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For a long time players have acted against
nature in seeking to give equal power to each finger. On the
contrary, each finger should have an appropriate part assigned
it. The thumb has the greatest power, being the thickest
finger and the freest. Then comes the little finger, at the
other extremity of the hand. The middle finger is the main
support of the hand, and is assisted by the first. Finally
comes the third, the weakest one. As to this Siamese twin of
the middle finger, some players try to force it with all their
might to become independent. A thing impossible, and most
likely unnecessary. There are, then, many different qualities
of sound, just as there are several fingers. The point is to
utilize the differences; and this, in other words, is the art
of fingering.
Here, it seems to me, is one of the most practical truths ever
uttered by a teacher. Pianists spend thousands of hours trying to
subjugate impossible muscles. Chopin, who found out most things
for himself, saw the waste of time and force.


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