E, D, G, B

[ciroccoj]

Justin and Daniel are learning Christmas carols on the piano. Daniel's is almost done. Justin's...

He had difficulty with one four-note line. E, D, G, B. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie with the right hand; ring, pinkie, middle, thumb with the left. No rhythm to mess up; it's four quarter notes. He kept messing it up. I finally set him to practice just that one line twenty times, with the right hand.

He's now on his third repetition of the twenty-rep set. And still making mistakes.

Try it on your desk: index, thumb, middle, pinkie. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie. Index, thumb, middle, pinkie. One at a time, all taps the same length.

HOW IN THE WORLD CAN THIS BE IMPOSSIBLE TO FIGURE OUT?!!!!

::calm blue ocean, calm blue ocean::

I am currently refusing to allow myself to think about how he's still got to get the left hand going, then put them both together, then learn another three lines of music before he's done.

Comments

[mynuet.livejournal.com]

I'm actually having trouble doing it on the desk - I keep wanting to put the thumb down first. It's a problem I've had before in terms of reading music and plucking it out on the piano. I can see it in my mind, but translating it into action is weird. I have similar problems with video games, actually. Those supercombo things were always beyond me unless they happened by accident.

No helpful suggestions, but neither you nor Justin are alone in getting frustrated because the stupid fumbling fingers won't cooperate with the brain.

[naatz.livejournal.com]

Same here. . . .

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