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As someone who doesn't play piano, what you were describing reminded me exactly of my typing experience. I'm glad to see you thought the same! You mentioned the

As someone who doesn't play piano, what you were describing reminded me exactly of my typing experience. I'm glad to see you thought the same! You mentioned the 4th and 5th fingers on the keyboard specifically — what is the correct finger placement for those keys relative to what you think most people do?

siraben 5y ago
Can't speak for everyone, but for me, I realized I didn't use my right pinkie to hit backspace or left pinkie to hit tab, and likewise for my 4th fingers, so I would end up moving my wrist. After a bit of practice I didn't need to use my wrists as much and practically all the keys can be reached in this way.
- prirun 5y ago
  I play piano and touch type pretty fast. This example, of using the right pinkie for Backspace, is a good analogy with piano fingering. I use my 4th finger for Backspace, not 5th (pinkie). While pinkie may seem logical at first, it is much shorter on my hand than 4th. To use 4th, I only have to move my wrist to the right. To use 5th, I have to move my whole arm toward the screen, which is a much bigger deal. Same kind of thing happens in piano fingering all the time. The other key thing about fingering is you don't want to stretch fingers if you can avoid it. Stretched fingers cause fatigue and fingers are less flexible when stretched. Try stretching your fingers apart and moving them quickly. So when finding a fingering, you want to group notes into comfortable hand positions, play what you can in that position, then move your hand to the next position. This is commonly called grouping and surfacing if you want to do some research. You also want to avoid playing with your wrist twisted to the far right or left. If your fingering requires a twisted wrist, the notes should probably be grouped a different way, which will also change the hand position and fingering you use.

siraben 5y ago

Can't speak for everyone, but for me, I realized I didn't use my right pinkie to hit backspace or left pinkie to hit tab, and likewise for my 4th fingers, so I would end up moving my wrist. After a bit of practice I didn't need to use my wrists as much and practically all the keys can be reached in this way.

prirun 5y ago
I play piano and touch type pretty fast. This example, of using the right pinkie for Backspace, is a good analogy with piano fingering. I use my 4th finger for Backspace, not 5th (pinkie). While pinkie may seem logical at first, it is much shorter on my hand than 4th. To use 4th, I only have to move my wrist to the right. To use 5th, I have to move my whole arm toward the screen, which is a much bigger deal. Same kind of thing happens in piano fingering all the time. The other key thing about fingering is you don't want to stretch fingers if you can avoid it. Stretched fingers cause fatigue and fingers are less flexible when stretched. Try stretching your fingers apart and moving them quickly. So when finding a fingering, you want to group notes into comfortable hand positions, play what you can in that position, then move your hand to the next position. This is commonly called grouping and surfacing if you want to do some research. You also want to avoid playing with your wrist twisted to the far right or left. If your fingering requires a twisted wrist, the notes should probably be grouped a different way, which will also change the hand position and fingering you use.