Piano Fingerings Database — Piano Tricks

HAYDN | Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/52: mm. 6–7

Piano fingerings for Sonata in E-flat Major, Hob. XVI/52, by Franz Joseph Haydn

“Taking the E in the left hand facilitates a more reliable fingering for the ornament.”

Submitted by Michael Clark with thanks to Robert Roux

Published 1/11/20

Solo PianoMichael ClarkApril 1, 2018Franz Joseph Haydn, Michael Clark, facilitate ornament, redistribution, Piano Sonata in E-flat Major (Hob. XVI/52), use stronger fingersComment

HOPEKIRK | Romance in A Minor, mm. 43–54

Piano fingerings for Romance in A Minor by Helen Hopekirk

Submitted by Hannah Roberts

Published on 3/8/2023

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 31, 2018Helen Hopekirk, Romance in A Minor, Hannah Roberts, avoid stretch, avoid roll, Share Middle Voice Between Hands, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: I. Emerson, p. 2

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, redistribution, avoid stretch, avoid rollComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: I. Emerson, p. 14

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, redistribution, avoid roll, avoid stretch, facilitate leapComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: I. Emerson, p. 19

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, avoid stretch, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, p. 24

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, reduce position shifts, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, p. 34

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, redistribution, split large chordComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, p. 39

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, redistribution, split large chord, avoid stretchComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, p. 41

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

“I play the left-hand F-sharp before the beat. The four treble notes sound better struck as a solid chord than rolled, and I am less bothered by the bass F-sharp being early.”

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, avoid roll, split large chord, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, p. 42

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, split large chord, hand crossing, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, pp. 47–48

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, reduce position shifts, awkward passagework, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: II. Hawthorne, p. 50

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, hand crossing, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: III. The Alcotts, p. 53

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, uncross, avoid crowding, avoid roll, avoid stretch, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: III. The Alcotts, p. 55

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, avoid roll, split large chord, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: III. The Alcotts, p. 56

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, avoid stretch, sustain bass note, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: IV. Thoreau: p. 59

Piano fingerings for Sonata No. 2 (“Concord, Mass., 1840–60”) by Charles Ives

Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, hand crossing, avoid stretch, split large chord, redistributionComment

IVES | "Concord" Sonata: IV. Thoreau: p. 67

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Submitted by Melinda Smashey Jones

Published on 12/29/2020

Solo PianoMichael ClarkMarch 28, 2018Charles Ives, Melinda Smashey Jones, Concord Sonata, split large chord, avoid stretch, redistributionComment

JANACEK | Sonata for Violin and Piano: I. mm. 25–27

“Splitting the melody between the hands helps the right hand stay in the position necessary to play the thirty-second note line.”

Submitted by Michael Clark

Published on 3/15/2020

Chamber MusicMichael ClarkMarch 15, 2018Leos Janacek, Michael Clark, reduce position shifts, redistribution, Violin Sonata (1914)Comment