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Ten Things I Wish I Could Have Understood about Taubman Technique from the Very Beginning

6. You always supinate your forearm in preparation for playing on the thumb.

 

Knowing this helps one avoid confusion in scales, and in rotationally confusing places like this:

Bach D minor Invention, Opening

That was easy, wasn't it? But I do talk about this in more detail in my discussion of the six S P rules.

Speaking of which:

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