It'll be one of those "thumb under" things - I just tried it and if you play the first three notes with thumb, next finger, next finger, and then slide your thumb under the others to get the D with your thumb, your hand has moved over and you then have your fingers in place for the next ones. Thumb under is the single most important thing Jo has ever taught me.
Assuming no accidentals. If there are accidentals, the fingering might shift depending on what'll end up being most comfy---you'd always slide the tumb under the third or fourth finger, though. Under second finger is hard to do at speed; under fifth finger has no point.
Ah -- now I'm going to have to go run some scales with sharps in 'em just to get a feel for what to expect. Thanks.
Someday I should have you correct my wrist position and see whether that makes the thumb crossing easier. But I can see I've got a lot of practice ahead of me in any case.
Now if I can do this while simultaneously managing the left-hand stuff I want to hear against it (the whole reason for trying this tune on piano in the first place) ...
*nod* I can certainly see that it's going to take me a while to get smooth at it at speed. While I don't have any plans to actually become a pianist, I can see that it's going to take a lot of practice just to manage what I do want to do on the keyboard.
So far, in addition to the thumb not always getting far enough over if I go to fast, the problem I'm having is that a couple of notes come out slightly weaker than the others. That's just a practice practice practice thing too?
Thanks, everyone. My thumb still doesn't want to go in the right place, but I'm working on it, and I can see how/why this is the answer. (It does work if I slow it down a notch.)
My instinct was 1-2-3-4-1-2-3, but when actually doing it I kept coming up with 1-2-3-4-1-*3-4*. I have no idea why. Piano lessons were a long time ago; I assume this would be considered an error. (Not my instinct -- what I actually did.)
I think 1 2 3 4 etc is probably more accurate but 1 2 3 certainly works easier for those not too familiar with fingerings - Jo often corrects my weird choices so I've no clue what is accurate yet!
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Someday I should have you correct my wrist position and see whether that makes the thumb crossing easier. But I can see I've got a lot of practice ahead of me in any case.
Now if I can do this while simultaneously managing the left-hand stuff I want to hear against it (the whole reason for trying this tune on piano in the first place) ...
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So far, in addition to the thumb not always getting far enough over if I go to fast, the problem I'm having is that a couple of notes come out slightly weaker than the others. That's just a practice practice practice thing too?
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