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Elastically loading the hand arch structure for brilliant octave technique

Using the muscles in our hands to our own benefit

7 episodes 30:56 Intermediate Finished

Episodes

  1. 1 Pinky is the strongest finger in the hand Alan talks about the hypothenar muscles and how can we use them (better) 04:43
  2. 2 Learning difficult piano music You can or can't learn the notes but what will help you tremendously is putting the musical thought behind it 02:26
  3. 3 A creative entanglement with the musical material Use the physical to express musically 00:56
  4. 4 Feel your sitsbones Every time we do these, they are different 05:12
  5. 5 Floating pelvis and standing Stand up ATMP exercise 03:53
  6. 6 Hand push A series of exercises around the hand push 07:57
  7. 7 The hand grows into a nice arch A hand arch exercise. We should always strive for this feeling 05:49