Piano Fingerings Database

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: II. 56–58

“If the stretch is uncomfortable in the right hand, the bottom line of the treble staff can be taken in the left hand.”

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), avoid stretch

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: II. 73–75

Piano fingerings for Sonata in A Major, D. 664, by Franz Schubert

“I have greater control over the voicing with this fingering.”

Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems

Published on 1/1/2020

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

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. mm. 11–12

“This redistribution is the feasible way to play this passage for most hand sizes.”

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), avoid stretch

SCHUBERT | Piano Sonata in A Major, D. 664: III. mm. 21–23

“This redistribution requires few position shifts.”

Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Nancy Weems

Published on 1/1/2020

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

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