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Re: long fingers

Author: mrn
Date: 2012-12-23 23:39
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My fingers are just a tad longer than yours and I've never experienced a difficulty like you've described. Funny thing, though, is that I don't recall ever being explicitly taught how to position my left hand.

What I do remember doing is a useful exercise that trains your left hand to assume a correct position naturally. You play the index finger-thumb E (bottom line on the staff) and then "roll" your index finger onto the A key without uncovering the hole it's on. (don't worry about the ugly sound it makes) Do this a few times, then try doing the same motion but unsealing the holes (so you actually play a real A).

You can do the same exercise going from E to G#. It seems to me that if you practice this exercise enough it should take care of any left-hand position issues you may have. If it helps, though, I took a picture of my left hand (excuse the poor quality--I used my phone).

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