082510

piano fitness is listening.  to begin,  play two sounds and listen.  the first sound was louder/softer/same as the second sound.  same is the least musical sound.  choosing louder for first or second will be determined by the rhythm or count.

today's training:

10 pairs
finger fitness 1-4 start notes
finger fitness 2-4 start notes
finger fitness 3-2 start notes

082410

piano fitness is problem solving:

     1) unconscious problem
     2) conscious problem
     3) conscious correction
     4) unconscious corrected

today's awareness of releasing between finger 2/finger 3.

082310

piano fitness is freedom.   i feel like my 2nd fingers are thawing out from muscles frozen all the way into the scapula.  my theory-my reversed curve in the cervical spine corrected through headstand.  the arms are freely swinging.  the angles in arm position are changing too.

today's training:
10 pairs
finger fitness 3
3 triples

today's playing
bach inventions 13 & 14
joplin rags

082010

piano fitness!  when i started training 3 1/2 years ago, i thought to myself, "the way you play will have to change.  you will have to feel those changes."  now i'm finding that to be true.  my teacher at university, lina baranov, maxim-  "don't think-play!"  now i'm understanding what she meant.

081910

piano fitness is fitness.  pilates for core strength, yoga for flexibility and balance.  posture!

how strange to feel the 2nd arm/finger connection strengthening each time!   chitakash (sp) sees it more too.

music by the masters today

081710

piano fitness  hanon is very useful.  6, 5 are great for rotary training.  15 blocked, practiced daily for arm training.  i have composed 3 hanonish patterns which strengthen the bridge nicely.

i'll try to upload chopin's etude op10 no4 again today (quicktime movie).  speed will come, listening helps alot! needs to be more even in the 16ths.....well it uploaded but the video is not in sync w/ audio  :-(

081510

piano fitness is balance.   balances between mind/body, left/right, front/back, arms/fingers, feel/listen.  (that's listen w/ BOTH ears!)  2 1/2 hours of playing today (1 hour of that was training).  the connection of the mind to the long 2nd arm/finger is getting more secure!  how fun -  a chopin waltz and ravel's pavane and more!

the inability to post the audio/video on 8 11 is frustrating!  must find a resolution soon....