FF, Op. 10 No.2, Rachmaninoff Prelude in e-flat minor, Etude Tableau Op. 39 No. 3, Mendelssohn-Rachmaninoff Scherzo from a Midsummer Night's Dream.That should keep you occupied for a year.
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Mendelssohn-Rachmaninov alone is a life time project. I believe it is a harder piece than either FF or Op.10/2. In any case, I have been working on all of those for about 20+ years and still did not dare to play in public... well maybe Scherzo this season... as an encore.
What helped me was playing pieces with chords in the RH, where the melody is on the top (4th and 5th fingers) and you don't want it overpowered by the harmony (the strong fingers).It feels like I'm shifting the balance in my hand towards the weaker fingers. They get more force and can handle it just fine.You could invent your own exercises playing chords emphasizing the outer fingers.If speed an coordination is the issue, ornamentation in Bach could help. Often a trill or mordent happens to be best reached with the weak fingers, which is good exercise.
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op10 no.2 randomly..
I assume that the question must have come from a person who just learn how to play piano. Therefore, Hanon is a more appropriate suggestion. Op10#2 is a good one, but not for a beginner.As you know, you can measure an area by using calculus but using a formula is more practical approach for those who just learn geometry.RS
Wow, you got some mixed approaches here.Here is my humble 2-cent concept: don't ask your fingers to do a job that your arm should be doing. If you play with your 4th or 5th finger directly with the support of the arm behind them, of course they are not weak on the slightest. All they have to do is be a conduit to the arm. Either be a minimal fore-arm rotation or some other movement from the arm, the finger is doing minimal movement itself, and at that range of motion speed is the name of the game. If you need power, it has to come with the arm.Don't make the fingers equal, but do give them equal support.
Like the topic title says.These two fingers are really weak, unfortunately. I was wondering if there are some good practise methods to get them stronger? Are there any good recommendations for training them?Thanks in advance!
The first few technical exercises by Liszt.