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Home row and top row, mixed

You type real words with the home row and the top row, reaching up and coming back.

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How to find the key

  1. Read the whole word first.
  2. Type it, and reach up where you need to.
  3. Go back to the home row after every reach: coming back is half the job.
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qwertyuiop
asdfghjkl;'
zxcvbnm,./
shiftshift
  • bump on the f and j
  • home row

A worked example

write out

  1. Read the word first.
  2. Reach for the w with your left ring finger and the r with your left index finger.
  3. Go back to the home row and tap the i, the t and the e.
  4. Press the space bar.
  5. Type out the same way.
More examples

your tour

  1. Type your: the y, the o, the u and the r.
  2. Press the space bar.
  3. Type tour with your left index finger on the t.

pure water

  1. Type pure with a pinky on the p.
  2. Press the space bar.
  3. Type water, reaching up for the w and the t.

Try it yourself

This is best practised in the real exercise, where you click, drag or tap yourself.

Practise this

Watch out

  • You forget to go back to the home row and your hand drifts.

    Come back after every reach. Coming back is half the job.

Tips

  • Read the whole word before you type.
  • Do not look at the keyboard: let your muscle memory find each key.

Why it works

Most English words use both rows all the time. The skill is not the reach but the return: going back to the home row after each letter. Every word here uses only the keys you know.