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Th e weakest link
We are always told that our fourth (ring) fingers are our ‘weakest’ and should therefore be used as little as possible. (Schumann supposedly damaged one of his trying to strengthen it with some kind of exercise machine.) However, I’ve found that I’m increasingly using my fourth finger in favour of my third and fifth, particularly
