I'm right-hand dominant so starting out things seemed to naturally fall into place. Now that I'm practicing 5 fingers left-handed everything seems unnatural. Pinky is low tones, thumb is higher; leftmost is number 5, rightmost is number 1.
Any suggestions for getting my brain wrapped around this or is it simply practice, practice, practice?
Jim
Any tips for getting non-dominant hand to play the right keys?
Re: Any tips for getting non-dominant hand to play the right keys?
Practice. Practice. And maybe a bit more practice, afterwards a bit more practice does not hurt.
Apart from that: patience. A lot. When the courses open for reading the sheet music, or the one octave scales: do them. Slowly. With patience. Afterwards you could have a look at the Hanon exercises.
What is, however, the most important: keep is light. It should make fun for you. It's Playground Sessions. You won't be playing Liszt in 10 months
But some of the Rookie arrangements (even the freely available ones, which are mostly well known western classical pieces) make a lot of fun to play, some even without accompaniments.
Apart from that: patience. A lot. When the courses open for reading the sheet music, or the one octave scales: do them. Slowly. With patience. Afterwards you could have a look at the Hanon exercises.
What is, however, the most important: keep is light. It should make fun for you. It's Playground Sessions. You won't be playing Liszt in 10 months
But some of the Rookie arrangements (even the freely available ones, which are mostly well known western classical pieces) make a lot of fun to play, some even without accompaniments.