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Topic: What would the fingering be for this in the right hand? (Read 1498 times)

spenstar

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What would the fingering be for this in the right hand?

on: April 02, 2016, 02:16:08 AM

I am unsure of the best way to finger this. The part that confuses me is the descending major chord arpeggio.

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indianajo

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Re: What would the fingering be for this in the right hand?

Reply #1 on: April 02, 2016, 01:23:58 PM

Not sure which hand your talking about.
The right hand is detached, which should give you plenty of time to jump around. I would tend to use 5-4-1 or 5-3-1 for the octave chords and 4-3-1 or 3-2-1 for the following fifth or sixth chords. Small hand people can use 5-3-1 for the second chords too if that feels better.
The intial left hand run is written a bit stupidly. I would play the initial simultaneous c and b with the thumb, then change to 2-1 and then 3-1 on the subsequent pairs of notes.