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How do you teaching fingering on the piano? Do you advocate a "fixed way" for fingering (as spelled out in the score, especially), or do you train learners to adopt a more flexible approach?

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Maxim Yanchenko

Both, depends on a situation. The written fingering, when it contradicts the habitual fingering of a student, frequently exposes weaknesses and gives a way to address them (for example, overuse of... See More

Both, depends on a situation. The written fingering, when it contradicts the habitual fingering of a student, frequently exposes weaknesses and gives a way to address them (for example, overuse of the third finger when the forth is more appropriate but it's weak and therefore uncomfortable to use). Otherwise the weaknesses would stay hidden and the student would end up with a very limited set of fingering patterns he's comfortable with.

March 29, 2017 at 11:30am
Goh Zensen

Thanks for your sharing!

March 29, 2017 at 11:37am
Goh Zensen

Explaining why music theorists are always lagging behind instrumentalists!

March 29, 2017 at 11:40am
Gee Yong

Adopt flexible approach due to short or long fingers. In playing different genre of music may requires different fingering techniques.

March 31, 2017 at 5:57pm