Do you ever notice piano players using awkward fingering when playing piano?
Believe it or not, this is a rather controversial topic.
There are people who strongly believe in proper fingering for piano pieces. There are also those who are firm believers in free-style fingering.
Let me share with you my own perspective on this topic.
Though the length of fingers differ from person to person, we all have thumbs that are shorter than the rest of our fingers.
As a rule (or rule of thumb), the thumb is the strongest finger of all. Thumb, index finger (2nd), and long finger (3rd) are the most used fingers for piano playing. The fourth finger and fifth finger are weaker fingers.
Below are four fingering tips that I have worked up as general rules:
1. Never use the thumb to play a black key. The exceptions are
a) when you are playing a piece that has all black notes.
b) when you are playing a group of keys where there are black and white keys. For example if your right hand is to play Bb, D, and F together in Bb major chord root position, your thumb will play Bb (black note) in this case.
Thumbs are not meant to...
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