fingering for a piece

1. How can I learn fingering?
2. What are the fingering numbers?
3. How do you know which finger to use on a piano?
4. Which instrument uses blazing fingers?

How can I learn fingering?

Here are four basic rules when planning what fingering to use:

1. Avoid using your first fingers (thumbs) on a black key. ...
2. Learn basic fingering patterns. ...
3. Find fingering that works for as long as possible. ...
4. Fingering should always serve expression.

What are the fingering numbers?

In notation for keyboard instruments, numbers are used to relate to the fingers themselves, not the hand position on the keyboard. In modern scores, the fingers are numbered from 1 to 5 on each hand: the thumb is 1, the index finger is 2, the middle finger is 3, the ring finger is 4 and the little finger is 5.

How do you know which finger to use on a piano?

Piano finger numbers are found in piano sheet music and indicate which finger to use on a specific note. The number one represents the thumb, two equals the index finger, three is assigned to the middle finger, four indicates the ring finger, and five designates the pinky finger.

Which instrument uses blazing fingers?

Harp