

These fingerings are provided as a hint to the player how they should finger the notes. On piano sheet music, this is often notated by small numbers above or below certain notes.


Your left-hand finger numbers go 5, 4, 3, 2, and 1 from left to right. This means with palms facing down, your right-hand numbers go 1, 2, 3, 4, and 5 from left to right. The piano finger numbers (most often referred to as piano fingerings) are a common way of referring to the fingers on each hand.
