Overcome Piano Finger Tension Completely | Why You Have Finger Tension And How To Get Rid Of It
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- čas přidán 11. 09. 2024
- If you have finger or hand tension at the piano than this video will help you! I show you how to Overcome Piano Finger Tension Completely. There are 2 reasons why you get tension in the fingers and I show you how to get rid of it!
No more piano finger tension!
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Dear my online piano Teacher, I would like to say thank you for your clear explanation to the fingers' tension issues. I hope you are happy and healthy in your life. Thank you so much. 🌻
You are so welcome! Thank YOU for the support!
Are you and your friends still playing?
@@DavidMiller-bp7et Yes. I am still playing piano. I need to do a lot of practice. 🌻 Thank you for asking David.
@@anggunnenohai3870 Nice to hear it. All blessings to you and yours.
@@anggunnenohai3870 There is no piano playing, just more, continual practice. I said before and continue to marvel how nice it is to get greetings from places and cultures way around the world, around common topics of interest. We need more good will in the world. Piano and music are good ways of doing that. All the best to you and yours.
This channel is underrated, he put his heart into this😭❤️
Thank you so much for this. What a fantastic lesson. Your channel is an absolute goldmine of extremely valuable information. From the bottom of my heart, thank you. I wish you all the best.
Woaw woaw, my piano teacher was telling me to imagine an orange in my hands, turn my hands with palms facing the keys bed, or to make my hands mimic a bu ch or carrots. This gave a sort of an arch in my hands but did not help me get rid of the tension. These 2 reasons for tension you gave in this video, will. This video was super useful. I am now eager to practice my scales with these concepts. Thanks a million
You are VERY welcome! I'm very happy that it was helpful!
Don't know about the carrots, which simply dangle, more or less straight but the orange or ball in the hand gives what another called the "parachute hand," but without gripping the round object, held in position by more natural means.
Thanks mate that was so good ,
Only thing is playing octaves and full chords in unison . You are forced to stretch out the fingers and your back to square one again .Could you please offer a solution as I’m going crazy with tennis elbow and other strains
C covers this elsewhere but from my experience, I play jazz scores which require this constantly, we have to tense the hand for the chord but we find some way to briefly, perhaps very briefly release the hand/fingers with sequential "big" chords; some folks have bigger hands, a minority, which makes it a little easier but most have average sized and even small hands, they do well. Check out Errol Garner. Busy but constantly busy moving around, releasing his positions.
Thank you for sharing! Honestly just a great reminder to release unnecessary tension 😁
Thank you for teaching position of fingers 😀
Thanks so much Mr Piano Lab, that was very helpful. With best wishes for 2022! ❤😊💚👍🏾🇬🇩🇬🇧
Thank you men. God bless you. I was looking for exactly this. 🎉❤
I want to practice piano all day , but I can’t because I have exams everyday so I have no time to practice :(
Anyway I love you 💕 I hope to be pro like you someday definitely I’ll try so hard :)
Take care 🎵🤍
Take it easy and remember when you do have time to play: practice smarter not harder! (although it does take work, understanding technique correctly is your greatest ally) Thanks for watching!
Very nice.
How do i deal with my tension fingers when playing octaves? When my comfortable reach is 6th?
What about playing octaves, how do you avoid the stretching tension while at the same time playing both octave notes at the same time?
Yeah im confused about this too, i think theres no way around this tho
i heard lot of pianist say that we should crawl our fingers on certain passages to play it fast or efficiently cause normal hand position then wouldn't be as efficient. for example in Mozart's K545 the passage where we play the scales on the right hand
I've been trying to research more about these concepts and one of the biggest things I've been confused about is how do I play an arpeggio without stretching my hand. Nothing I could find would put to practice or show how to apply the ideas about keeping your hand in a resting position. So thank you for actually giving an example, it makes it much clearer how do this!
Though I do have a question about the curled fingers. Of course it's not good to let your joints buckle. I have this problem with both of my pinkies. And now I'm naturally curling them more into that claw form. How can I make sure my joints on my pinkies don't buckle while also not curling them too much?
How avoid tendinitis in pinky fingers - or how to get rid of it?
