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posted by [identity profile] silmaril.livejournal.com at 08:04pm on 2004-01-30
What he said---counting thumb as finger 1 and little finger as finger 5, that'd be a 1-2-3-1-2-3-2.
 

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posted by [identity profile] silmaril.livejournal.com at 08:06pm on 2004-01-30
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.
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:23pm on 2004-01-30
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) ...
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posted by [personal profile] siderea at 08:37pm on 2004-01-30
Thirded. (A nice example of why pianist obsessively practice their scales. Doing that smoothly can take a while to get.)
 
posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:18pm on 2004-01-30
*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?
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posted by [personal profile] siderea at 10:25pm on 2004-01-30
Yep, sure is.
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posted by [identity profile] hobbitblue.livejournal.com at 08:46pm on 2004-01-30
yay, I'm glad everyone is agreeing with me, my piano skills are still pretty basic as yet!
 

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posted by [identity profile] dglenn.livejournal.com at 10:15pm on 2004-01-30
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.)

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