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piano fitness creates new awareness of the ability to decide every note's sound.  it's risky-the bridges falling down-moving through unknown fear that holds back, finding fresh security in continuous release....

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piano fitness is self improvement.  changing the sound by changing the feeling.  listening while releasing the bridge.  changing this habit day by day.  the tsunami waves continue but perhaps less intense as the muscles in the hand develop the strength to let go.

‎"The deepest secret is that life is not a process of discovery, but a process of creation. You are not discovering yourself, but creating yourself anew. Seek not to find out who you are, seek to determine who you want to be." -Neale Donald Walsch

learning:
beethoven op 27 no1
chopin op 10 no 5

practicing:
chopin op 9 nos 1 2
           op 64 no 1

sightread:
chopin op 1 (1st page)

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piano fitness is exciting.  training improves daily!  if the mystery is solved, the essence  of playing:  fingers point, bridges fall, forearms sway, arms swing.  essentials: balanced sits bones, neutral spine, bandhas.

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piano fitness develops.   moving the bridge knuckles is the release of the linchpin.  conditioning the response is the training....

2 training videos

120314

piano is fitness!  took 1 day off from piano but rest is always good.

less conscious of the loose bridge, but still needs attention.

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piano fitness searches.  when the linchpin is understood and found, relaxation becomes more absolute.

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piano fitness is habit forming.  training the free fall of the bridge, mindful of the 2, is the linchpin! this will become habit and unconscious at some point.



new training exercise
passing fingers  2nds to 3rds  using any pair

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piano fitness metamorphose.  training for released bridge

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piano fitness is commitment.  training when you don't feel like it.  seems like less tsunami waves in the training.

recorded chopin's noc 1 today first time

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piano fitness observes changes.  focus on new feelings/sounds while remembering the music is the constant challenge.