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thevalleyisjolly · 1 year ago

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One side effect of studying piano pedagogy is that whenever I watch a show or movie or video where someone is sitting at the piano and they're supposed to be a relatively experienced musician, I am obligated to be insufferable about their hand and body position. Girl, how are you going to get the range of motion to play octave chords fortissimo when your elbows are glued to the side of your ribs. It's your knees that are supposed to be just under the edge of the keyboard, not your bench. Those fingers are just too flat for the scale passages that the soundtrack says you're playing. Is that a slouch-

#the valley is posting #to clarify: while there are many examples of musicians and especially concert pianists who do not use 'perfect posture' when they play #it's almost always situational and based on what is comfortable for them and who their music teachers were #but regardless of different body types and habits; there are some constants in piano playing posture #such as giving your arm(s) enough range of motion to move up and down the keyboard #in general; you want strong fingers with a flexible wrist and the weight coming from your elbow and shoulder rather than your arm #this gives you the best control over the tone you produce - articulation; dynamics; etc #also; don't slouch or hunch over because your strength control comes from your shoulders and it'll also be harder to play like this #concert pianists are not necessarily the people to emulate if you have little/no experience with piano #because the posture that they've developed comes from years of experience and figuring out what each piece requires #for beginners with little/no experience in piano; start with the basic posture and make adjustments if you need to once you've played more

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