What is finger pedaling?
I mean, both hand are on the keyboard, not on the floor.

Hee heee heeeee, I would tell you... but I won't. It gives you a reason to follow the Alfred books yourself

    So you want to leave me hanging with choppy playing?

    Ooooh yes, for sure. You are much too advanced already. If there is anything I can do to slow you down I will take it

    Too advanced?!? I am at same level than you, still a total beginnerTM. For at least 12 more lessons, or 4 more easy pieces. Whatever happens first. And the gap to you is shrinking every day.

    Never forget:
    Your speed:
    My speed: ..............

    Your energy:
    My energy: ...

    Awwwwwwwww! In that case, I will share the secret. Add some bubble gum to your left pinkie. Then play the C chord - your pinkie will stay glued to the key. Then play the other two notes... while the pinkie is still down. There you have it: sticky finger playing.
    You have to admit: this is almost a better trick than sticking playing cards in between keys, right?

      Ah! You mean doing like this? Link

      Sophia You have to admit: this is almost a better trick than sticking playing cards in between keys, right?

      no

        Sophia FINGER PEDALING!

        So this is a thing? Are you going to tell us Christian also pushes the pedal with his ear, for real? 🤣

          Sophia ah I see. That sounds like a measure I'm looking at where I am supposed to hold LH pinky on a note while playing with other fingers. But that note is on a third voice so it's obvious/explicit on the notation. And no bubble gum on the keys please.

              Actually, it sould look like this:
              or this

              instead like this:

              But it is blues genre. And here the freedom of the interpret is higher than with classical music, where everything is noted down explicitely correctly.

              Sophia It gives you a reason to follow the Alfred books yourself

              How did Alfreds sheet music look like?

                  hebele And no bubble gum on the keys please.

                  Pinkie promise! Just cats - and dust, okay? 😁

                  WieWaldi How did Alfreds sheet music look like?

                  This is the explanation in book 3, page 36 and also the first line of how they noted that 🙂

                      I am grumpy, today...
                      I've got a new computer and wanted to move my trusted video software from the old machine to the new one. The manual said, deinstall the software from the old computer first, then the registration key is free to be used on another computer.

                      I did. And then I got the message on the new computer, I can't use the registration key, because this one is only valid for an outdated version. The installer only permits to install the current version. And I kept the setup file of the old version - still it insists to install the current one. And for the current version, I must buy a new license. But I get a discount for "only updating" the software.

                      And the best: In the help-center I could read - no matter what problem I face, it will be very likely fixed with the current version.

                      Okay, NCHsoftware - Goodbye Videopad.

                        Hello DaVinci Resolve
                        (just downloaded the free version for a tryout)

                        I must admit - it is quite powerful. And this is just the free version. I am sure, I did a lot of rubbish in my edit and there are more elegant ways to solve it, but here it is. I am not even sure, where the project file is located.

                        My first DaVinci Resolve video

                        Of course, this one isn't about proper playing, or nice playing, or something pianistic, or something else the classical crowd is craving for. No - I just wanted to test a new video editing software and I needed some footage.

                        So, I'll answer in three parts.

                        Part 1 - Videopad

                        Your software issue can only be summed as

                        What a bummer! I would never even look at such crooks again... GOOD RIDDANCE!

                        Part 2 - DaVinci Resolve

                        Welcome to the dark side! We have cookies and champagne! I haven't encountered anything yet that the DaVinci free version can't do. Each time I upload a video, I spend 20 minutes searching for video manuals that explain exactly what I want, then three hours sifting through all the complicated stuff I don't want, and then another hour trying to follow the tutorial - watch, say "what?" rewind, squint my eyes, WHAT button did he push? swear, rinse repeat.

                        I'm so very excited that from now on, all I need to do is watch your videos and say "how did you do <insert neat trick>?" I can't wait to see the artist at work! (already seeing things in your FIRST video that took me months to learn it was even possible at all)

                        Part 3 - Lesson 10

                        Oh that was DELIGHTFUL! Chuck Berry, move over the new Rock & Roll King is in town!!! In fact, my husband (who positively hates rock) came in while I was watching, and he immediately said "That's delightful! Can you get the music for that???" So I told him I already do - all I need to do is reach that lesson

                        Part 3b - Bonus

                        That was really fast!!!! EXCEPTIONALLY Fast!!! Let me refresh your memory: you only finished lesson 9 TWELVE DAYS ago. Twelve. In fact, I finished my lesson one day BEFORE you. Now, YOU uploaded an almost flawless, long, very relaxed and lovely lesson. And me? I just got a little comfortable with the left hand and added the first right hand lick THIS MORNING. The first of a total of eight, and then an ending. I will be with this lesson for at least another month.

                        I never want to hear you compare and ever again!

                          Sophia Part 2 - DaVinci Resolve

                          I am happy to be at the dark side. Blue is dark, is it? Well, a lot of the stuff in the video was what I learned from the other software. So I knew, what to look for. And yes - I watched a lot of YouTube tutorial snippets to get there. Took me 4 hours of editing. But I'll stick to it - it should be faster and faster ever time. And I hope I'll learn the software more propery, being able to do more and better stuff.
                          Just gimme some time to learn, I'll show you then

                            Sophia Part 3 - Lesson 10
                            Oh that was DELIGHTFUL!

                            Thank you very much. You make be blush

                            Chuck Berry, move over the new Rock & Roll King is in town!!! In fact, my husband (who positively hates rock) came in while I was watching, and he immediately said "That's delightful! Can you get the music for that???" So I told him I already do - all I need to do is reach that lesson

                            Well, this wasn't Rock'n Roll. It was good old Blues. Maybe quick Blues, a relative to Boogie. Let's say a great-great-great-grandfather. Anyway, next lesson is Boogie-Woogie for bloody beginnersTM.
                            But first I have to learn two recital pieces.

                            Sophia Part 3b - Bonus

                            That was really fast!!!!...

                            I told you, the left hand was quite easy to learn. Same fingering as the Humptee-Dumptee-Extended. Exactly same fingering. And the rest was well known stuff. Except the 4 finger chords maybe. But they were quite repeating during the lesson. Christian told, now is about the point where things are getting more complicated. He rans out of simple patterns that work well on C7,F7 and G7 altogether. He said, he started that easy to get clicks and to lure people into his course. All in all, I think he is an exeptional good internet teacher. And on top of that - we learn piano without classical music. Only his concealing about proper pedaling. And finger pedaling - he never used that term and didn't explain it. But well, we have ears, we are in a forum, and we should be able to find out and tell each other.

                                  Sophia I never want to hear you compare and ever again!

                                  Nope - some things will stay forever...

                                  Come on - When you started the tutorial, I was already into lesson 15. Now I am at 10 and you are at 3. My margin shrinked from 15 to 7, you did more than halfing it in less than a year. Not to mention you do also play same Alfred, Thompson, Bach at Piano Syllabus level 9, and not to forget about Chopin. And Chopin is never easy.

                                    WieWaldi I think he is an exeptional good internet teacher

                                    Yes, I agree. He knows exactly what is doable for us, and so far he never teaches beyond our limited capacity. I know Alfred his a similar method, but of course that method was written by a team. Christian is just one teacher... and he is creating all that stuff all by himself. I too am very impressed and happy with this method

                                        Sophia Oh yes. I think his (almost free) tutorial is pure gold. I am really happy I found it by accident. I think I was lucky to get his video by YouTube alg because I searched for 12-bar blues after that Merriam Music introduction.