121211*

piano fitness is improving awareness.  listening to the body and sound produced simultaneously is aware of the elusive present moment.


practicing

chopin 64.1

the first note! with 2 newly released

debussy con moto 2 handed arps

chopin 28.15 storm closing

121127

piano fitness training is beneficial.  music lives in the moment and life occurs. application brings benefits to every aspect of sound living.....

121119*

piano fitness is refreshing the focus. expect each time to be different -that is the normal!   normal=different.

practice:
chopin 10.3-chromatic 10ths parallel 4ths are there!

training:
spider*

121114

piano fitness produces results.  the mapping gets clearer still. feeling sound with sound feeling.  metamorphasis in final stages?

121105*

piano fitness is a daily challenge - i am up for it!

training:
10 3rds
5 finger

recording:
debussy-tgwtfh
   posted to facebook

121022*

piano fitness is fresh by choice.  new eyes, new ears, new sensations found in the zillionth repetition......

training

pf 1 (4,2,3) morphs into train

121009

piano fitness is separation.  feeling the separation of 2 & m.

training:
hanon 15-bl
pf 1 no mm


playing
chopin 64.1


practicing
chopin 10.1 m1-2

121005

piano fitness finds inter-dependence.  the c2m all help each other move faster. the armii impluse can be directed to any finger.  the combinations seem countless.


warm up:
chopin 64.1  slowly building clearer focus of relaxed fingers responding to the impulses from brain/armii.  finding the precise position for the easier movement and stronger connection.



practice

mozart cleaner 16ths....
rondo improving

121003*

piano fitness is evolutionary. the live performance is never identical.  some days are better than others, but the over all result is improvements.

warm up:
chopin 64.1

training:
5finger m=126*
train drama
pf1 2counts 168
     4/138 2/144 3/152 (sloppy)

practicing:
chopin 1- backwards practice

recorded:

mozart 333 i ii
chopin 1

121002

piano fitness is refining.  more aware of the released heaviness in the fingers! how it feels to try to move them quickly.

warm up:
chopin 64.1

practicing:
chopin 1- right from the start, chopin composes a challenging A theme that continues to be more difficult than other sections.  the opening turn is the culprit and 128th notes @ mm108 seems impossible....  it appears that releasing c helps quiet a bit......


training:

5 finger-m 126
pf1 3/132 2/138 4/152

120925

piano fitness is

training:
pf1 2&4/108 3/116

120924

piano fitness is creative.  choose to create different options w/ same ingredients.

training;
5 finger 3/108

practice:
chopin 1
  a 69

120923

piano fitness is stimulating.  after training, feeling the circulation and conditioning as it happens.  the c-m focus helps 2m release and stabilizes the neutral hand.

warmup:
chopin 64.1

training:
10 3rds
h 15-bl/br
train drama
pf1 2/126 3/132 4/144(some sloppy)

practice:
mozart k333
  i-104
 ii
iii

120921*

piano fitness - when playing is exciting fun work!

training:
pf 1 2/104 4/112 3 120?
spider
5 fingers.

practice
chopin 1

120919

piano fitness is mysterious.  discoveries each day are like breadcrumbs leading to sound technic.


playing:
chopin 64.1
chopin 10.3,4


practicing:
chopin 1
 a 60

training:
pf 1 4/120 2/132 3/138
h15 shaky 152

120918

piano fitness is new.  well, the format on the blog page is new anyways.....



training:

pf1 3/116 2/126 4/132
5 finger-144

120915

piano fitness is progressive.  like good music there is forward momentum.

training:
pf1 2/112 4/120 3/126
h15 bl 126 br 138

practice:
chopin 64.1 152
chopin 1
 a 56
 b 44
mozart 333

120914

piano fitness has aim.  focus on what element is being practiced..

training:
pf1=3/100 4/112 2/120
h15 132
big chords/train

practice:
chopin 64.1 116/152

120912*

piano fitness

training:
5 finger patterns*
spider*
ff1 = pf1
pf1=100
h15=120

practice
mozart k333.1  96, 104, 120
chopin 1

120910

piano fitness is under construction.  still building the piano bridge but the map is unblocking old habits.  new feelings constantly

training

train arms only m 100

practice

chopin 64.1 m=116
chopin 1 m=48

120905

piano fitness works.  steadfast commitment to training will reap benefits.  mapping correctly with mindful attention to counting out loud clears the path of habitual debris.


practice
chopin 64.1 listening for longer bass/harmonic lines
           10.4 mm=76

