any tips for players with short fingers?

    
any tips for players with short fingers?    17:35 on Monday, July 21, 2008          

happy-gal
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Posted by happy-gal

I have short fingers. Whilst I can play pieces ok, I am having difficulty playing Moonlight Sonata because my hands are not big enough to play E, G sharp and D with one hand and I am trying to stretch and fear I will pull a muscle. Is there any way to comfortably play this piece if your fingers do not quite reach the note. The music gives the correct fingering for these notes which is thumb, on E, middle finger on G sharp and little finger on D. My little finger just about reaches


   




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