A Practical Guide to Forearm Rotation

Rotations Involving the Thumb

We have discovered that the thumb always rotates towards the body (from right to left in the RH, and from left to right in the LH) no matter the direction of travel. Even though we are now covering old ground, it is most important to get very comfortable with the concept and the choreography at the keyboard. Here a few supplementary exercises, which might at first feel counterintuitive. Single Rotations Only Try these short exercises, all involving single rotations only: Turning Around the Thumb in Scales Having experienced the...

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