The Art of Piano Fingering
A thorough understanding of the principles of good fingering is a vital basis for good piano playing. Without comfortable, musically appropriate fingerings, we can waste hours of practice time trying to remedy a problem which could have been averted much earlier. In this series of articles, author Penelope Roskell looks at the fundamental principles which lie at the heart of good fingering.
Contents
Ergonomic Fingering for Scales and Arpeggios (1)
General Principles for Choosing Fingerings (2)
Chapter 2 - Melodic Minor Scales
Chapter 3 - Harmonic Minor Scales
Chapter 4 - Scales in Thirds, Tenths, Sixths and Contrary motion
Chapter 6 - Scales in Double Thirds
Chapter 8 - Chromatic Minor Thirds
Author
Penelope Roskell
Penelope Roskell is equally renowned as a performer of international calibre and as an inspirational teacher and professor of piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She is the author of The Complete Pianist: From Healthy Technique to Natural Artistry and is the leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing. She holds a clinic at the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine for pianists with injuries and her guide to preventing and recovering from injury is available here.
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