To play the piano smoothly! Finger numbers and finger training

What is finger number?

The piano has something called "finger numbers."

This finger number indicates which note should be played most efficiently with which finger.

It will advise you on how to move your fingers not just to play that note, but to play the next note.

Piano sheet music sometimes has numbers written above or below the notes.

So which number refers to which finger?

The finger numbers have numbers 1 to 5.

1: Thumb

2: Index finger

3: middle finger

4: Ring finger

5: Little finger

It becomes. (Common for both right and left hands)

Generally, the upper rows of music scores are played with the right hand, and the lower rows are often played with the left hand.

Therefore, the numbers on the notes in the upper row are often the finger symbols of the right hand, and the numbers in the notes in the lower row are often the finger symbols of the left hand.

Training using finger numbers

Let's try training using finger numbers

training method

① Place both hands on the desk as if you are playing the piano (see the following page for posture)

②Look at the hand and number listed and try moving only your right hand (push your finger on the desk)

③Let's move only the left hand in the same way.

④Finally, move both left and right at the same time.

that's all

Let's start from step 1 in order.

Once you can move both left and right simultaneously smoothly, move on to the next step.

From step 3 onwards, the left and right fingers will have different finger numbers.

Step 1

【1，2，3，4，5，4，3，2，1】

Step 2

【1，3，5，2，4，5，2，4，1】

Step 3

Right hand [5, 4, 3, 2, 1]

Left hand [1, 2, 3, 4, 5]

Step 4

Right hand [1, 3, 5, 4, 2]

Left hand [1, 3, 1, 3, 1]

Step 5

Right hand [1, 5, 4, 2, 4, 1]

Left hand [3, 4, 5, 4, 1, 2]

that's all.

If you can do step 5 smoothly, it's perfect.

Then just make up your own numbers and practice.