| Many piano players dream of developing lightning fast | | | | fingers on each hand can be trained to be just as fast |
| finger movement. Learning how to play piano fast is a | | | | as your thumb and index fingers. Your middle finger |
| skill that many should learn. It takes lots of practise and | | | | can also be trained to tap down faster. Remember |
| hard work. As we learn how to play piano, we will | | | | that you must train both the left and right hands. |
| notice that not all of our fingers are as nimble as the | | | | Focusing on just one hand will cause your finger |
| others. | | | | speeds to be unbalanced. Both hands need to be able |
| For me personally, I find that my little finger and the one | | | | to play the piano as fast as each other. Playing the |
| next to it, aren't as nimble as the other three on both | | | | piano fast is similar to typing quickly. Through muscle |
| hands. I am finding that my thumb and index finger are | | | | memory the fingers just play faster and faster. |
| the most nimble of the five fingers on each hand. The | | | | Muscles throughout our body are made up of fast |
| middle finger is the next most nimble finger. The most | | | | twitch and slow twitch type fibers. You can easily |
| likely reason for this is because people tend to use the | | | | guess from the names that you would want more fast |
| thumb and index finger more in day to day activities. | | | | twitch fibers in your muscles so that you can move |
| Unless you are one of those people that like to do | | | | your fingers faster. If a muscle is made up of more |
| everything with their last two fingers you aren't going | | | | fast twitch fibers over slow twitch ones then it will be |
| to be nimble in that area of the hand. Try this exercise | | | | able to move faster than one that is more equally |
| for yourself. | | | | balanced. |
| Exercise: | | | | Developing fast twitch fibers in our muscles is done |
| Hover your fingers over a flat surface. Tap down on | | | | through constant training of the muscles to move fast. |
| the surface with your little finger. Next, tap down on | | | | We need to keep moving our fingers quickly while we |
| the surface with the finger next your little finger. | | | | are practising how to play piano faster. |
| Repeat the tapping of your little finger and the finger | | | | Remember to use a metronome to ensure that you |
| next to it. Keep tapping as fast as possible. Now, try | | | | are playing at a correct tempo. In most cases when |
| doing the same exercise with your thumb and index | | | | we are playing the piano pieces very quickly, our |
| fingers. What did you find? | | | | tempo goes off a bit. A metronome can ensure that |
| You will notice that your last two fingers are a little bit | | | | we are playing at the right tempo. |
| uncoordinated. Trying doing the same exercise on your | | | | You will need to stretch out your fingers before and |
| non-preferred hand. You will notice it is even harder to | | | | after piano practise. Stretch each of your fingers by |
| do. If you keep performing these finger tapping | | | | interlocking them and pushing out forward on both |
| exercises everyday, you will start to develop lightning | | | | sides. Stretching helps keeps the muscles loose and in |
| fast finger movement. | | | | effect makes your fingers move faster. |
| Learning how to play piano takes like of time and | | | | In conclusion, learning how to play piano so that we |
| practise. Work on improving your finger speed by | | | | can develop lightning fast finger movement has been |
| following the exercise I just mentioned. | | | | discussed in this article. Lots of practise is needed to |
| With plenty of practise and hard work, the last two | | | | develop the speed that we need to play piano fast. |