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Can I safely customize fingering of arpeggios?
I am beginner and by "safely" I mean no surprise, that I learn arpeggios my way, and after N months/years I discover there is some technique based on arpeggios which would require standard ...
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Fingering for left hand accompaniment over two octaves piano
I'd appreciate some help on how to finger the highlighted part.
The sheet came with a lot of fingerings, so it feels to me like I'm missing something very obvious about how this should be played. ...
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Glissando during arpeggiando on string instruments
(Related to this question for the case without glissando)
Consider following example of an arpeggiando on the four open strings of the cello (but the question also holds for violin or viola).
Is it ...
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Fingering for arpeggio in Scriabin's piano sonata no. 1
What fingering is recommended for the righthand section here? I'd originally been using 1-2-3-1-2-3-1-2-3-4-135, but at around dotted quarter = 80-85 it's started to feel quite difficult and I've hit ...
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Broken 7th chords fingering
I'm learning piano and came across an exercise called broken chords, when you play arpeggios for every inversion of a particular 7th chord.
The problem is that different sources use two types of ...
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Piano fingering for fast right hand arpeggio (B-A#-F#-C# in 3 octaves)
What would be the recommended fingering for this descending arpeggio?
(I'm currently using 5-4-2-1 but it's tricky to shift between positions.)
The tempo is somewhere around 1/4 @ 135 bpm.
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Piano fingering in Un Sospiro
For the tall left-hand arpeggio that descends two and a half octaves in the first bar, my first thought for fingering (for my hands which can only span an octave comfortably) would be starting from ...
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Fingering - Chopin Waltz in a minor (KK IVb no. 11) - measure 21
Need some suggestions with the following.
I am playing the first 3 notes - E, G♯, B with fingers 1,2, and 4, then I am shifting my hand, then playing the next octave up with the same fingering.
The ...
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Four-note arpeggio on string instrument
Consider following excerpt of the first movement of Mendelssohn's Violin concerto:
It contains a series of arpeggios.
What are the rules to write such arpeggios?
Are the four notes always played on ...
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Pachelbel's Canon in D, arpeggio's fingering
In measure 5 to 12 of this R. Schultz arr. of Pachelbel's "Canon in D", the left hand plays the arpeggios.
I have seen various fingering for the left hand:
(a) 5 5 3 1 | 5 5 3 1 | 5 5 3 1 |...
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Left hand fingering on arpeggio G-E-G-E-B-E on Piano keyboard [closed]
I'm absolutely new to piano and really want to learn piano myself at home without teacher. I've got a new sheet for a song, and I'm trying to figure out left hand fingering for the arpeggio G-E-G-B. ...
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Where should I press white keys - between black keys or below them?
I've been learning to play piano for couple of weeks, and I've faced a question that has some controversial answers on the internet:
What is the correct position of 2-3-4 fingers on white keys (WK) ...
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How would you finger this arpeggio on guitar?
What would be your approach for right-hand-fingering this arpeggio pattern with classical guitar or fingerstyle technique (no pick)?
I've tried out several approaches, being this one the most ...
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What is the meaning of the various fingering on this arpeggio?
What is the meaning of the two fingerings : "3" and "4" in the D # minor arpeggio (second inversion) ?
Should I "choose" one ?
Is there an "academic/official" ...
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Fingerings for 2+ octave major/minor arpeggio inversions
Here is a traditional fingering for a Em arpeggio across 2 octaves
RH 123 1235
LH 5421 42
What is fingering best practice one wished to practice 1st and 2nd inversions of Em arpeggio across 2 ...
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Fingering for a left hand C-G-C-G-C arpeggio
Newbie player here. I've been playing piano for almost a year now (I'm 22, self taught), and have been recently trying to move up to two octave arpeggios. I'm currently struggling with a C-G-C-G-C ...
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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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Fingering for long arpeggio
I seek fingering advice for the arpeggio in the image shown. It’s in A Major..
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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....
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What is the fingering for this arpeggio?
This may be a basic question, but I've never had a piano teacher so I'm not sure how to finger this circled measure.
My confusion stems from the fact that I remember seeing in arpeggio books that for ...
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Fingering C major arpeggio - Is fingering crucial when learning piano basics?
I am begginer piano player. I am using Piano Marvel internet course to grasp basics, I want to find teacher when I feel more confident with the instrument.
What I am wondering about is fingerings on ...
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Determining fingering for complex arpeggiations
I've been drafting some composition work and created some arpeggiations in the LH to accompany the RH, but I don't want to start guessing the fingering, ironing in bad habits before asking about it, ...
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What is a good fingering for this left-hand, F-sharp minor arpeggio?
The notes are played with the left hand in the bass clef. My current fingering is: (5,1)-5-2-1-2-1
The octave jump feels strange not matter what fingers I use. I'd appreciate the help.
If the picture ...
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Fingering for some arpeggios on piano (Final Fantasy prelude)
So I came across this video and decided to learn this arrangement to improve my technique (of course not as fast as in the video).
I'm not too sure what the best fingering is (for the left hand) ...
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Alternative to Cooke's Piano Fingerings for F# Major Arpeggios
I've been using Cooke's piano fingering for F# major scales and arpeggios.
Playing in F# major arpeggios seems really tough. I've tried alternate fingerings from Cooke's, but nothing seemed to "fit" ...
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Guitar arpeggios and finger practice
I've been playing my acoustic guitar for three years now and I have been told that I play good. I composed a few instrumentals and they have been quite appreciated. But its not good enough. I can play ...
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Piano fingering: B flat dominant 7th arpeggio
I am having trouble playing this arpeggio:
B♭ - D - F - A♭ - B♭ - D...
For the right hand I have tried this fingering:
B♭ - D - F - A♭ - B♭ - D
2 - 1 - 2 - 3 - 4 - 1
But on the way down, I am ...
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Fingerstyle guitar - how to play this arpeggio?
Too many notes, not enough fingers! How can I keep bass note while playing this arpeggio? ? shows the fret I cannot reach because I use index finger to play bass note. I have tried to barre index ...
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Zedd - Spectrum arpeggio fingering help?
I am having real trouble working out the optimal fingering for an arpeggio in this piano piece:
(Note that lower G should be on the right hand stave. The piece is 104 bpm)
I have tried a few ...
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