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Keyboard chart with finger positions

A colour-coded chart of the US keyboard on one page: every key shows which finger types it. Print it for the classroom wall or to keep next to the keyboard.

How to use it

  • Print the chart in colour and landscape; in black and white the finger letter on each key helps.
  • Save as PDF: choose “Save as PDF” in the print dialog.
  • For practice, start with the word list “Home row – Basics”.

Keyboard chart: which finger types which key?

US keyboard (QWERTY)

  • Llittle finger
  • Rring finger
  • Mmiddle finger
  • Iindex finger
  • Tthumb

Same colour, same finger – one hand works on each side of the dashed line. The letter in the bottom left corner names the finger, so the chart also works in black and white.

  • Home position: your fingers rest on A S D F and J K L ;. The index fingers sit on F and J – feel the small bumps.
  • After each keystroke the finger goes back to the home row.
  • Capital letters: press Shift with the little finger of the other hand.
  • The small character at the top of a key comes with Shift.
  • Accuracy before speed: looking at the keys is fine at the start.
Finger positions as a list
Left little finger
` 1 Tab Q Caps Lock A ⇧ Shift Z
Left ring finger
2 W S X
Left middle finger
3 E D C
Left index finger
4 5 R T F G V B
Right index finger
6 7 Y U H J N M
Right middle finger
8 I K ,
Right ring finger
9 O L .
Right little finger
0 - = ⌫ Backspace P [ ] \ ; ' Enter / ⇧ Shift
Thumbs
Space
Source: https://fastfingerrace.com/en/teachers/keyboard-chartThis material is licensed under CC BY 4.0: you may copy, adapt and share it, including with colleagues and on learning platforms, as long as you credit “FastFingerRace” and link to this page. CC BY 4.0

This material is licensed under CC BY 4.0: you may copy, adapt and share it, including with colleagues and on learning platforms, as long as you credit “FastFingerRace” and link to this page. CC BY 4.0