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CMelodyMan
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 Posted: Sun Jul 10, 2005 10:04 pm Post subject: How close do you keep your fingers to the keys? |
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How close do you keep your fingers to the keys? I try to always have my fingers touching the keys, but when I'm playing really fast my fingers just fly all over the place.
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JPSaxMan
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My private instructor is trying to keep me from 'flying' so now I'm keeping them almost glued to the keys! 
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Bleeding_Gums_Murphy
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 8:39 am Post subject: |
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| I keep them on the keys almost all the time. |
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tenorsaxman
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| Posted: Mon Jul 11, 2005 1:53 pm Post subject: |
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To be honest it depends on the type of song.jazz I let my fingers fly/classical as close to keys whenever possible
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Thomas
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90% of the time I keep my hands on the keys. Unless of course I'm playing in the higher register, and/or using alternate fingerings, then it's pretty difficult, and highly impractical to keep every finger on a key.
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JPSaxMan
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| Thomas wrote: | | 90% of the time I keep my hands on the keys. Unless of course I'm playing in the higher register, and/or using alternate fingerings, then it's pretty difficult, and highly impractical to keep every finger on a key. |
Yea, this is what my instructor has said several times. If I have to do an altissimo fingering or use the palm keys the fingers come off everywhere needed.
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Thomas
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Mm hmm.
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JazZz
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| Posted: Wed Jul 13, 2005 7:02 pm Post subject: |
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| Generally my fingers are glued to the keys. If I use my palm keys my fingers come up a little, and if I go altissimo they come up a lot. When I really get into jazz, my fingers go all over the place when I try to 'feel' the song or plan an improv while playing. |
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musicalprodigy
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i try to keep my fingers as close as i can to the keys, but sometimes they just fly all over the place!  |
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