I take pride in having very fast fingers, but it "don't come easy"....I work regularly at it every day. Luckily, I learned a "method" years ago that's been working for me ever since.
The method is hard to explain, but easy to do. I used Dizzy Fingers as an example. You first go through the song a few times very, very slowly with your finger firmly in position in the center of each key. You apply slight pressure and deliberately "hang" onto the key while you go to the next note with your next finger. Intense concentration is a must for it to work.
What you're listening to (on the clip) is me working the "method" for a few minutes and then going instantly into Dizzy Fingers.
I was trying to show that one doesn't need hours of practice. I walked up to the piano "cold," did the "method" as a warmup for only 5 minutes (but intense minutes), and then launched right into Dizzy Fingers. I could NOT have played that piece like that so spontaneously without using the "method."
Practicing scales, arpeggio's, broken chords, etc, I think is unnecessary. I've never had to practice any of these since I learned to use the "method."
Mark
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Dizzy Fingers (demo of the Euene Ettore fingering method) played by Mark.mp3 (107 downloads)
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