again recorded as a progress note/assignment. these 3 making 16 a b and c are my favorite of the whole set and so far I have not found a greater /better independence /strengthen weak finger study than these.
these 16 a b c also i believe are part of a group that have given these little studies a bad reputation. yes people have and do /will hurt themselves in there (and a few others more some than some), but that's not that the exercises are bad, they are almost always the result of pre existing over use injury being exacerbated , or bad technique/trying to force one's way thru them versus finding/working through or having coaching on a sound way to not strain the hand /fingers with the awkward reaches and stretches between finger 4 and 5 and finger 4 and 123, etc.
there will be some initial discomfort but slight and only from a conditioning standpoint early on w the stretch and exertion but it has to be tethered to keep it from becoming a straining. I am constantly checking myself and resetting to fix it if old habits this is helping me break free from begin to creep in. hence recording for my instructor.
without a score you might catch this is a study around notoriously weak /sluggish and depedent finger 4, so 4 is the struck whole note that is held while the pattern dances around and swaps around the held key
