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Those poor little fingers

Author: timg
Date: 2008-04-12 14:54
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That Mr. Boehm, why did he give the littlest fingers so much work to do? I just can't seem to find a hand position in which the pinkies can do their job.

With the fingers straight, the top of the hands knock into the A# and trill keys, and the 3rd fingers come off their tone holes.
With the fingers curved the little fingers can't move quickly and tend to hit several keys together.
And the happy medium, recommended by my teacher, is far from happy. The little fingers feel twisted and have trouble reaching the LH F/C or the RH E/B keys.

I've attached some pictures, and would be very happy to listen to any recommendations for improving my finger positioning. By the way, I've been playing for 10 months and have just started to (try to) play awkward note sequences like D#-C-B or F-Eb-C-Bb-B-C (bottom of clarion + throat tones).

Tim

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