Questions

-isnt doing the grasping movement after playing the keys is an additional movement that might cause instability of the playing? why not just play and then go to the next key instead of doing another movement after the playing? also,in one of the videos you suggested to contract the muscles a spilt secod before the key playing,so doesnt that contradict one another? -why is it whenever playing fast you suggested in one of the videos to play with a high wrist and not a very low one? what is the physiologically reason that makes the high wrist easier to play at high speed?? -why is the rotational movement gives an extra energy to the movement and helps the elasticity of the hand ,especially in arppegios? (hope i explained it right) thanks

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Your grasping question is complex. We grasp before to generate the sound. Then we grasp afterwards to support the hand in "walking" to the next note. That is why it is not a contradiction. When I talk about the grasping action that comes a split-second after the sound, that is something else altogether. That is unhealthy, tension-generating grasping that happens too late, and that saves the hand from collapse by stiffening it. If the grasping happens on time, then it continues through the note and on towards the next note. This is elasticity at work in a good way. I said the louder the sound, the higher the wrist. Not faster, louder. Try to play an arpeggio with no rotation. Then try it with rotation. Which works better? The rotational movement helps everything MOVE. If the rotation replaces finger energy it is worse than useless. But if it helps the finger express its innate vitality, it is wonderful. Great questions! AFF