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Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2011 15:32:01 +0300
Subject: Re: Keyboard Layout: Dvorak vs Colemak: is it Worthwhile to Improve the Dvorak Layout?
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To: rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com>
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On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 15:19, rusi <rustompmody@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Thank you rusi! Tell me, where can I read more about the advantages of
>> each finger? Googling turns up nothing. My intention is to improved
>> the Noah ergonomic keyboard layout. Thanks!
>
> Dont know how to answer that! I only have my experience to go by :-)
>
> If you've spent a childhood and many of your adult hours breaking your
> hands on Czerny
> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Czerny
> and Hanon eg exercise 4 http://www.hanon-online.com/the-virtuoso-pianist/part-i/exercise-n-4/
> you will come to similar conclusions.
>
> I should warn however that even for a modern electronic piano the
> action is larger and heavier than a typical (computer) keyboard and
> for a real/acoustic piano with a foot long slice of wood moved for
> each keystroke its probably an order of magnitude heavier.
>
> So its not exactly clear how much the experience of one carries over
> to the other
>

Thanks. From testing small movements with my fingers I see that the
fourth finger is in fact a bit weaker than the last finger, but more
importantly, it is much less dexterous. Good to know!

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