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njimenez4u

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Playing all the keys fast down and up

on: June 30, 2011, 09:16:27 PM

I am having trouble playing every single key in order down and up, it is required for some of the pieces i am attempting right now but i am just stuck, could anybody suggest tips or fingering of some sort, I would appreciate greatly so.

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #1 on: June 30, 2011, 09:25:42 PM

What exactly are you trying to do with the keys down and up? Scales, arpeggios, chords, riffs, progressions?

Moving in the cycle of 5ths tends to place related keys closer together, as opposed to working chromatically. Eg: C and G scales have more similar fingering than C and Db.

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #2 on: June 30, 2011, 09:54:52 PM

In Mozart's Fantasy, there is a part where you have to play all of the keys up in Presto, for example C-C#-D-D#-E-F-F#-G etc all the way

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #3 on: June 30, 2011, 10:03:08 PM

so basically a chromatic scale,

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njimenez4u

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #4 on: June 30, 2011, 10:24:00 PM

yes

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #5 on: June 30, 2011, 11:39:16 PM

Use your 3rd finger on black keys and 1st finger on white keys, but use your 2nd finger for C and F.

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njimenez4u

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #6 on: July 01, 2011, 02:21:29 AM

Thank You very Much i apprecieate it greatly!

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Re: Playing all the keys fast down and up

Reply #7 on: July 01, 2011, 02:39:11 AM

You're welcome.

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