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Which fingers do you use? For me it's left index and ring and right middle.

The only right way to do it is left index finger, right index finger, forehead.

Heh... as a pianist, I'm used to unusual hand positions. I use my left hand, put the thumb on the right-hand [Alt], left index on the right-hand [Ctrl], and then left flipper, ring, or pinky, depending on where [Del] is located. I'm amused that people think you have to use two hands.

On my laptop, [Ctrl] and [Alt] are next to each other, so it's right thumb on both of those, and right index for the Del key.

What chord do you hear in your head when you're doing that? Probably some diminished thing.

I didn't realize anyone else heard chords with multiple-key presses. For me, the [Ctrl] is an A (435), the [Alt] is a C(5), and the [Del] is an F#(5), so it's a D7 minus the root. A fairly bland chord, when it comes right down to it, but then I imagine a G#(2) underpinning it, to give it just a little character, but still resolve to the nice, bright G.

Left palm, side of left thumb, right middle or pinky. Or, using right alt/ctrl: right thumb, right index, right middle.

I'm almost playing the chord with my left hand. Left ring finger, left index finger and right index finger.

Left hand: ring on ctrl, pointer on alt. Right: pointer on delete.

it used to be left pinky and index, and right middle finger..but after getting used to mac it's now left ring finger and index with right middle finger.

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