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That's what I meant when I wrote that his fingerings are pleasant to play and I meant that you don't have to be blind to benefit from the fact that they facilit
by weinzierl 6y ago
That's what I meant when I wrote that his fingerings are pleasant to play and I meant that you don't have to be blind to benefit from the fact that they facilitate easy orientation on the keys.
For example Stevie actually plays the main melody of the main riff of Superstition distributed to both of his hands. This allows him to simultaneously play some bass notes with his left and some higher chords with his right hand while completely avoiding to move his hands away from their basic position. His hands never jump. Playing the melody with both hands is unusual and not what most Superstition tutorials show, but it is actually very pleasant and safe because everything just lies under your fingers.
The other side of the same coin is that Stevie never had to worry if his music is easy to write and read. That also facilitates playability and maybe emphasizes pleasant movements over looks on a sheet of paper.
- jeffwass 6y agoFascinating, do you happen to have an example with Stevie's own fingerings of superstition? I'd love to see that.
- weinzierl 6y agoI watched many Youtube videos to figure it out. Thankfully a good soul named Josh FunkKeyStuff Paxton had already written it down and I was glad when I found his detailed analysis. Here is a link to a PDF that another good soul made of Paxton's now lost so called "Superstition dissertation": http://bluefunk.rocks/NonBandPictures/FunkKeyStuff(JoshPaxton)'sDissertationonSuperstitionbyStevieWonder.pdf http://bluefunk.rocks/NonBandPictures/FunkKeyStuff(JoshPaxto...
- jeffwass 6y agoAwesome!