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Alphonsus Jr.

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Sep 30, 2012, 7:23:22 PM9/30/12
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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.

Tommy Grand

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Sep 30, 2012, 7:37:39 PM9/30/12
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On Sep 30, 6:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends,
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> 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?

Alphonsus Jr.

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Sep 30, 2012, 8:18:05 PM9/30/12
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Alphonsus Jr.

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Sep 30, 2012, 8:19:43 PM9/30/12
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By the way, get a load of these:

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_mCxO5favBB8/SKGqTSs4hCI/AAAAAAAAAMQ/qnVZvz1Yaog/s400/Finger+Weights.jpg

John E. Golden

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Sep 30, 2012, 9:55:10 PM9/30/12
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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

John Nguyen

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Sep 30, 2012, 10:51:19 PM9/30/12
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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

Douglas Seth

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Oct 1, 2012, 2:24:14 PM10/1/12
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On Sep 30, 7:23 pm, "Alphonsus Jr." <alphonsu...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Friends,
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> 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.

Steve Freides

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Oct 2, 2012, 2:03:46 PM10/2/12
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+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-


David Raleigh Arnold

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Oct 2, 2012, 3:24:35 PM10/2/12
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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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Oct 2, 2012, 4:06:03 PM10/2/12
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Very interesting stuff. I thank you all.
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