Chapter 10: Right hand chords continued

Recommended pace

Recommended time to spend on this chapter: 1–3 days.

1. Read right hand n, j, and lj and complete the drill (20 minutes)
   • Repeat the drill as needed
2. Read right hand rv, rf, ng, and nk and complete the drill (20 minutes)
   • Repeat the drill as needed
3. Read right hand ch, sh and rch and complete the drill (20 minutes)
   • Repeat the drill as needed
4. Attempt the test (20 minutes)
   • Practise as needed

Remember to take breaks!

Useful links

• Single syllable right hand n, j, and lj words drill
• Single syllable right hand rv, rf, ng, and nk words
• Single syllable right hand ch, sh, and rch/nch words
• Chapter 10 test

Right hand n, j, and lj

• -PB is “-n” as in “lawn”
• -PBLG is “-j” as in “grudge”
• -LG represents two two sounds:
  • “-lj” as in “bulge”
  • “-lch” as in “mulch”

Examples

• fin TPEUPB
• sign SAOEUPB
• lodge HROPBLG
• nudge TPHUPBLG
• bilge PWEULG
• belch PWELG
• squelch SKWELG

Mnemonics:

Feel free to come up with your own or even suggest some!

1. Think “peanut butter” for -PB
2. -PBLG is a cluster of 4 keys pressed with the right hand middle and ring fingers
3. -LG resembles the “-lg” sound in spelling and is somewhat close to the “-lch” sound

Section practice

Single syllable right hand n, j, and lj/lch words

Right hand rv, rf, ng, and nk

• -FRB is “-rv” as in “swerve”
• *FRB is “-rf” as in “turf”

The reason -FRB is “-rv” and not “-rf” is that the former is a bit more common.

• -PBG represents two sounds:
  • “-ng” as in “tang”
  • “-nj” as in “strange”
• *PBG is “-nk” as in “plank”

Examples

• curve KUFRB
• carve KAFRB
• turf T*UFRB
• serf S*EFRB
• ling HREUPBG
• sing SEUPBG
• tank TA*PBG
• sink S*EUPBG

Mnemonics:

Feel free to come up with your own or even suggest some!

1. -FRB contains the -R key and also looks like the letter “v” on its side
2. The “v” and “f” sounds are quite similar; the “-rf” chord is almost the same as the “-rv” but with the asterisk
3. -PBG is simply just the “n” chord and the -G key combined
4. *PBG is just the “-ng” chord with the asterisk (the “-ng” and “-nk” sounds are quite similar)

Section practice

Single syllable right hand rv, rf, ng, and nk words

Right hand ch, sh, and rch

• -FP is “-ch” as in “couch”
• -RB is “-sh” as in “trash”
  • -RBS is the “shus” sound as in “cautious”
• -FRPB represents two sounds:
  • “-rch” as in “arch”
  • “-nch” as in “hunch”

Examples

• hitch HEUFP
• patch PAFP
• mash PHARB
• sash SARB
• luscious HRAOURBS
• spacious SPAEURBS
• larch HRAFRPB
• parch PAFRPB
• crunch KRUFRPB
• punch PUFRPB

Mnemonics:

Feel free to come up with your own or even suggest some!

1. -FP and -RB are rows of horizontal keys pressed by the right hand index and middle fingers
   • These are both *h chords, remember that -FP comes before -RB in steno order which matches up with the letter “c” coming before “s” in the alphabet
2. The “-rch”/“-nch” chord -FRPB is the combination of the previous two

Section practice

Single syllable right hand ch, sh, and rch/nch words

Chapter 10 test

This chapter’s test consists of all the practice drills in this chapter. Make sure your settings are configured as such:

• Limit word count: 45
• Start from word: 1
• Repetitions: 3
• Sort: random
• Show hint for every word: unchecked
• Hide hint on last repetition: unchecked
• Show hint on misstroke: checked

Click here to access the chapter 10 test

Recommended completion goal

This is only a suggestion; it is not a requirement to move to the next chapter!

Aim for 5–20 WPM with 90% accuracy.

You may use the test material as practice!

Chapter briefs

This section is completely optional, but recommended. If you prefer to learn these all at once, they will be covered in chapter 16.

NOTE: remember that these are briefs; the explanations are not applicable to any arbitrary word.

Practice sentences

1. they even think of mulch.
2. hat and cat differ only in one thing.
3. I have been very well.
4. self love is a must.

Answers

1. THE/AOEFPB/THEU/-F/PHULG/TP-PL
2. HAT/SKP/KAT/TKEUFR/OEPBL/TPH/WUPB/THEUPBG/TP-PL
3. EU/SR/PW-PB/SRE/WEL/TP-PL
4. SEFL/HROF/S/AEU/PHUFT/TP-PL

Extra briefs