Author: Tom H
Date: 2020-04-18 01:16
Very good question and not necessarily a noob one. I agree with:
-- know both ways fluently.
--it (may) depend on which notes follow (and which come before).
Will add:
--If the preceding or following note involves a note where only right hand fingers move, I use the left (E/B) then right (F#/C#). It's easier to move fingers on one hand than to coordinate moving fingers of both hands.
--if it's for a trill, I start with the right pinky held down and trill with the left one.
Trilling using a left hand finger is easier and can be done faster because of arm position and possible slight arm movement when trilling. This is do to the right arm/hand "anchoring" the instrument. If all that makes sense.....
Interesting side note (no pun intended) if you want to follow all this---
I learned the "traditional way" of using both pinkies together for B, then lifting the left to get C, as Paul A. points out.
--As a young kid I learned F#/C# first with the LH pinky. Then of course I had to learn the RH E/B to go between the two.
--later on when I learned the RH pinky fingering for F#/C# this was new and strange for me, requiring a lot of practice to get used to it.
I guess which you learn first may depend on the teacher.
Regarding the sliding of pinkies (R-R, L-L) as discussed: I figured out a cute little trick while in college. If you get a chance a bar or two before, lick the pinky that is to slide. I haven't done that since mid '70s......
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Post Edited (2020-04-18 02:00)
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