Thursday, November 3, 2011

111101

piano fitness is zen.  mind/body = self/soul. playing is singing meditation.  training continuously improves connection/balance.  sitting lower releases 2nd middle (inner arm) allowing captain and middle more freedom.  energy from soul through piano's  sound and feeling the golden thread start to finish is becoming normal.

training:
ff 3 -the 2-3 slide opens up today!
5-finger 3rds-
train

Monday, October 24, 2011

111024

piano is fitness.  remaining open to new feelings takes concentration. life is change. every breath is unique.  relearning to sit after jill miller's yoga tune-up for the spine changed EVERYTHING.  breathing into opened back muscles, i was totally unaware of my frozen quadratus lumborum.  after 1 week of painful adjustment, relearning all the basics: breathing, sitting, walking.

4 sided breath w/ the train-extremely revealing....

Monday, October 10, 2011

111010

piano fitness is connection.  mind/body sound/feeling levers/keys

Saturday, September 24, 2011

110924

piano fitness is today.  now is the time to feel good-scratch the itch, ease the hardness, let go of the smallest resistance.

training:

broken 3rds, 1-2, 2-4,
hanon 15 bl
spider


practice

op53
op14

Friday, September 23, 2011

110923

piano fitness is undoing.  deeply rooted rituals, like sitting, walking, standing, (the way you scratch your nose!) might not need changing, but moving the levers in conjunction probably do, to improve efficiency-less work/more rest.  2nd arm continuously changes when watching the 2nd center.

training:
3rds
f.f. 1
train in 4
hanon 15 br

practice
op 14
op 53

Wednesday, September 21, 2011

110921

piano fitness is staying fresh.  stale habits can be invisible.  moving forward requires changes.  choose one: same/different.  fresh perspective with every repetition...

short lever training  comes into focus today.  time to start training mindfully.

training:

basic:  2,3,4,1,5
3rds:

5 finger 2nd start, triplet

practicing:

op 53 mm=48

Friday, September 16, 2011