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Fingering for repeated notes

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Sarah

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Do you use the same finger with fast repeated notes?

or do you use alternate fingers?

Which technique is better in your opinion?
 
Whichever works.....however I redirect back to the video that Anyanka posted a little time back ...same guy that you then posted doing Waltz and Balkan fusion .

I would say that here is a golden opportunity to try out that one note challenge......432/321 etc on the same key ....then use the same finger repeatedly and then Milos technical exercise again........and I also think that each method will give a different sound to the same notes.......in fact looking at the text that is how it seems to read ...........
 
to some degree it depends on the speed of the tune and therefore how rapidly the string of same notes needs to be played. For most purposes I would go for one finger x 4 presses with the finger coming off the key between 'goes'. It can help to keep the finger straight rather than bent and do do the staccatoing using the joint at the bass of the finger . Another way is to keep the hand and wrist straight and use the elbow joint. Both techniques need practice ''off tune'' and the aim should be to be able to make a morse code sound of dot dot dot dot!

An even faster way which on a piino box can only be done on the white keys is to keep all 4 fingers tightly together with the hand and fingers more or less 'flat' the ends of the fingers will of course be stepped due to varying lengths. Imagine the fingers in this position to resemble the teeth of a cogwheel! rapidly 'swipe' the 4 figners accrosss the edge of the appropriate key and you will get 4 very rapid but separate notes - same goes for a triplet by using 3 fingers. A good example of this technique is in the playing of Mick Foster of Foster and Allen fame.

george
 
I'd go closer to example 1 and use : 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 ¦ 4

In general, the many fingered approach yields more accurate results if the speed really ramps up.
If it's slow enough though, one finger will suffice.
 
I've seen diatonic box players in videos, Norwegians I think if it matters, going fast enough with a single finger that it might count as a trill, albeit one note. They make it look easy, of course.
 
Nice technique indeed and a lovely piece of music. He makes it look so relaxed.
 
Glenn said:
Id go closer to example 1 and use : 3 - 2 - 3 - 2 - 3 ¦ 4

In general, the many fingered approach yields more accurate results if the speed really ramps up.
If its slow enough though, one finger will suffice.

I use the same fingering and work well
 
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