When the Fingers Seem WeakWhat kind of technical work would you advise me to take to make my fingers strong in the shortest time consistent with good work?If your fingers are unusually weak it may be assumed that your muscular constitution in general is not strong.The training of the fingers alone will, in that case, lead to no decisive results. You will have to strive for a general strengthening of your muscular fibre. At this point, however, begins the province of your physician and mine ends. If you consider your constitution normal, four or five hours' daily work at the piano will develop the necessary digital force, if that time is judiciously used.
When the Fingers Seem Weak
What kind of technical work would you advise me to take to make my fingers strong in the shortest time consistent with good work?
If your fingers are unusually weak it may be assumed that your muscular constitution in general is not strong.The training of the fingers alone will, in that case, lead to no decisive results. You will have to strive for a general strengthening of your muscular fibre. At this point, however, begins the province of your physician and mine ends. If you consider your constitution normal, four or five hours' daily work at the piano will develop the necessary digital force, if that time is judiciously used.