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Would someone be kind enough to provide the correct (or most common), fingering for the Major Chords for Left Hand?
I'm only asking, because I'm starting with those and don't want to be hindered later on by having to un-learn a bad habbit once I move to the other ones (from experience I know this is very much the case with the guitar).
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Eternal,
If you learn to start at a CEG/531 (C Major Chord) in the LH, you can move to CFA/521 (an F Major Chord) by moving your thumb up one key, go back to the C chord, then move your 5th finger to the B, (A G7 Chord)and play BFG/521, then return to the C. This is the same as a Tonic/Sub-dominant/Tonic/Dominant7/Tonic exercise in the Key of C.
Alfred has a book on Scales, Chords and Arpeggios that might be helpful to you.
It is best for you that you be able to figure out the patterns for making major chords (also minor, diminished, and augmented). The study of interval, distance and direction will help you a lot too. One of the things to look for in changing chords is: "Does any note carry through to the next chord?"
Then learning the inversions of the C chord is helpful: LH CEG/531, EGC/531, and GCE/521.
All of the things mentioned above can be done in every key. (12)
Do you have any specific questions about fingering and movement? Or is this generalization enough to help a little?
Betty
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Thanks for the reply. Looks like 5-3-1 is for the most part the way to go with LH.
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I, and I suppose most other Piano Magic students, play LH chords as 5-3-2, and use 1 (the thumb) for "flopping around" on the 6th/7th/9th of the chord.
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As there are oodles of ways to voice chords, I wouldn't get too locked into always trying to use the same position. I pretty much agree with what Betty said, particularly about finding common notes in a chord change. By recognizing them (and essentially learning inversions), chord changes become much more efficient and sound better, as you're not jumping around octaves.
markb--The Count of Casio
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