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Accidental grace notes when playing

Author: SunnyDaze
Date: 2021-05-21 22:32

Hi,

I wondered if I could ask about how to avoid accidental grace notes when putting down two or more fingers at once to change note?

The problem is that the fingers don't quite arrive on the hole at the same time, so there is briefly another note being played in between.

I often get this happening, for example when going from F#5 to Eb5.

It is usually happening in cases where one finger goes down on a flat hole (as in the third finger of my right hand in this case) and one finger is going down on a key that has to move, as in the pinkie finger of my right hand in this case. I find that it is hard to time my fingers to come down so that the holes are covered at exactly the same moment, because one finger has to move a key, while the other just has to cover a hole.

Another example of it happening would be going from A5 to F#5. In this case it is because my left third finger goes on a flat hole, while my right second finger has to flatten down a metal ring before covering the hole.

I wondered whether I ought to have the moving metal parts adjusted so they don't have to travel so far to cover the hole, or whether I just need to train my fingers so that one starts earlier than the other in order to arrive at the same time.

My teacher says I've just to organise my fingers better, but they are not easy to organise.

Sorry, that was a bit complicated to explain.

Best wishes,

Jennifer

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