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Alphonsus Jr.  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 7:23 pm
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From: "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:23:22 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Sep 30 2012 7:23 pm
Subject: Strength of a & m fingers
Friends,

Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.


 
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Tommy Grand  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 7:37 pm
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From: Tommy Grand <howardj...@yahoo.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:37:39 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Sep 30 2012 7:37 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers
On Sep 30, 6:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends,

> Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

How do you know they are weaker?

 
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Alphonsus Jr.  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 8:18 pm
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From: "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:18:05 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Sep 30 2012 8:18 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers

On Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:37:39 PM UTC-7, Tommy Grand wrote:
> On Sep 30, 6:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> > Friends,

> > Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

> How do you know they are weaker?

http://images.thomann.de/pics/prod/222636.jpg

 
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Alphonsus Jr.  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 8:19 pm
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From: "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 17:19:43 -0700 (PDT)
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Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers
 
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John E. Golden  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 9:55 pm
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From: "John E. Golden" <johnisgol...@NOSPAMgmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 21:55:10 -0400
Local: Sun, Sep 30 2012 9:55 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers
On 09/30/2012 08:18 PM, Alphonsus Jr. wrote:

> On Sunday, September 30, 2012 4:37:39 PM UTC-7, Tommy Grand wrote:
>> On Sep 30, 6:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:

>>> Friends,

>>> Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

>> How do you know they are weaker?

> http://images.thomann.de/pics/prod/222636.jpg

Don't use the gripmaster.  I've heard of too many cases of something in
the hand going 'pop,' and then the person is not able to play for ten years.

Regards,
John E. Golden


 
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John Nguyen  
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 More options Sep 30 2012, 10:51 pm
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From: John Nguyen <johnnguyen5...@gmail.com>
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2012 19:51:19 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Sun, Sep 30 2012 10:51 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers
On Sep 30, 7:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends,

> Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

I'm affraid finger strength may not help you and could cause side
effect problems. It doesn't take a lot of strength for for RH or LH
fingers to play. Precision I think is far more important to help one
advancing in playing.

Look how much strength these fingers have:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KCE5aPnB5aI

     By the way, did she miss the first half of the Preludio or I'm
dreaming?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=njG_dQC-cnk

      This may look creepy for some!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EruoUhFdp3c&feature=related

I'm sure yo can find more examples that finger strength is not a
requirement to play CG well.
Cheers,

John


 
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Douglas Seth  
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 More options Oct 1 2012, 2:24 pm
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From: Douglas Seth <douglasse...@gmail.com>
Date: Mon, 1 Oct 2012 11:24:14 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Mon, Oct 1 2012 2:24 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers
On Sep 30, 7:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:

> Friends,

> Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

Strength has very little to do with playing well.

 
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Steve Freides  
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 More options Oct 2 2012, 2:03 pm
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From: "Steve Freides" <st...@kbnj.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 14:03:46 -0400
Local: Tues, Oct 2 2012 2:03 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers

Douglas Seth wrote:
> On Sep 30, 7:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Friends,

>> Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i
>> finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

> Strength has very little to do with playing well.

+1.

The necessary level of finger/hand strength is easily acquired just by
playing and well within the reach of any adult without additional
finger- or hand-specific strength training.

There are, btw, all kinds of examples of pianists trying to make all the
fingers equally strong and equally mobile.  The result of such efforts
is usually disasterous.

-S-


 
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David Raleigh Arnold  
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 More options Oct 2 2012, 3:24 pm
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From: David Raleigh Arnold <d.raleigh.arn...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 19:24:35 +0000 (UTC)
Local: Tues, Oct 2 2012 3:24 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers

On Sun, 30 Sep 2012 16:37:39 -0700, Tommy Grand wrote:
> On Sep 30, 6:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Friends,

>> Would it be possible to make the a and m fingers as strong as the i
>> finger? Possible but somehow not desirable? And so on.

> How do you know they are weaker?

That is a serious question. Because of the index's connection
to the thumb, its strength varies with the direction of the
force. Regards, daveA

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Alphonsus Jr.  
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 More options Oct 2 2012, 4:06 pm
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From: "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com>
Date: Tue, 2 Oct 2012 13:06:03 -0700 (PDT)
Local: Tues, Oct 2 2012 4:06 pm
Subject: Re: Strength of a & m fingers
Very interesting stuff. I thank you all.

 
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