[musictlk] piano question

[brother Timothy Clark]

i play a keyboard and am guessing that would be similar. 
 the way i do it is i play white with my pointers and black with my middle 
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On Kislev 1, 5775 AM, at 21:39, Linda Mentink via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:

> That's the oddest thing I've ever heard. There are no rules about that as far as I know. DI think it applies when you're playing the chromatic scale, though. o what works best for you.
> 
> At 09:56 AM 11/22/2014, you wrote:
>> Hello,
>> I used to take piano lessons, but I've taken a break while job searching.  I'm looking to get back into playing for fun, not taking lessons or anything.  However, I have a question for you.
>> I was told by my former piano teacher that you should avoid playing black keys with your thumb or pinky whenever possible.
>> However, sometimes you cannot avoid using your thumb or pinky since you wouldn't have enough fingers to play the chord.
>> Therefore, how do you accomplish playing a black key with your thumb or pinky without having to twist your arm in weird ways to make it comfortable? Any advice would be greatly appreciated.
>> Thank you,
>> Kelsey Nicolay
>> 
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