FINGER POSITIONING ON THE PIANO

Topic: Finger Positioning On The Piano
Class: Year 1
Date: 6 / 5 / 2020

Finger Positioning On The Piano
Understanding proper finger position is important and very necessary when learning how to play a piano. It doesn't matter if you have been playing before or you're  just a beginner starting to play scales and some simple songs, if you exercise and train your hands and fingers early and regularly, you sure will find it simple and very easy to progress from simple music pieces  to more complex pieces of music.

In our lesson today, we will start learning how to number our fingers in preparation for our piano playing class.

How are the fingers numbered
Numbering starts with your thumb as number 1 and goes to your pinky finger as number 5. Below is an analysis of what number is assigned to what finger.

* Thumb is 1
* Index finger is 2
* Middle finger is 3
* Ring finger is 4
* Pinky finger is 5

Study the diagram below.

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worksheet

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Instruction: Answer question 1 and 2.

1. Colour in the finger number written in the hand.

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2.Draw a line from each finger to match the correct number.