Piano Fingerings Database

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. mm. 71–72

“Starting the scale with a left-hand octave is more secure.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 15, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Clark, facilitate leap, initial octave, redistribution, Piano Sonata in A Major (D. 664), stagger position shifts

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. mm. 149–52

“Transferring the scale to the right hand a little early allows the left hand to prepare for the chord.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 8/4/2021

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 15, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Clark, redistribution, Piano Sonata in A Major (D. 664), arpeggios

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. mm. 195–96

“I find this distribution mentally more secure because my left-hand thumb consistently returns to D.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 15, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Clark, redistribution, Piano Sonata in A Major (D. 664), maintain technical pattern, mental security

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: II. mm. 36–37

Piano fingerings for Sonata in G Major, D. 894, by Franz Schubert

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, facilitate leap, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: II. mm. 162–64

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, divide more evenly between hands, split octaves, improve legato, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: III. mm. 3–4

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, reduce position shifts, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: III. mm. 27–28

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, avoid stretch, improve legato, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: III. mm. 37–38

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, reduce position shifts, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: IV. mm. 1–2

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, thumb on two notes, avoid stretch, facilitate clearer pedaling, sustain bass note, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: IV. mm. 219–20

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894), Michael Lenahan, redistribution, wide accompaniment patternComment

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in G Major, D. 894: IV. mm. 227–28

Submitted by Michael Lenahan

Published on 5/1/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkDecember 6, 2016Franz Schubert, Michael Lenahan, redistribution, wide accompaniment pattern, Piano Sonata in G Major (D. 894)Comment

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 27–28

Piano fingerings for Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940, by Franz Schubert

“The left hand is already in this register, and using two hands avoids a position shift in the right hand.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, four hands, redistribution, avoid finger crossing

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 148–49

“The left hand can assist in a secure ending to the trill.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, four hands, trill, redistribution

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 156–62

“Take some of the highest and lowest notes as octaves reduces the number of position shifts.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, four hands, redistribution, facilitate leap, reduce position shifts

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 188–90

“This fingering avoids finger crossing and uncomfortable stretches.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, four hands, reduce position shifts, redistribution, avoid finger crossing

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 263–65

“I find it awkward to reach with the left-hand thumb to play the last three notes, and the right hand is already on the note.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, four hands, reduce position shifts, redistribution, awkward passagework

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 300–08

“If the primo performer is struggling at all with this passage, it can be shared with the other player.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, four hands

SCHUBERT | Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands, D. 940: mm. 531–32

“Taking the low A as an octave allows the right hand to continue on stronger fingers without an awkward leap.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 1/1/2020

Four HandsMichael ClarkDecember 4, 2016Franz Schubert, Fantasy in F Minor for Four Hands (D. 940), Michael Clark, facilitate leap, four hands, redistribution