There is an easily learned left-hand exercise for guitar which might
be adapted to the hurdy-gurdy. Starting at any fret, play fingers 1,2,3,
then 4 on each string, back and forth across the fretboard. Next do 1,3,2,
then 4; next 1,4,2,3. Now 2,1,3,4; 2,3,1,4; 2,4,1,3. Etc. See the
pattern? Every possible sequence of the four fingers is incorporated.
Perhaps instead of moving across the fretboard (impossible on H-G), one
could move up to the next set of tangents, adjusting to their closer
spacing.
Regards,
Leonard Williams
On 10/12/08 6:11 PM, "Ken of Bend" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>
> So for the past year I've been practicing Hanon finger exercises on
> the piano. If you are not familiar with it, it's an ancient book of
> 60 pages of short finger patterns that slowly move up and down the
> piano keyboard to increase ones ability to play really fast. The
> patterns are easy to learn which is the intention as speed is what you
> want here, but the patterns vary to exercise all fingers equally and
> to develop muscle memory. I would love to see something similar for
> the hurdy gurdy but with some changes. For example a pattern would
> not only exercise fingers for speed, but also exercise ones ability to
> switch fingers rapidly or do finger crossovers, or improve ones
> ability to "flicker" (or whatever that quick twittery thing the finger
> does is called) and so on. Maybe it could incorporate nifty dog
> patterns (similar to what Tobie was teaching in her troupette class)
> as well and synchronized dog/fingering exercises. Any of you gurdy
> experts up for the challange? Maybe it could be a group effort and be
> something that could evolve over time.
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