092410

piano fitness is for me.   just over 3 1/2 years into the 5 year training, and feeling the sounds with sound feelings is occurring.   the released inner upper arm changes shoulders and back awareness, allowing for the thumbs to hang loose.  the sound is nicer too!  letting gravity do the work-stop adding to it for better sound.

playing
maple leaf rag/joplin
music by the masters - to page 40
     listening for the beauty in the 2 note slurs
pavane ravel
am waltz chopin
theme w/ variations beethoven
sonatinas  various

092210

piano fitness is training.  finding the proper arm position for easiest release trains the muscles in that shape.  changing arms angles changes muscle posture.  letting the changes happen and developing the new good habit is the training.


training:

the basic- 10 arms
f.f.. 2 s.n.

playing"

am waltz/chopin
music by the masters selections:
venetian boat song/mendelssohn
allegro/haydn
pages 6-20

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.