Activate the fingers to make the piano sing
A lesson where we take a very simple Czerny etude and show you how to activate the fingers which are straining instead of zinging.
7 episodes
1:01:26
Intermediate
Finished
Episodes
- 1 Czerny is very good for getting the standup into the fingers Just stand up! 05:14
- 2 If the left hand stood up more, it would help the right hand This is generally applicable accros the board but another good example is Chopin's Op. 10 No. 1 06:03
- 3 Active fingers = good kind of tension Play with an active finger and then release the tension in your hand 08:20
- 4 It looks like a circle but it doesn't feel like it In order to go fast, we must conserve the movement of the hand 06:29
- 5 Know the sound you are aiming for There is a specific sound quality that we are after, a good kind of sound we must strive to produce 09:24
- 6 Instantaneous muscular explosion and good arm flow We keep exploring the sound we want to make 10:41
- 7 Train your hand to the certain point and the ear will do the rest Thinking mind is too slow, ears on the other hand can make the refinement 15:15