About this lesson: The Letter R II
Top-row letters are reaches: your finger leaves the home row, strikes, and returns. The return matters as much as the strike — typists who hover over the top row lose their anchor and their accuracy.
Keys introduced in this lesson
Finger placement below describes the standard QWERTY layout — the drill itself adapts to whichever keyboard layout you practice with.
- r
left index finger, top row. Straight up from F.
How to get the most from this drill
- Strike and return: the finger should be back on its home key before the next letter.
- Keep your wrists level — reaching by rolling the whole hand forward ruins precision.
- E and T are among the most common letters in English; extra reps here are never wasted.