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The Art of Piano Fingering
Chapter 8 - Chromatic Minor Thirds
In chromatic minor thirds, each hand plays two notes at the interval of the minor third. The most commonly used basic fingering is as follows: Example 46 Note how the thumb plays twice on E-F and B-C EXERCISE: Practise first the fingering for the outer part, i.e. 345 34 34 345 34 etc. Notice how the third and longest finger always plays black notes and the fifth always plays white. Then practise the fingering for the inner part, i.e. 12 12 112 12 12 112 etc. Notice how the thumb plays all the...Sign in to view if you have purchased access to this content or see purchase options below.
Penelope Roskell
Penelope Roskell is equally renowned as a performer of international calibre and as an inspirational teacher and professor of piano at Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance. She is the author of The Complete Pianist: From Healthy Technique to Natural Artistry and is the leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing. She holds a clinic at the British Association for Performing Arts Medicine for pianists with injuries and her guide to preventing and recovering from injury is available here.
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