Technic Tip

This weeks tip is on HAND POSTURE. You play and sound your best when you do these things.

  1. Keep wrists straight and fingers curved. For piano, your position should be opposite of sitting at a computer keyboard. On the computer many people sit with their wrists down below the fingers. For piano our wrists need to be straightand above the piano (like in the picture above). Stay relaxed and let you fingers dance or walk in the keys.
  2. Practice your scales/exercises this way remembering your fingers will dance on the tippy toes when they are curved and relaxed.
  3. If you have trouble reaching the black keys for sharps and flats, keep hands closer to the fallboard (the board right behind all the keys that usually has the brand name of your piano on it). I say it's called the "fallboard" because if our dancers are going to fall, it's safer to fall in towards this board than backwards off the piano completely!

Updated Sunday April 26, 2009