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Re: Preferred Pinkie Alternation

Author: ACCA
Date: 2022-08-16 12:20

my thoughts:

3 Sharps or less: I do what you've written, and teach it. ie left pinky returns to LH long B key, RH pinky stays on C or C# depending on key. This feels much more natural to me.

4 sharps: then you need to do RH B, LH C#, then RH D#. Unless you have the LH Eb key, then you can do LH, RH C#, LH D#. Most students won't on their instrument.

RH B and LH C# being indicated for the D scale is a way of preparing for playing in more sharps I guess, and greater proficiency with alternate fingerings, but my preference is to stick with what you wrote first there, until the D scale has been mastered for some time. It depends on the level of your students I guess!

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