Thumb And Index Finger

Do You Struggle With Proper Piano Fingering?

Did you ever notice piano players with awkward fingering when playing piano?

Believe or not, this is a controversial issue.

There are people who firmly believe in the correct fingering for piano pieces. There are also those who are firm believers in the free-style fingering.

Let me share with you my own perspective on this issue.

Although the length of the fingers differ from person to person
we all have thumbs that are shorter than the rest of the fingers.

As a rule (or rule of thumb), thumb is the strongest finger
of all. Thumb the index finger (second), and long finger (3rd) are the most used fingers for piano playing. The fourth finger and fifth finger are weaker fingers.

Below are four tips fingering I have worked as general
rules:

1. Never use the thumb to play a black key. Exceptions are
a) when you are playing a piece that has all the notes in black.
b) when you are playing a key group where black
and white keys. For example if your right hand
is to play Bb, D, and F together in B flat major root position chords, thumb play Bb (black note) in this case.

Thumbs are not meant to be used for black key because of its length. The most used fingers for black notes are the second and third fingers. If you are playing certain scales that start with a black key as flat major, Eb major, Ab major, etc., using 2nd or 3rd finger to play the first scale note instead of the thumb.

2. When playing the melody with his right hand, if there are keys that are out of reach, you can move out to touch the note. If the key is just a few steps below the thumb, you can use your thumb as an anchor and cross the second finger over to reach the note on the left side of the thumb. It is not necessary to move the hand. Only move the second finger over.

Once the second finger touches the key, the thumb crossing soon come to play another note left on the key.
Tip: practice the scale well to know what finger to follow.

3. The same rule applies to the left.

4. Watch other experienced pianists whenever possible, look
their fingering and imitate their movements. I suggest you see players who are well trained classically have spent many years going through the repertoire and virtuoso structured training to help build a firm foundation.

One important point: The role of good fingering is to ensure the smoothness of the music passages.

This is especially important in the works for piano of Bach
(Leak prelude, and others) and many classical composers.
Very often, a small change in the fingering of the piano could cause
the disruption of writing.

For piano improvisation and accompaniment parts, strict
fingering becomes less critical. In fact, every time I improvise using different fingering combination. This is due to my mood and change rhythm when improvising, this also affects the combination of fingers I use.

If you pay attention to different pieces of music published by
editors, you will notice a change in fingering too. I noticed that it "Sonatina" piece composed by Clementi have different suggestions on different fingering editors.
Some editors use the finger second most frequently, while others choose
third finger.

In conclusion: If you are improvising, pay less attention to
the finger you are using. While the above is true
standards and maintain the flow of musical passage, you're well.

If you get too critical about fingering, distracting thoughts and stream music. After all, is the music that you are conveying.

Piano playing gets very complicated when trying to
balance of both hands, keep a steady pace (rhythm), make sure
the pedals are moving at the right time, listening to music ,.....

Have fun making music!

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