Beginners fourth and fifth finger strength exercise

[Tiko]

Here's a beginner-level exercise for increasing finger strength and accuracy of the weak (4 & 5) fingers I created a while back to get rid of my pathetic fingers :biggrin:

Do this with a metronome and increase the tempo when it starts to feel easy :smile:
Naturally it helps the most when played with weighted keys.

http://img53.imageshack.us/img53/2598/treenizr8.jpg

Maybe a bit too simple but I thought I'd post it anyway... :rolleyes:

[gylfih]

good, but as you said, very simple. In the morning when I have access to a scanner I'll post some exercises I use for this, which is basically a more complex version of your one here, and it culminates in an etude.
for beginners this is excellent though. Is it your own?

[Tiko]

good, but as you said, very simple. In the morning when I have access to a scanner I'll post some exercises I use for this, which is basically a more complex version of your one here, and it culminates in an etude.
for beginners this is excellent though. Is it your own?

Yeah I know, I'll be waiting for yours! :smile:
Yes, I notated it with guitar pro :tongue:

[gylfih]

'Tis a good job:wink:!
Well, for the more advanced player, here (http://www.mediafire.com/?esnnrudm4y1) are some that I use (but I didn't write them:frown:)

Have fun!
By the way, the exercises have a tempo marking of lento, I tend to play it much faster than that, it exercises the fingers more.

[EMH]

Cheers.
I found them both pretty helpful, I think Tiko's is very good if you haven't played for very long, that way beginners can train their fingers from start.

[gylfih]

Yes, Tiko's is very good if you haven't played for very long. Also, even if you have played for years, it still helps to start with basics and easier exercises for new techniques/building technique/building strength. I've played for 9 years now, and only started doing the exercises I posted last year. They were really hard then. I would have loved something like Tiko's exercise to help me out...

[Mush]

My favorite for 4th and 5th finger work is out in the IMSLP/Petrucci music library.

http://imslp.info/files/imglnks/usimg/a/ad/IMSLP12348-Widor_Toccata_F_Major__Organ_Music_Score__Typeset_ Pdf__10S_.pdf


If you want to hear it live on a decent machine, not on some crappy toaster.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FzPFvqjdeXU&feature=related

[dariodg]

Thank you very much guys..

i'm trying to improve my skills on keyboard..

and this is very helpful ! :)

if you have anything else (like this..) i would apreciate it :)

[Tiko]

Thank you very much guys..

i'm trying to improve my skills on keyboard..

and this is very helpful ! :)

if you have anything else (like this..) i would apreciate it :)


I recommend Jordan's "Keyboard Madness" DVD, it really has some very good exercises in it!

Just like I said to my friend who just started playing, do NOT ignore your pinky, not even little. Give a lot of attention to it, and you'll thank me later!
Seriously! :smile:

[Foranamo]

to get rid of my pathetic fingers :biggrin:

Another way is to use an axe.

Seriously though, great stuff :)

[Tiko]

Another way is to use an axe.

Seriously though, great stuff :)

Yeah :biggrin:

Näkyyhän niitä suomalaisiakin täällä, näköjään :smile:

[dariodg]

yeaah

i tried 190bpm with the metronome and i can do it :biggrin:

yay this exercise freakin rulez man !!!

[eibbor]

For the first exercise posted (thanks for referring me in my other thread)... how fast should I be shooting for here? Should I just max out my metronome? I can do it quite comfortably at 220 bpm right now. Edit: make that 250. And I tabbed it out in guitar pro to make sure I wasn't doing it at half speed or something :p

Edit 2: YES! I've found a weakness! At 270, I struggle on the ascending bit. That would explain some less than smooth parts in the solo I'm working on, which is straight 16th notes at about 175.

Many thanks!

[dariodg]

For the first exercise posted (thanks for referring me in my other thread)... how fast should I be shooting for here? Should I just max out my metronome? I can do it quite comfortably at 220 bpm right now. Edit: make that 250. And I tabbed it out in guitar pro to make sure I wasn't doing it at half speed or something :p

Edit 2: YES! I've found a weakness! At 270, I struggle on the ascending bit. That would explain some less than smooth parts in the solo I'm working on, which is straight 16th notes at about 175.

Many thanks!

dammit that is fast !

i want to play like that ¬¬

no offense :biggrin:

[Tiko]

For the first exercise posted (thanks for referring me in my other thread)... how fast should I be shooting for here? Should I just max out my metronome? I can do it quite comfortably at 220 bpm right now. Edit: make that 250. And I tabbed it out in guitar pro to make sure I wasn't doing it at half speed or something :p

Edit 2: YES! I've found a weakness! At 270, I struggle on the ascending bit. That would explain some less than smooth parts in the solo I'm working on, which is straight 16th notes at about 175.

Many thanks!

Of course you can split the note lengths so that you don't have to max out your metronome :tongue:

[P-dur]

One should also do Tiko's exercise with both hands simultaneously. Play the right hand like always, and add the left hand on, let's say the C one octave below, which would be the middle C. Use the same fingerings as you would with the right hand, just revert it, so when you descend you play with 3, 4 and 5, and when you ascend you play with 5, 4 and 3.

[andrex66]

Hello mates,
referring to Tiko exercise, I want to share my 2 cents:
Try to "play" it on a tabletop, moving one finger at the time and keeping the others fingers pressed down.
When you can do it at desired metronome pace, try to do it with fingers 4-5-4-5-3
Look closely at your 4th finger when you do the 5-3 part, to catch even the slightest sign of movement in it (I found that when I was doing the exercise this way, my 4th finger wanted to move in the 5-3 part).
Another exercise that helped me a lot was playing 5-4-5 and 4-5-4 in fast triplets, resembling a horse run (sorry, I can't find a better description), using the tabletop for better fingers control as usual.
Let me know if this helps.

Please excuse my english, not my native language.
Have fun,
Andrea

[Delta-1]

Hi!
And also...
I want to suggest the Alfred Cortot's Etudes "Les Principes rationnels de la technique pianistique" They really worth it... :cool: