Turn Drill (Right Hand)

Note, above, note, below, note. The ornament behind most classical decoration.

Level:
4 of 6
Hands:
Right hand
Key:
C major
Notes:
21
Range:
C4 to A4
One run:
about 9 seconds at 80 bpm

The notes, in order

21 notes, one at a time.

  1. D4
  2. E4
  3. D4
  4. C4
  5. D4
  6. E4
  7. F4
  8. E4
  9. D4
  10. E4
  11. F4
  12. G4
  13. F4
  14. E4
  15. F4
  16. G4
  17. A4
  18. G4
  19. F4
  20. G4
  21. C4

How to practise it

  1. Each group of five notes circles around one central note
  2. Keep the central note quiet and the turn light
  3. Speed up only once all five notes are perfectly even

The scale behind it

This one is built on the C Major scale: C D E F G A B (no sharps or flats). Its right-hand fingering runs 1-2-3-1-2-3-4-5, and the scale page has the full diagram if you want to hear the shape on its own first.

How to play it here

Play along on the keys with your mouse, your computer keyboard, a touch screen, or a MIDI keyboard you have plugged in. Every key can show its own name, and the metronome will hold the tempo while you work through the 21 notes.

What it trains

  • ornament
  • independence
  • classical

More dexterity drills

Finger independence and evenness. Dull on purpose, and the fastest way to a cleaner hand.

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