Question on fingering for piano

1. How do you know which fingers to use on piano?
2. What fingers do you use for piano chords?
3. What does fingered mean on a piano?

How do you know which fingers to use on piano?

The first rule of piano fingering is that the shorter fingers play the longer keys, and the longer fingers play the shorter keys. The shorter fingers are the thumb and pinky, fingers 1 and 5. The longer fingers are the index, middle and ring fingers, fingers 2, 3 and 4.

What fingers do you use for piano chords?

Finger Placement: How To Play Piano Chords

With your right hand, you use your thumb, middle finger and little finger. Place your thumb on the root note, middle finger on the major or minor third and your little finger on the perfect fifth.

What does fingered mean on a piano?

Piano fingering refers to finger placement on the piano keyboard and the hand techniques used to play the piano. Fingered piano music marks each note with a number that corresponds to one of the five fingers. ... Although individual notes may be fingered in sheet music, chords do not always have fingering marks.