Hi-
I am a true beginner, and loving this method of teaching since I can go at my own pace, in my own home, drinking coffee, waiting for the Covid restrictions to ease. My question is, when looking at sheet music for the first time, how do you determine starting hand position? Playground has nicely given finger positions with numbers above the notes, but in the real world, how does one figure out where to place the hands ? I am still in boot camp and only level 16.
Thanks you!
Starting hand position
Re: Starting hand position
Hi dapast18
In "real life" sheet music you may have multiple options, all depending on the editor and edition and publisher:
Have fun learning and playing!
Edit: here is an example for a beginner's arrangement: the ending of "Wiegenlied" (by Schubert; from Yamaha's "50 Classical Music Masterpieces")
In "real life" sheet music you may have multiple options, all depending on the editor and edition and publisher:
- "for beginners": usually contain some fingering, at the beginning and at (bigger) hand position changes. You'll just have to fill in the blank as they best fit
- "for advanced": even for a bit more complex pieces, it may contain no fingering at all. Still, it's mostly obvious (if not even straightforward), as soon as you analysed the music a bit
- "complex": anything in between
Have fun learning and playing!
Edit: here is an example for a beginner's arrangement: the ending of "Wiegenlied" (by Schubert; from Yamaha's "50 Classical Music Masterpieces")
- Attachments
-
- wiegenlied.png (20.56 KiB) Viewed 10024 times