In message [EMAIL PROTECTED] John Howell
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KCM:
1) Why are string fingerings taught by positions? does it result in the
pupil learning to choose good fingerings quickly, or is it just the
easiest way to teach?
JH:
Much in string playing (and not just in string playing!)
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John Howell [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
Those of us who are NOT stuck in odd numbered
positions are constantly fingering on the fly, and when we find the
most comfortable fingerings we might even write them in! But I was
trained not to think in positions but to use
1) Why are string fingerings taught by positions? does it result in the
pupil learning to choose good fingerings quickly, or is it just the
easiest way to teach?
There's a necessary logic to it. The first finger *has* to be located
in one of a finite number of locations (assuming we're dealing
