Help fingering

[Ric46]

I don't want to make another post on fingering but just get some pointers. I started playing recently ( and then had to stop due to an injury) and I am studying alone because, unfortunately, I can't find any CBA teachers. I follow a book that gives the fingering but I wanted to to try to learn a couple of songs I found. I put the fingering in. I know there is no one-size-fits-all fingering but, in your opinion, is the one I put plausible or are there obvious errors? Thanks

 

[dak]

You don't write what kind of CBA you are playing. With chord names like "Mi7" and "Lam" it is probably C system but it is worth being explicit.

I have not actually checked on the instrument but there are a few red flags that may suggest improvements:

Your fingerings appear to be static: you only move your hand if absolutely necessary. That tends to lump all the difficulty into one place when it would be smarter to spread it. To wit: repeated notes are the best opportunity for changing fingers (and actually often the articulation gets better when not using the same finger repeatedly), but when you repeat notes, you repeat your fingering.

For example: you play two long notes both with "4" in measure 14 even though the phrase in 15 goes up, requiring you to use the weak finger "5" and the phrase has a turn that would naturally allow you to move the hand upwards, but you continue to use 5 on the second half as well.

To me that looks like you need more fluidity and anticipation: there is no point in sticking with a particular button/finger combination at all costs once you arrived there. If you are given an opportunity to prepare for the next phrase, you should use it even if it means using a different fingering than the first time.

As an extreme: whenever you do a jump, you want to have moved your hand already in the direction of the jump in the preceding phrase so that the jump itself is just a change of finger rather than requiring you to move the bulk of the hand.

 

[Alan Sharkis]

Funny, but the same principles apply in fingering for piano-accordion!

 

[Ric46]

Yes, C system. Thank you so much. I am very grateful. Smart tips and clear explanations!