Learn to play piano: Finger Technique

This time I want to share with you to learn about your finger. This is the first step before you go further on the other technique. Your finger itself has their identity or number. In this lesson it’s called Piano Fingering. The finger numbers for piano are simple.

I will explain for you one by one. I hope this will help you to improve your skill and knowledge. Learn them carefully and remember them, and make them automatic so you don’t have to stop and think about which finger is which. Figure below is the introduction of you finger number.

• Finger #1: thumb
• Finger #2: index finger
• Finger #3: middle finger
• Finger #4: ring finger
• Finger #5: pinky

Develop your piano fingering proficiency by learning many of the songs found in free piano lessons , as well as learning and mastering the piano scales.

For those beginners you might feel a bit difficult to control your finger for the first time as your thumb and pinky will naturally tend to play flat. Here I will share with you the right technique to control your finger what you need to do is you need to keep them tall (as if “diving” into the keys) this will develop you a stronger technique. Please don’t push yourself just practice for couple time until you feel comfortable. Play with firm and curved your fingers (use the natural curve of your fingers, not over-curved and not flat), but keep your arms and shoulders loose.

Below here are couple examples of good hand position, what you need to do is see, try to apply the technique and practice for several time until you feel certain.

Figure 1: Open hand position

Figure 2: Closed hand position

Once you manage to do it try to play some music not and try with the simple one. As you play each note, you should feel the weight of your arm dropping, or pouring, into the key-bed through your fingers. Further try to play several more note maybe four different note and keep on repeating. At this point you will find more freedom in your playing if you learn how to use the weight of your arms, rather than tensing and pushing on the keys. 

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