Saturday, October 23, 2010

102310

piano fitness is flexible.   choose 1 (or more) warm up for each lever:   full arms- forearms- fingers.
                                        choose a count (2 or 3),  choose a rhythm (even, long/short, short/long).
                                        listen and feel.  done!

training:

10 3rds
big chords
hanon 15 br

playing:
prelude/fugue am bach/liszt
inventions 13 14 bach
sonatinas G & F  beethoven
waltz am chopin
prelude s.b. debussy

Wednesday, October 20, 2010

102010

piano fitness is training.  learning to listen trains the mind/body connection.  the intended sound feels easy and relaxed.  mindful repetition develops muscle reactions that become automatic.  hearing the sound and feeling the motions=mind/body connections.  the relaxed thumbs seem to give support to the other fingers.  letting go is the difficult part.


training:
basic
h 15 bl br
ff 3

playing:
sonata k545 1st mozart
inventions 13,14 bach
prelude am bach/lizst

Friday, October 15, 2010

101510

piano fitness is feeling falling.  quoting martin rush "the better you feel physically, the easier it is to be happy. "

training
basic
10 3rds
h 15 bl br
ff 2


étude op10 no3,

Tuesday, October 12, 2010

101210

piano fitness is repetitious.   habits form from repetition either better or worse.   good balanced work prevents injuries (rss, carpel tunnel or "tennis" elbow, etc.)



training:

hanon 15 rotary
triad octave skips-major
5 finger 3rds in 3
f.f. 2
f.f. 1
8vas
4 way 8vas

Sunday, October 10, 2010

101010

piano fitness is refreshing.   each day feels differently.  correct and secure.   i imagine the feeling in 1 1/2 years.  today observed the relaxed thumbs in supination adds tone to other fingers.

reviewing
prelude fugue bach/lizst is relearning the new.


today's a date to remember!

Saturday, October 9, 2010

100910

piano fitness is integral.  the union of feeling and listening in the present moment.  a few days off and the spirit of horowitz's piano lingers.

playing:
review prelude and fugue am bach/liszt
inventions 13 & 14 bach

Tuesday, October 5, 2010

100510

piano fitness continues to develop.

training:

10 arms
big chords
f.f. 2

an opportunity to play vladamir horowitz's  personal steinway grand at green's music in san diego today.  i spent 2 hours in their recital hall

playing:

reverie debussy
waltz am chopin
pavane ravel
prelude debussy
claire de lune debussy
andante cantabile mozart
great gate of kiev mussorgsky
variations beethoven
reverie 2
solace joplin
études op10 nos 3&4 chopin

all recorded w/ garage band in the piano fitness sub folder - horowitz piano