I need a good fingering ...

[Contratrombone64]

Bill - yes, I'm a firm believe in trying to find a comfortable solution to a technical issue, however, it's often good to find others coming to the same conclusion.

David

[Stoda]

Absolutely CT... Working out fingering is one of my favorite parts of the learning process. It might be fun to start a "puzzle" kind of thread for challenging fingering situations we come across haha... Like a daily crossword?

[JONESEY]

Yes, I kind of thought someone with their mind in the gutter would have a snigger at my expense (and well deserved, too!). Funny, how if one talks about tricky fingerings or difficult fingerings anyone BUT a musician would collapse in laughter ...

... I nearly replied soooo many times but thought, no ...
Fair play to Soubasse

[Contratrombone64]

Tim, come on now, don't be shy ... I'm sure you can bite as good as any other forum member here!!

[Soubasse]

... I nearly replied soooo many times but thought, no ...
Fair play to Soubasse

Now now - all I said was "Choice thread title" it could have meant anything! (not! ). My mind is not normally in those areas, but there happened to be some stupid US sitcom on the TV in the background (because I didn't have the remote and my wife forgot to change the channel) when I first read the thread, and the innuendo-ridden subject matter (unusual for a US comedy) filtering into my ears was similarly based in sundry unsavoury comments upon the nether regions.

I think teddy wins though with the stuff about "going sailing and picking up bouys" - brilliant!

To steer back on topic, the issue of working out an effective fingering for certain keyboard parts took on a slightly different light many years ago. According to some players of early music, there was evidence to suggest that the thumb was rarely used in certain types of harpsichord/organ music which does provide a different view on how certain phrases and figures would have been played. I think it had something to do with the different keyboard lengths, ie, the fact that some early organs and harpsichords had a shorter keys than today's standard. I remember going to a concert of early music and seeing the harpsichordist turn her hand 90 degress, then literally "run" down the keyboard with the 2nd and 3rd fingers!

[Contratrombone64]

Matt - I've seen that too. A good friend of mine is a former harpsichordist of the Australian Chamber Orchestra. He's a fanatic about adopting an authentic approach when playing harpsichords. I seem to remember him going on abou the scales with 2nd and 3rd fingers ... most amusing.