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anniemacleodmusic
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anniemacleodmusic
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Joined: 11/23/17
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11/25/2017 6:39 pm

Hi. I'm new here and I'm in the beginner level 2. One thing that's been bugging me is there hasn't been any emphasis on which fingers to use to play as efficiently as possible. For example, she does the e major scale and ends with her index and middle finger in the lower octave and when she moves up an octave she starts with her index finger again, which is fine when doing it slowly for the lesson but not practical if you were actually trying to improvise or do a solo. Seems like it would work better to use her middle and ring finger instead? Does that make sense? Is that something that's up to me to figure out or is it discussed later on or am I missing something? I might have skipped over something because I did skip over most of the beginner level 1 stuff, as I'm not a total beginner.