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Hi Noa,
Yea when I say a finger needs to be faster it’s really just a way to word the problem, as in the actual problem is that the fingers don’t come up/down together. In essence it’s a problem similar to a pianist having trouble pressing down the notes of a chord at the same time. The main difference being that; like in the case of the thumb, the finger has to travel a longer distance compared to the other ones because of the distance between the two thumb keys. Another cause is also that one finger is moving downwards to cover a hole and another finger is moving to press down on a key. I’ll put a slow motion video for context, but the problem that I have when doing deliberate practice is finding the actual cause as to why the fingers aren’t synchronized. When I find a solution it’s usually based on the feeling of a correct rep that I found through intuition, but should I should consider it a valid solution even though it’s inconsistent and I don’t know what I’m doing differently? Do you believe there’s a better way to think about this issue? Maybe there’s ways other instruments like the piano solve issues of fingers coming down/ releasing up at the same time.
In the video there’s only three fingers moving (the thumb moving doesn’t affect it) the index finger on the left hand has to slide down a bit and the middle finger on both hands have to come down.