Tension
19 videos tagged with this topic.
Pianimals warmup excericises
04:35
Chapter 5 - Sleepy Bear - Lying down again and rolling in a totally relaxed way
Alan shows sleeping bear method that emphasizes lying down your hands and rolling them over the keyboard to play black and white notes with complete relaxation, helping to avoid tension and discomfort during piano practice
Piano Learning Through Feldenkrais: A Holistic Approach
03:04
Hand positioning and thumb tension
Alan demonstrates the importance of proper hand positioning to reduce tension in the thumb while playing, showing how thumb placement affects fluidity and comfort for both beginner and experienced pianists
Mastering octaves through tensegrity: The whole-body approach
06:36
Mastering octave technique through proper shoulder and hand coordination
Play octaves effectively by integrating proper shoulder movement, torso engagement, and metacarpal joint positioning to create a synchronized, tension-free technique
Activate the fingers to make the piano sing
10:41
Instantaneous muscular explosion and good arm flow
We keep exploring the sound we want to make
Activate the fingers to make the piano sing
08:20
Active fingers = good kind of tension
Play with an active finger and then release the tension in your hand
Basics of piano somatics
02:43
The hand arch and the body
03:32
Move the body
You have to move the body and find that sweet spot, not too tense, not too relaxed
The hand arch and the body
02:55
There is something in between tension and relaxation
If you are tense you can't play but you also can't when you are relaxed, so..?
Awakening an inert hand
03:36
The cure for tension is action
"If you use relaxation to cure tension you replace one problem with another"
The thumb is the basis of standing
08:08
Before you even feel tension, the quality of the sound goes away
Standing exercise
The thumb is the basis of standing
04:16
Profound functional adjustment
Standing up frees up your forearm and therefore there is less tension
The thumb is the basis of standing
05:44
Biotensegrity: A New View Of Anatomy And Its Implications For Piano Technique
06:24
Compression and Tension Elements
So what we are looking for is good kind of muscular tonus not plain old bad kind of tension
Unstable Equilibrium
03:47
What is Muscle Tonus
Many muscles in the hand need to be developed to make the hand functional
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
03:38
Arm Weight Technique - Myth and Reality
03:30
Do Not Loose Your Hand Structure
It affects the sound as well as induces tension in the wrist and forearm
Physical Organization for Piano Teachers
04:01
The Difference Between Alexander Technique and Feldenkrais Method
Also, how to free up shoulders from tension
All About The Thumb
03:34
Tension in the Thumb
Alan is explaining how to get rid of unnecessary tension in the thumb
AFF Institute - Victoria, BC 2015
18:21
Various Technical Concepts
Alan talks about several different technical concepts, joined thumbs, tension vs tonus..see Points of Interest for more details