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Hello all.Could someone please suggest the left hand fingering of the first 9 measures of the song "Brazil"?[img]https://www.dropbox.com/s/s40kxnh7aimhw1m/Brazilpage5fingering.jpg?dl=0[/img].Does anyone have a copy of the song with fingering that they could email me? lmichal@nycap.rr.com Thank you.

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5 5 3 1 3 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 5 1 2 3 5

There are other options, like the fingering written in there is fine, but it's a bit more jumping around that I like to do.

Thank you for your time.You have helped me greatly.I knew that I was jumping around too much,but could not figure out what to do about it.

Have you practiced arpeggios at all? That will help with spreading your fingers farther for this kind of thing.

I have practiced arpeggios and will continue to practice them.In the 6th measure is it better to use 3,3,4,3,3,3, or 3,3,1?This would be the notes B,B,Bb.

It took me a bit to understand what you were asking. The 3-3-4 option is the best because it sets you up with 5 on the A in the next measure, which you'll need in order to play the A octave later on. Any of the other fingering options don't help you with the following measure.

An important aspect of fingering decisions come from not necessarily what the measure or passage needs, but what comes after it.

+1. Both before and after. First decide on fingering for the hardest parts, then work outward both ways from them.