Clair de lune from Scratch: Piano Lesson #51, Measure 37 Pt. 1

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We start off going more in depth about how to read sharps, and in particular how to interpret the new key signature coming up that is made up of sharps. I then talk about the "traditional" fingering for this measure, and why it might be a problem for those with smaller or less flexible hands. Feel free to use this fingering if you feel comfortable with it (I actually use it myself), but in the next lesson I will show a special fingering designed for smaller hands (this is in response to a blogger who complained about difficulties with this and the following measures due to the small size of her own hands). Hope these next few lessons help!

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[Singlerity]

wouldn't it be easier to use 5121 fingering for the right hand in the beginning of the measure?

[GuitarMuse]

thank you so much for these videos they are great!!!