![]() ![]() Like with any rules, there are exceptions: the rules apply most strongly when playing fast scales and arpeggios, stuff you practice daily as an essential component of play. This suggests to use fingerings that are supported by hand curvature and play black keys with a preference towards the middle three fingers and in particular avoid playing black keys with the thumb. In that context, you will want to keep your finger tips around the black/white key threshold. This clearly is a question that does not make sense answering without the context of actual piece, general fingering method employed, and actual mapping of the passage to fingers.Īs a general rule, contortions and unnecessary strains are to be avoided, and that gives advantage to certain fingering patterns for typical melodic fragments, and for various strategies (crossing over, finger changes and others) for tying together fragments that don't provide a seamless fit. You should be thinking in terms of a few years playing piano to establish a foundation in fingering technique. it requires way more precise movement to hit it accurately. it's become way harder to not press adjacent keys. I've been learning to play piano for couple of weeks. ![]() It depends on the other keys that need to be played and the shape of your hand. The point is that fingers 2, 3, and 4 are not one or the other between or below the black keys. ![]() I have to reach in pretty close to the fallboard to play F#m with the octave stretch and my fingers dropping down in a relaxed position for the inner two keys. My fingertips end up roughly in these positions. You need a few example of particular chords or scales to see what happens in that space.įor an A major chord in root position, fingers 1 and 5 need to stretch for the octave and probably need to be "below" to black keys to make the reach, finger 2 with a longer reach toward the fallboard then is "above" the other fingers to play the C#.įor an F#m chord in root position, fingers 1 and 5 are on black keys so the hand is already placed "above" into the black keys space, finger 2 drops down between black keys to play the A natural. ![]() Some of that yellow space is "above" and some "below". but you can see that space overlaps the start point of the black keys. You can say that generally your fingers get placed about mid-way along the length of the keys toward the fallboard, this yellow space. When it comes to fingering questions, the broader the question the more the answer will be: "it depends." That is probably why you find conflicting information online, too many answers that don't provide the specific context for one fingering approach versus another. #The black keys keep your hands off her movie#Update: okay, to be particular: in this composition ("Waltz" by Eugen Doga, from the movie My Sweet and Tender Beast ) it feels more comfortable for me to press WKs between BKs, until I have to jump to another chord where root is between BKs (to Am or Dm at the beginning of the 5th, 7th and 10th measure, and so on) where I often hit BK together with WK by mistake :) Internet's given me mutually exclusive options, so now I feel confused a bit :) So, the question is "What should I master more? Hitting WKs below BKs (and try find a way to reduce tension while my wrist is turned to outer side), or hitting between them (and focus on movement precision to avoid pressing adjacent keys)?" OTOH, when I press WKs between BKs (somewhere between their bottom end and 1/2 of their length, depending on chord and hand position) I feel that my arm is in a more natural and comfortable position now, and moreover, I've found out that it's easier to navigate the keyboard with less visual control (because I can feel actual finger position by feeling adjacent BKs by lateral parts of my fingers), BUT! it's become way harder to not press adjacent keys by mistake when jumping to a new position, because the “goal” (the space between BKs) is smaller and it requires way more precise movement to hit it accurately. When I press WKs below BKs - it's way easier to jump from one position to another without missing keys, but I feel some over-tension (and even some pain eventually) in my wrist because my arm turned too much to outer side in an unnatural way (despite the fact that I try to keep it relaxed as it possible). What is the correct position of 2-3-4 fingers on white keys (WK) when playing an arpeggio - between black keys (BK) or below them? I've been learning to play piano for couple of weeks, and I've faced a question that has some controversial answers on the internet: ![]()
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