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Why I Don’t Teach ‘5 Finger Positions’ in my Piano Lessons and What I Do Instead

Why I Don’t Teach ‘5 Finger Positions’ in my Piano Lessons and What I Do Instead

by Rebecca | Sep 26, 2025 | Piano Technique

Teaching hand positions is not something I have ever done regularly in my teaching career. (For this blog, by hand positions I mean students thinking if a piece is in C then my right thumb goes on C, if it’s in G my thumb goes on G etc.) However, I have had a couple...

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