14 Beginnings A B A’s production entails a tightly compressed hand, B’s an openly extended spread. A’s involves coming at the keyboard straight ahead, as one comes at a typewriter to make contact with the home position, while B’ s involves a shift in the axis of the hand relative to the keyboard, the little finger moving much farther from the body’s center than the thumb. And A is played for counts 1 2 3 4, and when the next 1 arrives, B must be announced. Beginners get from A to B disjointedly. The grasp of A may be at hand, and B too, but there’s a distance to be traveled, and what happens, at first, is that after doing A, a novice sets out for B without going for it in the right way from the start. One moves to the left for B, but doesn’t reach for allof B. Heading out for B’s rough place in the keyboard, one still has to reshape the hand upon reaching its vicinity. To go correctly from A to
As production entails a tightly compressed hand, Bs an
openlyextended spread. As involves coming at the keyboard
straightahead, as one comes at a typewriter to make contact with
thehome position, while Bs involves a shift in the axis of the
handrelative to the keyboard, the little finger moving much
fartherfrom the bodys center than the thumb. And A is played
forcounts 1 2 3 4, and when the next 1 arrives, B must
beannounced.
Beginners get from A to B disjointedly. The grasp of A maybe at
hand, and B too, but theres a distance to be traveled, andwhat
happens, at first, is that after doing A, a novice sets outfor B
without going for it in the right way from the start. Onemoves to
the left for B, but doesnt reach for all of B. Headingout for Bs
rough place in the keyboard, one still has to reshapethe hand upon
reaching its vicinity. To go correctly from A toB, grabbing for the
whole of B, is to be directed from the startnot just to where B is,
but in shape to play it on arrival. And
