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At the end of the 1993 movie, Holly Hunter's mute character Ada McGrath throws herself into the sea tied to her beloved piano. But rather than allow herself to drown, she fights back to the surface and goes on to have a settled life with her daughter, Flora, and lover Baines, played by Harvey Keitel.

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'I didn't have the nerve at the time': Director of Oscar-winning film The Piano wishes she had killed off main character in final scene

Oscar-winning writer Jane Campion said she regrets not letting her drown

Said her death would have been a more believable end to the movie Jane Campion said she wishes she had allowed Holly Hunter's character (pictured with on screen daughter Anna Paquin) to drown It won three Oscars and made $40million dollars at the box office, but the writer and director of The Piano said she wishes she could change the final, crucial scene. But rather than allow herself to drown, she fights back to the surface and goes on to have a settled life with her daughter, Flora, and lover Baines, played by Harvey Keitel. However, Jane Campion, who won the Best Original Screenplay Academy Award, said if she was to film it again she would allow the character to drown. She told the Radio Times: 'I thought some of it was really good. But I thought: "For freaking hell's sake, she should have stayed under there." 'It would be more real, wouldn't it? It would be better. I didn't have the nerve at the time.' The film won the Palme d'Or Best Film Award at Cannes Film Festival and Hunter took the Oscar for Best Actress. Anna Paquin, who played her daughter, won the award for Best Supporting Actress - the second youngest to do so in the ceremony's history. Campion and Hunter are being reunited in a new six-part BBC2 drama Top Of The Lake, about the disappearance of a pregnant 12-year-old girl, set in a remote area of New Zealand. Speaking about The Piano plot decision, Hunter told the magazine: 'That was something Jane toyed with when we shot the movie, to end it there. The film was a critical and commercial success and both Paquin and Hunter won Oscars for their performances 'And she's still thinking about it! Me, I love that it's a reverie for Ada, not a nightmare or something that haunts her. It soothes her.' The BBC series also stars Mad Men star Elisabeth Moss as detective Robin Griffin, who is tasked with investigating the girl's disappearance.

Moss said she trained hard for the role.

She told Radio Times: 'I worked out and got some muscle, lowered my voice, learnt an accent and trained with guns. 'Robin is very much an ass-kicker... I run all the time and I don't like to run, I shoot guns, throw darts, chop wood and fish. 'It was shot at Lake Wakatipu, which is freezing, and I went in and I'm scared of the water. I don't go in anything where I can't see the bottom.'

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What are the finger numbers for piano?

25 FebNaming the Fingers on the Piano The thumbs are given the number 1; the index fingers given 2; the middle fingers given 3; the ring fingers given 4; and the pinky fingers given 5. When you read piano scores, you will notice numbers written next to the notes. These numbers correspond to the fingers of each hand.

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Naming the fingers on the piano

Naming the fingers on the piano is very simple to do. It’s one of the first things you will learn in your piano lessons. Just like the hands are mirror images of one another, so are the numbers used to name them. The thumbs are given the number 1; the index fingers given 2; the middle fingers given 3; the ring fingers given 4; and the pinky fingers given 5. When you read piano scores, you will notice numbers written next to the notes. These numbers correspond to the fingers of each hand. On the piano, the right hand typically plays the upper staff, and the left hand plays the lower staff. Since the hands play separate staves, it is easy to tell when the number 3 corresponds to the left hand or the right hand. However, sometimes the hands can play on different staves. To avoid confusion with fingerings and reading, it is common practice to mark notes played with the right hand on the lower staff with RH and left hand notes notated on the upper staff with LH so that this eliminates any chance of confusion. You may also see the right hand abbreviated as m. d. (main droit in French, or mano destra in Italian) and the left with m. g. (main gauche in French) or m. s. (mano sinestra in Italian).

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