Bottom row: ring fingers (X and .)
Ring fingers curl down one row.
Lessons work best with a physical keyboard. The full finger guide appears on tablets and wider.
About this lesson
This is among the least comfortable reaches on the keyboard, and one of the keys under it is usually rare in normal text. Slow, correct repetitions are what make it reliable.
If the reach strains, check your posture first. Wrists that rest heavily on the desk make every bottom-row key harder than it needs to be. Sitting a little higher, with forearms level, often fixes it.
Hand position
- Each ring finger tucks down from its home key.
- Let the hand stay loose; a tense hand makes this reach harder.
- Check that the little finger has not wandered off its home key.
On a US (QWERTY) keyboard this lesson's keys are X and .. Lessons follow key positions, so on another layout the same fingers practise the keys that sit in the same places. It takes about 3 minutes: six short lines, passed at 92% accuracy. Speed is not part of the pass mark.