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 Re: Improving grip in keys - sticky stuff?
Author: bmcgar ★2017
Date:   2022-12-19 22:19

Sorry for not reading all the posts in this thread.

I may have missed something or this may have already been covered, but I think that technological solutions miss the mark and are not necessary.

The problem is not that they key is slippery, it's because your finger position is at fault.

What you need to do is practice alternating between the note or notes you're slipping on and other notes on the instrument, playing VERY slowly over and over and over and over (ad nauseum) until your finger hits where it should on the key all the time. I repeat: VERY SLOWLY and OVER AND OVER. Give your brain time to register the correct position.

I had this same problem when, after nearly 60 years of playing, I started using an instrument with an auxiliary left-hand Eb/Ab. It took me a couple days of this slow, repetitive practice to make hitting that key accurately automatic, but I have no problem anymore.

My mantra: Look to yourself first before looking to your equipment.

B.



Post Edited (2022-12-19 22:21)
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