120904

piano fitness is remapping.  the path, blocked with the debris of old habits, is clearing up.

warmup

5 finger
   trill & pattern

practice
   chopin 28.15
              64.1  mm=92-

120903

piano fitness is getting organized.  aim at nothing and you'll hit it!


practice 10:10a-11:35a / chopin 10.4  mm=60 perform mm=sloppy 112  11:49am

 

120822

piano fitness develops. listening with the body develops the sound feelings.


training:

ff 1
cadences:
  root-minor
  1st- major

120821

piano fitness as a program.  systemic in approach for developing the necessary skills for playing.

training

10 pairs (or less)
5 finger

using the armii unit with captain 2nd center as focus for all work....

120801*

piano fitness evolves.  the instruction from t.m. is proving invaluable.  feeling the arm unit moving captain,2,middle with adjusted rotary and forearm bridge, fingers long from the wrist.....

training

basic
some 3rds
5 finger various
 
scale: c major 126

practice
chopin op1

120725*

piano fitness is persistent.  training proceeds.

basics
5 singles
10 pairs
spider

120704

piano fitness is occasionally serious.  blog consistency needs serious improvements. training needs to be all encompassing.  hearing all the fingers is the start (or the finish?)

training:
h1
10 pairs
big chords
5 fingers  3rds/2p  single/3p*
6ths
8vas
   single
   4ways

120627

piano fitness is persistent.  mapping the 2nd finger continuously strengthens...allowing the finger to move and feeling it move.   persevering with no finish line?  improvements felt daily.


training
ff1
big chords
10 pairs


relearning:
bach am prelude and fugue
chopin op 10 no 4

120622

piano fitness prevails.  mindful training brings results.

training:
3 middles
5 fingers-all starts

120620

piano fitness is awesome..

120530

piano fitness is revelationary.  focus reveals new sound feelings.  piano mapping to the 2nd/3rd connection is stronger.  the first trill in minute waltz is accurate for the first time.

training

120522

piano fitness takes care of business.   the whole business includes physical, mental, musical.  motivation to manage them waxes and wanes.  every time is still surprise filled..

training
5 finger quick/slow/slow*
train*
ff1

beethoven op27 no1 1st*

120519

piano fitness is love/hate.  sometime it's difficult to choose to practice/train, and getting to the bench is the hardest part.  once seated, an hour or more easily disappears.

practicing for june recital:

beethoven sonata op 27 no1 1st mvt
chopin nocturnes op 9 nos 1 & 2

120516

piano fitness is


training:

big chords
h 15
5 finger 3rds
ff 1

120502

piano fitness is body mapping.  unhinged bridges frees the fingers.

training

train
h 15

120411

piano fitness is body mapping.    continued training of the falling bridges.  releasing matching points i.e. both 2nd bridges, l.h. releasing helps r.h.

chopin!
op 9 no 1,2
op 1 theme
minute waltz op 64??  !!
op 10 no 3, 4, 5

debussy
1st arabesque
prelude

mozart
Bb 1st
C 1st

120330

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....

120328

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)

120321

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.

120318

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.

120312

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

120309

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

120305

piano fitness metamorphose.  training for released bridge

120304

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

120302

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

120229

piano fitness searches to release the linchpin - the bridge must fall free too.

120222

piano fitness is awareness of "now's" absolutely comfortable feeling.

120219

piano fitness is feeling daily changes in stronger release of the 2 corner.
with this 2 corner focus, training w philip "erases" the old habit with release and  sounds firm and feels more comfortable.


op 27 no 1 improves- yet to attempt the last polyrhythm .....
the middle section provides opportunity to implement the new standard. the whole nocturne another amazing example of chopin's melodic/harmonic/musical genius...

120215

piano fitness transforms.  finding newness after trillions of repetitions is transforming.
yet this is the amazing reality.  foundation of solid relaxed sounds is being laid daily.


chopin op64 no1
           op28 no 15
 

120211

piano fitness rocks!  long training w/ released 2m corner. all fingers respond with ease, speed and fun!


chopin minute and op9 no1

120210

piano fitness is self improvement.

warm up

chopin op64 no1

120201

piano fitness blooms.  feeling physical changes in the fingers, 4 corners of the hand, arms, shoulder, back have continued since 11/11/11.  the new year's theme -sound!

gaining control of the sound in all 5 fingers.  training till unconsciencly corrected.

120106

piano fitness feels freedom.  the arms bounce & the fingers dance with full abandon.  2012 is the sound year.