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FINGERING TECHNIQUES Ben Crandall - Utah Valley AGO Chapter Workshop - 11/07/02 Notes taken by DeeAnn Stone |
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Learn good fingering technique and then apply what you learn. When first learning a hymn, practice the fingering--not the
"hymn." Method books teach: 1.
Direct fingering 2.
Redistribution - same
as direct except taken alto with left hand 3.
Crossing - do scales to
practice - use 5-1, 2-4 fingers up and down the scale 4.
Glissando - sliding
from one key to the next 5.
Thumb glissando - use
base of thumb - becomes a "sixth" finger 6.
Substitution - switch
fingers Know the techniques, know where to identify when to use, and
then be able to do it. When marking a hymn: 1.
Look for phrases 2.
In alto line - look for
redistribution. If you need to, write
in the alto note on the tenor line if you can't read it from the treble clef 3.
Look for parallel
sixths 4.
Look for repeated notes
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