Playing Runs Of Notes

So far, you have been moving around the keyboard by 'jumping' your whole hand, or spreading your fingers to reach different notes. Another way is used to play runs of notes which cannot be reached by five fingers.

THE RIGHT HAND
Runs of notes towards the right of the keyboard can be played smoothly by passing the thumb underneath the-fingers, like this:

your wrist and arm should stay as straight as possible and not twist when your thumb moves under the fingers.

Now, use this 'technique' to play a Scale of C as smoothly as possible, holding each note until the next is to be played. Follow the fingering carefully:

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