THE ROLE OF FINGERING IN CREATING MUSIC ON THE PIANO

Marija Dinov

DOI Number
https://doi.org/10.22190/FUVAM230323004D
First page
041
Last page
050

Abstract


The focus of this article is the role of fingering in performing art of pianists. Fingering is a thoughtful determination of the exact order in which fingers are used in a given musical phrase. The main purpose of this paper is to explain how fingering, as an element of the composition created by the performer, affects the expressiveness of the performed musical phrase. The central analysis is aimed at illustrating how various expressive effects can be achieved by using different fingerings to perform the same written musical phrase. As a specific example we showed that the use of different fingers in a certain musical context can produce different cognitive and emotional responses in the mind of the performer, and thus affects the understanding of the music being performed.

Keywords

fingering, movement, musical phrase, gesture

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