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 Re: Flying Fingers
Author: claritoot26 
Date:   2007-06-29 18:38

Slow and easy does it! Practice the major, minor, and chromatic scales slowly with correct (I suppose there's more than one "correct" way for some fingerings, but I mean not awkward and use the left and right pinky fingers so you're not sliding between notes) fingerings while looking in the mirror. Especially concentrate on where the left hand fingers are when going back and forth over the break. These are the ones that often fly away. Make sure the index finger doesn't lift much when going from the ring to the A and G# keys. It just needs to roll a bit. Also, the left thumb position is important. It should be on the ring so that you just have to rock it a little to open the register key when needed. There are good "mechanism" exercises in the Advanced Rubank and Klose' books that are also helpful for learning "good" fingerings. Practice slowly at first, concentrating on relaxed minimal movement of the fingers. Use a mirror and a metronome. When it looks and sounds smoothe slowly, you can start clicking the metronome up a notch or two at a time. You can do this with the hard parts of your band music, too. Patience, my friend. You'll get there. Good luck.

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