Piano Basics: Tips for Developing a Fingering

 

When learning a new passage, it can be necessary to create a fingering. This can be for several reasons: the music doesn’t have any fingering,  is an 0riginal composition, was transcribed from a recording, or has awkward fingerings written. Often the difference between effortless, smooth playing and awkward, inconsistent delivery is in the fingerings. There are many issues that can come up when deciding upon a fingering, and this passage addresses a few. I have added the fingerings I used in the video to this example. Hope this is helpful!

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

(Click on the thumbnail to enlarge the music)

*Note that this passage is written in Gb major. This was the key used in the recording, and presents some of the fingering challenges. I originally wrote it in F#, but this made the spelling of some chords difficult. Notation is an art, and clarity is important… but that is a lesson for another day!