[musictlk] piano question

[Sandra Gayer]

Hello Kelsey,
It sounds as though your teacher was just repeating what he/she was
taught. The only thing which would make sense is the rule during the
baroque period which stated that your thumbs shouldn't be used at all.
This relates to women playing the harpsichord as it was unbecoming for
a lady to use her thumbs. Did you ask your piano teacher for his/her
reasons? There aren't any technical ones for not using your thumb or
little finger on the black notes. They are the shortest digits and,
therefore, it's the most difficult to reach the black notes with them
but that is resolved by placing your fingers further in so that you
can reach the black notes with all fingers and thumbs.

Very best wishes,
Sandra.

On 11/24/14, brother Timothy Clark via musictlk <musictlk at nfbnet.org> wrote:
> 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
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>> 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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