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Piano Board => Performance => Topic started by: countrymath on October 10, 2011, 10:48:50 PM

Title: Problems with scales
Post by: countrymath on October 10, 2011, 10:48:50 PM

I've been practcing scales for about a month...

I've read all benhard's posts (and others', of course) about scales and practcing, but I still have a gap when doing, for example, the passage of 4th finger on Eb to C and then the 3rd finger on Eb to F

Can someone help, me?

Title: Re: Problems with scales
Post by: nyiregyhazi on October 10, 2011, 11:02:47 PM

Quote from: countrymath on October 10, 2011, 10:48:50 PM

I've been practcing scales for about a month...

I've read all benhard's posts (and others', of course) about scales and practcing, but I still have a gap when doing, for example, the passage of 4th finger on Eb to C and then the 3rd finger on Eb to F

Can someone help, me?

I'd guess that the thumb is underactive. Are you practising literal thumb-under or only thumb over? Either way, the thumb needs to engage properly. I'm just finishing off a post including a thumb exercise for use in scales that is designed to activate it better. Just need to get some videos completed and it will be up within no more than a few days.