4th Finger Exercise - Free Piano Lesson 5 - Musiah

[@emb5091]

Thank you so much for this! It's good to know that this issue is common! And thank you for showing us how to deal with it!!! I'm 49 years old and for most of my life I assumed I had some type of tendon or nerve issue causing my ring finger problem. I even thought it was caused from breaking my left forearm when I was 7, since it seems worse on my left hand. This problem kept me from attempting to really learn how to play the piano. What is sad is that my parents bought our family a baby grand piano back in the early 80's, and I just assumed I could not play it properly. Now, I plan to put our beautiful baby grand to good use and give it life again!

[@Musiah]

Dear EMB, you are most welcome, and I'm really delighted this video was so helpful to you. I very much hope you enjoy playing your beautiful baby grand piano. On a side note (and please forgive the shameless plug), if you or your family would like some help learning to play piano, I encourage you to try Musiah online piano lessons (www.musiah.com). For the lessons, you need a MIDI keyboard connected to a computer or iPad, but the skills and the songs you'll learn are readily transferable to your acoustic piano. Either way, I wish you joy and fulfillment on your musical journey, Best wishes, Brendan.

[@emb5091]

@@Musiah I will definitely check the website out! Once again, thank you so much!

[@yudipitre5720]

First time I see you. Thank you that was amazing. I will practice.

[@Musiah]

Thanks for your kind feedback :)

[@gregorylacomble7091]

Nice! I think it’s indeed the best way to « deal » with the weakness of the 4th finger. Wanting to make it independent in the same way as the index or middle finger is utopian and not in harmony with our anatomy. However, when lifting a « neighbour finger » as explained in your video, i would specify that the mental focus is indeed on the 4th finger and not on his neighbour. I think this mental focus on the correct finger (so, here, the 4th) is important despite the fact that a neighbour finger is lifting up at the same time :)

[@hanankhalifa2589]

Wow ! So much easier! Thank you so so much

[@Musiah]

Glad it helped!

[@paulzeng6211]

Personally, playing the torrent etude at speeds of Richter requires me to anticipate and raise my pinky finger so that I can hit the keys clearly, especially the key that my fourth finger key hits at the opening line, so this video is very accurate.

[@Musiah]

Many thanks Paul, both for your kind feedback and for sharing your experience :)

[@kulasekaran76]

Thanks. Helped me.

[@Musiah]

Glad it helped

[@wildflower-web]

Thank you for this video. I'm looking for an exercise to get my hand used to the all the different hand positions for 4 finger chords.

[@Musiah]

Glad it was helpful!

[@troupebase2292]

Thank you for this.

[@Musiah]

My pleasure!

[@CHIMENADIR]

Thanks a lot

[@huejazz3201]

Hi Beethoven. Nice tips bro! I’ll be browsing your channel and recommending your vids to my personal students

[@anilsia1962]

Really good brother.

[@Musiah]

Thank you so much 😀

[@Dongwoo_lee]

Just subscribed. Tks

[@Musiah]

Awesome, thank you!

[@arshomo4840]

Thanks

[@floramayemeralddelgado2622]

Thanks you!

[@Musiah]

You're welcome!

[@rjf1877]

Thank you for your video. Do you have any suggestions for playing chords where you keep the thumb, third and fifth fingers down and the 4 finger has to remain up ? Thanks very much.

[@Musiah]

This is a different scenario as you are not using the 4th finger when playing a triad. Just try to keep the unused fingertips (e.g. 2nd and 4th) resting on the surface of the keys rather than having them lift up in the air unnecessarily. Hope this helps.

[@gracelove2970]

🙏🙏💓

[@ランダムドイツ人]

Great video, though I am a bit too advanced for the exercises :)