Tuesday, October 23, 2012

PIANO: Finger Numbers - C and G7 chords

THE FINGERS:

Finger # Regular name
1 Thumb
2 Index finger (also known as pointer finger, fore finger)
3 Middle finger
4 Ring finger
5 Pinky (also known as baby finger)



HOW TO FIND THE "C" (DO) KEY IN PIANO:

You will find WHITE AND BLACK KEYS on piano. Black keys are found in GROUPS OF 2 AND 3 BLACK KEYS. The "C" key is next at the left side of the 2 BLACK KEYS GROUP, as you can see at the picture below, you can play the "C" key with the finger #1 from right hand and the finger #5 from the left hand:

"C" INITIAL POSITION ON PIANO:

 

 PLAYING SOME LITTLE TUNES WITH THE RIGHT HAND FINGERS:


JINGLE BELLS:       3 3 3 - 3 3 3 - 3 5 1 2 3
                               4 4 4 - 4 3 3 - 3 2 2 3 2 - 5
                               3 3 3 - 3 3 3 - 3 5 1 2 3
                               4 4 4 - 4 3 3 - 5 5 4 2 1

LIGHTLY ROW:       5 3 3 - 4 2 2 - 1 2 3 4 5 5 5 -
                               5 3 3 - 4 2 2 - 1 3 5 5 3 - - -
                               2 2 2 2 2 3 4 - 3 3 3 3 3 4 5 -
                               5 3 3 - 4 2 2 - 1 3 5 5 1

ODE TO JOY:          3 - 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 3 2 2 -
                              3 - 4 5 5 4 3 2 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 -

 

PLAYING THE "C" AND "G7" CHORDS WITH THE LEFT HAND:

C chord: JUST PLAY 5, 3 and 1 FINGERS AT THE SAME TIME!
G7 chord: KEEP FINGERS 2 and 1 IN THE "C" INITIAL POSITION, BUT CHANGE FINGER NUMBER 5 ONE KEY TO THE LEFT. Let's take a look on the next video and we'll see how to:


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