Legatto 3rds

How do we cross over the 5th finger? Do you hold 3 notes for a second w/ the 5th being in the middle of the group? You're advice alan is working good and I am making progress but I would like to know what your do when you change hand positions when passing over the 5th.

There are three ways to do it: 1) Hold both notes of the dyad (either thumb-5th, 2nd-5th, or 3rd-5th) and reach your free fingers across to the next dyad, twisting your hand but keeping it as effort-free and supple as possible. 2) Hold only the 5th, let the lower note of the dyad go (I assume we are talking right hand here), get more of a sense of 'standing' on the 5th but still don't stiffen into it - you need the suppleness to get to the next dyad. 3) Dangle your 'string-fingers' into the first dyad and then let them leave the key (or rather, let the key push them back up) before the next dyad is played. It's a type of non-legato touch that wonderfully frees the hand of any sense of constriction that might develop through your effort to hold on to the previous note. There is no pumping in it of course, but there is a subtle 'let go' of the keys themselves that frees the next pair of 'rope-fingers' to be thrown into their keys. ALL THREE WAYS SHOULD BE PRACTICED. This will give your hand and fingers the maximum sense of 'neural flexibility.' When you go to actually play them, try each and see which works for you. Everyone has their own physical style. But most likely variant 3 will feel most convenient, fluid and virtuosic. AFF