Piano Video Lesson: The Importance of Fingers on the Piano

This is livingpianos.com. I'm Robert Estrin, and the subject, today, is the importance of fingers on the piano. And it seems almost obvious. I mean, what else? Well, there's actually three parts of the body that come into play, for piano playing. Of course, the fingers and the wrists and the arms. I have an extended video series on my Patreon channel you can check out. I'm going to give you a free taste on it, today, and I hope you enjoy this.

So the first thing we have to talk about is how to approach the keyboard. Sometimes, you see people sitting really, really close to the piano, and it strangles them. So you want to make sure you're far enough away, and you don't want to sit with the bench right behind your knees. You want to be able to have the flexibility because sometimes you need to reach from one end of the keyboard to the other, so you want to be comfortable.

The next thing is to talk about, you look at the keyboard. You see white keys. You see black keys. Right? However, while the white keys are here, and the black keys are here, the white keys are also here. Why am I bringing this up? Well, this is really important because, so often, you see beginning students playing out here on the keyboard. And every time there's a black key, you have to go in and out for black keys. So, really, what you want is to be at the point at which black and white keys meet. This is the appropriate place to keep your hands, generally.

The other thing is, if your fingers are stretched out, some are far longer than others. So that's one of the main reasons for curving your fingers, to get them all in alignment with the keys and so you don't have to go in and out with the thumb, every time the thumb has to play, instead, keeping them all right here. This is very important. It might be obvious to some of you, but I thought it was worthy of mentioning this.

So you can see there's so much to piano playing, and identifying what parts of the body come into play is critical for being able to solve technical and musical challenges. I hope this is enjoyable for you. You're welcome to subscribe to my YouTube channel and ring the bell if you haven't done that. And, once again, that Patreon, there's even more extended videos. Well, see you next time. Thanks for joining me.

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