092110

piano fitness is personalized.  

training

hanon 15 bl/br



the last grey day of summer and the light from the windows made me think of moonlight

claire de lune/debussy

092010

piano fitness is fun work.  choose a job you love and you'll never work a day in your life ...is  a quote from somebody....    feeling sound with sound feeling ......the non falling arm of the past gives way to an easier released inner upper arm freeing fingers 1, 2 , 3.  the wrong angles cause extra exertion and overwork them.  observing the exchange daily.  the released energy frees mind/body to listen. sadly true, there is the right touch or the tight touch.  either way, habits develop.  


playing :

am waltz
prelude
1st arabasque
inventions 13, 14
music by the master selections
sonatinas

091810

piano fitness lets loose happen.  arms, like everything else, bounce when dropped= f/p sound

playing through music by the masters.  reviewing pieces learned long ago, but with new arms.  releasing through the arms, frozen muscle memory from 30 years ago are thawing out!


chopin's a minor waltz today

091710

piano fitness is fitness.  core stabilization from pilates and yoga awareness provides the solid base for feeling arms fall freely.  letting go takes eccentric strength.  feeling the changes requires mind/body connection.  changing habits from bad to good, until it is unconscious


practicing:

10 3rds
5 6ths
4 way 8vas

091510

piano fitness is changing.  changing the way it feels changes the sound.  changing the arms' angles changes the way it feels.  habits form from repetition-good or bad.  since the falling arms require no additional movement,  push or pull.   i am very focused on changing that awareness.  the habit of adding extra to the swing of the arm requires my constant observation.  the habits are changing from bad to better.  today i feel a releasing inside my upper arm  (bicep/triceps area).  eventually this new feeling will become the better habit.

091410

piano fitness is discovery.  finding the easiest is the hardest!  holding downdog arms at the proper angles allows for quick twitch fibers to develop.  for speed i listen to every other note for shaping the line.

playing:

invention #14 bach  listening to the note repeating in the motive is always softer.  moving the phrase to the big beat.

training:

the train-a full arm start to finger fitness end   I i idim7 V6/4 is the progression
f.f. 2  legato feeling is developing w/ 1/2/3
hanon 15 as written for speed and rotation

091310

piano fitness takes time.   counting time is where music begins-  before you hear the piano sing. swinging the arms with correct feeling into fingers 1, 2, 3 are gaining strength.  a warmer sound comes through.

training
3 8vas  1-5, 1-4, 1-3  the correct angles to swing the arms in downdog.
8vas 4 ways   for rotation counting with 1) captains 2) guards 3) l guard / r captain 4) l captain / r guard
finger fitness 2  basic 2 counts  advanced 4 counts
hanon 15 my favorite for speed but it takes time to get there


playing

elite syncopations joplin
the entertainer joplin
prelude debussy
pavane pour une infante defunte ravel

a 2nd attempt to upload since yesterday has no audio again???