had ...
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Fingering for long arpeggio
I seek fingering advice for the arpeggio in the image shown. It’s in A Major..
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Descending trill in Chopin's Military Polonaise?
I looked at the sheet music of the Military Polonaise by Chopin that I have. I saw something which looks more difficult than even the fast speed or the octaves. I saw a descending trill. I have never ...
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What is the proper piano fingering for playing scales in thirds?
I've been learning scales and I love to play them in this fashion.
I can't seem to find a description anywhere of "proper" fingerings where there isn't a bunch of overlap. Proper is contained in ...
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Is there a reason not to play A/C# as x42225?
I'm having a hard time fingering A/C# as this sheet suggests: x42220. I've tried:
barring with the first finger, but it's difficult for me not to touch the high E.
barring with the first finger and ...
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Descending thirds fingering (Zorba’s dance)
I found an arrangement of Zorba’s dance. But there is a passage I don’t like because I think there are thirds originally which sound much better. The arrangement is in the second picture.
The thirds ...
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Fantasie Impromptu and hand flexibility
I am thinking of perhaps learning Fantasie Impromptu soon. I have played a 4:3 polyrhythm before but not for longer than a measure. The piece in which I have encountered this polyrhythm is Nocturne Op....
