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Or just read the fingering of the masters?

• endymi0n 5y ago
  It's more complicated than that, as you want to transfer the learning to new pieces. In the end, it's really close to machine learning, as you want to create a rather complex loss function. Just as an example, one of the first things I learned from my Russian master teacher was to never put the thumbs on the black keys. That's _unless_ it's absolutely neccessary to do so in some of the more advanced fingerings. It also all depends on how large your hands are. So there's really no one-size-fits-all solution, but I could imagine a transformer architecture trained on master fingerings might actually be able to figure it out.
  • tofflos 5y ago
    > Just as an example, one of the first things I learned from my Russian master teacher was to never put the thumbs on the black keys. Ugh. I'm hard pressed to even reach an octave using only pinky and index. You probably have bigger hands.
  • john61 5y ago
    Yes I know this rule: no thumb on black keys. My teacher says it is dumb, and I agree. It depends on the musical context. Thumb on black key can be a disaster or a brilliant solution. There a no rules and a lot of factors to consider. Good fingering is very subjective and depends foremost on musical understanding of the desired emotional outcome. I do not understand what statistics or machine learning can add here.