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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

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

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,

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

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!

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

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