Top row: little fingers (Q and P)
Little fingers take the two outer corners of the top row.
Lessons work best with a physical keyboard. The full finger guide appears on tablets and wider.
About this lesson
The corner keys are the hardest reach for the weakest fingers. Many self-taught typists use the ring finger here instead, which works until the hand drifts off the home row.
Use the index finger as an anchor: if it stays close to its bump while the little finger stretches, the hand finds its way back without looking. Give it a few sessions before you judge how it feels.
Hand position
- The outer top-row keys belong to the little fingers.
- Stretch the finger up and out, keeping the index finger near its bump as an anchor.
- Tap lightly; these keys need less force than you expect.
On a US (QWERTY) keyboard this lesson's keys are Q and P. 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.