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I have short fingers, it's difficult to me to learn song with lot of black key notes on piano. Any suggestion?
Now currently I'm in 8th grade classical piano, but how ironic if I have small and short fingers.
Actually I really hate song which has lot of black keys note, like mostly Chopin works, but I also really like his songs very much. In ABRSM exams, I usually choose songs with few of black note keys. But now in 8th grade, I must face songs like that. (how difficult with my short fingers, I play fast legato and moving chords on black keys).
Any suggestion on that?
Even I can't play the first bar of Rachmaninoff piano concerto no.2 due to my short fingers! T.T
And in previous exams, I take lot of time to learn Beethoven Moonlight Sonata mov.3 on E major. Fast-smooth legato on left hand and sharp octave notes on right hand. aaa... Even I can read all of those notes, my fingers are difficult to play it smoothly.
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- petr bLv 79 tahun yang laluJawaban Favorit
With the smaller the hand and shorter the fingers, a student must learn how to that much more readily move more of the hand when playing: there have been some world-class pianists who played just about everything and who had famously small hands, the wonderful (late) Alicia Delarrocha being just one of them.
It sounds like you have a bad eight-year long habit of generally positioning your hands too far over the ends of the white keys, out of a fear, 'avoiding' the white keys. Your hands should really be generally nearer the median line of both the white and black keys: I'm betting your habit has your hands nowhere near that.
You have a psychological anxiety about black keys, too.
Ask your teacher about generally positioning your hands so any accidentals are more readily within your reach. Certain keys, certain passages will require different positioning to more readily negotiate playing.
The Chopin 'black key' etude sits very readily under the hand, and for that your right hand should be 'centered' in alignment over the black keys only, then it will be comfortable and 'handy.'
It is possible your teacher has somewhat 'given up' on your black key phobia - we all can, after a number of years, just stop reminding a student, thinking they just don't have it, or if that student has not listened or done anything about the technical problem, it is no longer addressed.
You can, by asking earnestly, paying attention, and Not Complaining About Your Fear Or Anticipated Difficulty, initiate the conversation to start addressing your problem, which is 90% psychological, and then get to practicing and becoming comfortable with the accidental keys.
I'm convinced you have eight years worth of bad habit with your hands wrongly positioned to 'stay away' from the black keys. Eight years habit is hard to break, and it will not be 'emotionally comfortable' or easy to change that habit. If you have patience with yourself, with the right directions, you and your teacher can correct the problem, and all playing will become more comfortable for you.
It is not at all an insurmountable technical problem that you have, so.... get to it.
Best regards.
P.s. After eight years, you should have done the C# major and minor scales. I recommend that, and the ancillary arpeggio practice, right away -- it is there you will find out a lot about how to position your hands, and it should help you get over your 'speed bump' about accidentals.
- Anonim5 tahun yang lalu
As a self-taught drummer myself, i can tell you that there really is no 'fast" way to learn an instrument. It takes a lot of patience, practice, discipline, and hard work. Now that being said, some people do learn quicker than others so it all depends on the person. I have two cousins that both play guitar and both are self-taught. My one cousin Terry practiced just about every day and picked it up quicker than my cousin Dave, who didn't practice nearly as much. Terry became pretty darn good in about 8 months. It all boils down to how determined you are, how much you practice, and how quickly you pick things up. My advice would be to get an instructional book or DVD and learn a few chords. If you do it on your own you will save a lot of money and you can go at your own pace. Guitar lessons are not cheap these days, unless you know someone. Just give it a shot on your own for a month or 2 and see how you progress. Then if you feel you need lessons to get better, then find a good teacher that won't be too expensive. But the key is to practice....practice.....practice! Good Luck!
- 9 tahun yang lalu
Are you sure it might not just be a technique problem, or something like that? Shorter fingers might give you a problem with larger intervals (for example, speaking of Moonlight Sonata, I'm having a bit of trouble with this one part in the first movement, which is normally pretty easy, because it requires me to play lots of ninths and my fingers can just /barely/stretch far enough) but if you can reach a white key, you should be able to reach the black key next to it...have you tried playing with your hands further up the piano? It might help, I think, although I don't know whether or not you already do this-you sound like a really talented pianist, and it's really quite a shame that you're having such a problem with black keys. I really hope this helps! :)
Sumber: I also play piano. - 9 tahun yang lalu
I think it might be a technique problem. People with shorter fingers tend to play with 'flatter' hands i.e. their hands aren't exactly in the position of holding an apple, and this becomes a problem when black keys come it place because it is not just the distance between the keys that you have to worry about, but also height-wise. Don't worry, I also have very tiny hands and find it very hard to find the correct balance between technique and physically reaching the notes;)
- ?Lv 49 tahun yang lalu
Short fingers does not affect it. I know what you are talking about (with the black key etude), but this piece just takes REALLY slow practice. try real slow work, staccato (loud), and do not accept mistakes in practice. Give it a few days, it's not that bad. The black key is easy once you get it. As for rach 2, my friends with small hands have played it. This is what they do (she also did black keys- her hands are smaller than they look)