Going through all tutorials, again, time well spent. I subscribed so I get them ALL in order from the beginning. Craig again trying to get at tension issues in the fingers. Culprits-spreading fingers too much and curving them too much. OK. He focuses on fingers here but elsewhere models how finger usage is in the context of other movements, namely-"shifting," what I have called lateral forearm movement, sometimes rather small, to get hands into positions where fingers don't have to work so hard to navigate, they are always right above where they are playing. Such must be developed slowly and deliberately, and few people have the patience and humility to play slow until something gets mastered. We all would like to think of ourselves as better, probably faster, more admired than we actually are. We see the masters' displays of piano fireworks and we try to emulate it before we are prepared. Edna G stresses this, "Once you have it slow, you have it," meaning you can slowly speed up. Josh Wright points out that when a pianist is performing we see the results of long and patient slow playing which got them to their goal, by disciplined stages, over whatever time period required. We do not see them practicing to disciplined rhythm, as slow as the metronome will go, getting the riffs into muscle memory correctly.
This has everything to do with fingering choices which I see coming up again in near term videos. Perhaps an in depth tutorial on finger choices and why such are chosen over others is in order. More than what I remember him talking about before. As a key, I would suggest that spreading fingers tightly for navigation reflects a lack of L F M, Craig's "shifting." Watch Martha Argerich for the perfection of these techniques at any tempo. No doubt in my mind, that she would have had to slow way down at some point, even as gifted as she is. I would bet she still does it. She keeps her ego in check at all times. She's all about the music, not idol worship or creating a sensation about herself. It happens because of her approach.
Great content, thanks for the info!
My pleasure!
This is great! What was the name of your teacher that reworked your technique and helped you so much?
You are much more handsome than the guy with the mirror glasses.
My problem is that my left hand hurts just above my wrist on the left side. It seems to happen when I play chords with my left hand or even an interval like a 4th with my thumb and fourth finger.
What happens if you have to stretch your fingers to hit an octave? How do you keep them out of the stress at that point?
thanks very much that really helps
Great tip sir thank you !
Nice someone who dont think its finger Arthrosis 🤣 Thx for the Video :)
What if you have to play a lot of forte octaves? How do you reduce the tension then?
I come about this from another angle. I'm a Chiropractor with a FURS syndrome and so had to change my techniques. In fact, I quit manipulating vertebrae, and became quite the specialist for shoulder problems as well as the arms. I have a video of my 30 seconds of exercises to help low back pain, as well as many techniques for the shoulder, arm, forearms, wrist and especially good for finger strength.
It's all ready, I'm just waiting for an administrative problem but next week it should be on YT.
I am struggling with my keyboard lesson "WHIRLING DERVISHES"
my teaher told me to soak my fingers and palm in luke warm water.. before practicing
You're the GOAT !
Don't have any idea where this comes from but it doesn't seem helpful to anyone.
Hi, is it true that you sit closer to middle C and not somewhere between E and F?
I practiced for quite a while sitting in front of C but a few days ago switched to E/F just to experiment. I’ve no idea about the formalities of the decision.
Maybe statistically some adjustments to your position relative to the keyboard actually make sense. What is your opinion?
My piano teacher always tells me to stay close to middle C and to just use your upper body to move
What decides where you seat is what you’re playing. If the music is much more in the middle, you seat in the middle.
Your content is really great, but you really need to get a better mic setup!
Yes, your right! That's something that we are looking into. Thank you for the feedback!
I have trouble to go with the fifth finger of the left hand from a note for example c, to one octave higher to the other c with the thumb of the left finger, for a legato, this stretch causes tension, as you said for the stretching out of fingers, what is the solution here.
I've been dealing with the pinky-stuck-up-in-the-air syndrome...
How to make sure you only play one note without lifting the other fingers? My fingers automotically flip up when I try to make just one key go down
Go slow in practice, like snail's pace.
My problem is I can't seem to release one finger on one hand while holding down the same finger on the other hand, especially the ring fingers! Hand independence has always been a problem for me, causing tension! I used to wave with both hands when I was little.
Very interesting. You are probably a whiz at contrary motion scales?
@@jewellevy Interesting. Yeah. Have you tried going very, very slow and deliberate, like a snails pace? There may be some natural giftedness there which hasn't yet been identified. Nice one, Jewel.