What are you going to learn?

In this piano tutorial made by MangoldProject, you are going to learn a simple exercise to strengthen your fingers and develop your piano technique.

When we start out playing piano, our different fingers don't have an equal amount of strength, so it's important that one develops and strengthens each finger. Over time, this will lead to so-called finger independence, in which each finger is equally agile.

Finger independence is crucial for good piano technique, and there are countless etudes and exercises for developing it. The different fingers are assigned numbers, from the thumb (#1) all the way to the pinky (#5). The weakest fingers are 4 and 5 on both hands, and most piano exercises aim to strengthen them. The piano exercise highlighted in this video will develop your 4th and 5th fingers' technique and independence.