10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi all, I just started a new series , check it out!

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hello, I was watching a video of octaves played by Argerich and i was noticing that whenever she came to play a new group of octaves she came in with a slight rotation of the hand (half supination a...

Movement of the fingers

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hello, When the lumbricals are working (MCP joint movement of the fingers),does that mean that the FDP or FDS are not working at all,or do they assist with the movement? -How come the lumbricals are m...

Sliding and grasping motion

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi, I watched many of the videos on the pianotechnique site,and something wasn't quite clear to me:when doing the sliding motion (meaning the palm of the hand touching the keys and tempo is slow),i fi...

Octaves problem please help

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi again- Playing fast octaves, i use the thumb and fifth finger on the white keys and the thumb and fourth finger on the black keys,and using thumb orientation movement-meaning taking the hand to abd...

Could not figure this out!

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Playing on the tip of the fingers the sound is thinner than than playing on the finger's pad? If what influences the sound is the speed of the hammer hitting the strings,why does the different touch o...

Tricep contraction

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi Saw the video where you mentioned that the tricep contracts playing scales. Why does the tricep contract when the finger hits the keys and not when i wiggle the fingers in air where there is no col...

Finger orientation

10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods

Hi all! I am not sure if this is already been discussed here... Anyway Thomas Mark (author of "What Every Pianist Needs to Know About the Body) says we must seek for 5th finger orientation inst...

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