Here you are going to learn how to move your body in a way that enables you to play the piano with natural ease and artistry…
Links to Lessons
- Piano Technique: Myth & Reality
- The Development Process
- Mental or Physical?
- How Your Body Works: Introduction
- General Principles of Expert Technique
- Symptoms of a Technical Problem
- Causes of a Technical Problem
- The Speed Myth
- “Fast” Versus “Slow” Playing
- Expectations
- How to Make Your Fingers Stronger
- Mental Ease
- Physical Ease
- A Computer Analogy
- A Language Analogy
- Intentions
- The Magic Compass
- No Pain, No Gain!
- Brawn, No! Finesse, Yes!
- Commentary on Hanon, Cortot, Czerny, etc.
- Why Everyone Should Buy Hanon: The Virtuoso Pianist
- The Finger-Training Myth (Bach)
- Body Mechanics for Pianists: Your Head / Your Torso / Your Shoulders / Your Upper Arms / Your Forearms / Your Hands / Your Fingers / Independent Motions / Integrated Motions
- How the Piano Works: Keyboard Layout Quirks / The Strings / The Action / The Dampers / The Pedals / The Bench
- Keyboard Layout: Middle What?
- Fingering Principles
- Finger Numbers
- Muscle Memory
- Choreography
- Proprioception & Visualization
- Connect the Dots
- Fingering Revisited
- Do You Change Fingers on Repeated Notes?
- Prepared or Unprepared Attack?
- Left-Right Integration
- Five Note Left-Right Independence Studies
- The Black Keys
- Momentum
- Throwing
- Finger Crossovers
- Circular Playing
- Think Thumbs
- Sticky Fingers
- Up & Down, a Lesson in Legato
- Lazy Thumbs
- How to Play Scales in High & Low Registers
- Octaves Made Easy
- Visio-Spatial Keyboard Awareness: Major Triads
- Micro-Lessons
How Your Body & the Piano Work Together
- Musical Patterns You Gotta Know
- Remember Fred?
- Let’s Have a Seat
- Proper Arm Support
- Proper Hand & Finger Support
- Single Notes
- Repeated Notes
- Five in a Row (Staccato & Legato)
- Scales (Staccato & Legato)
- Arpeggios (Staccato & Legato)
- Reversals
- Chords
- Skips
- Coda