Umm, what?
Posted By: Redpen on 2009-03-31
In Reply to: Question about Cortez Peters - sm
I loaned my Cortez Peters to someone and never got it back, so I apologize for not being able to see what the book is saying.
My first thought is that 4th finger means pinkie. On the right hand, your 1st finger would be on the J, the 2nd on the K, the third on the L, and the 4th on the semicolon. Thumb would be . . . thumb.
If that isn't the case, the instruction may stem from the olden days when one had to depress the shift key about a mile, fighting with springs and levers the whole way. On an old standard typewriter, you would nearly have to move your whole hand off the home row in order to depress that key without mishap.
If you think that's what it's saying, I recommend you use the pinkie instead. It won't interfere with anything the book is going to show you.
The key to Cortez Peters, if you haven't discovered it by now, is to type so slowly and steadily that you never make any errors. In so doing, you'll speed up. Contradictory, I know, but it works.
The book will ask you to type some line a certain number of times. Every time you make a mistake, you have to start over. Don't become frustrated with this--this is what makes CP work so well. It will REALLY improve your speed and accuracy.
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