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hello! ive never done this so lets see if it works! the problem: tingles in rh fingers and some on the lh 5th finger down to the wrist. this only happens when i play F or FF chords, large chords or large streches with...

I really enjoy and love this performance of his, I'm not sure where the rest of his work stands but I do find myself listening to this piece and watching him perform it very often. A very spirited and musical perf...

Hi Alan Thank you for your reply earlier. I've been working on Chopin Etude Op10 No1. I've been playing the piece a lot slower than its original tempo. Is there a way to speed up and not lose the arch? I've inc...

For the bass clef, first measure, do I really play the Bb with my pinky, F with my index, the Db with my thumb, the Bb with my index and then the F with my thumb? It's quite the stretch and I can do it but it feel...

I play piano but also work in administration requiring long periods of time seated at a computer workstation. I am writing this post as a pianist to inform people about a condition I was diagnosed with last year after c...

Further to my post about TOSS, I'd be interested in hearing people's advice about practicing scales as someone 'retraining'. A little about me, I'm 40 and consider myself an amateur in that I don't make my living from i...

if i am using the sustain pedal should i really even bother producing legato at the fingers? is there really a point in tieing a note thats going to sustain into the next tnote anyway? i ask this because the piece...

Hello, I'm a self taught piano player and I'm wondering the correct technique for playing an accented note with one finger while playing another note softer at the same time, on the same hand. I hope that makes sen...