Saturday, July 2, 2011

110702

piano fitness is musical meditation.

learning
op 53
  intro/a section continues to improve
  transition/b section-practiced
  c section some octave practice
  d section-some focused practice-hands alone!

training
10 pairs
5 6ths
5 finger patterns-2 counts
 

playing
dizzy fingers
house on the ocean
m-bb sonata i
op 10 no 4
debussy prelude
am waltz

Friday, July 1, 2011

110701

piano fitness is physical physics.  fundamentally force=mass X acceleration.  levers and angles for maximum efficiency surrendering to gravity.   listening and letting go.
still learning!!!

Thursday, June 30, 2011

110630

piano fitness feels good.  an introduction to music world through feeling sound.

Monday, June 27, 2011

110627

piano fitness communicates.   the combination of levers make up the vocabulary of movement

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Friday, June 24, 2011

110624

piano fitness is meditation.  watching with the mind's eye. listening with the mind's ear.  aware of sound moving forward-fingers, forearms, full arms creating the sound.

Thursday, June 23, 2011

110623

piano fitness is choosing.  there are only a few to choose from, but seemingly endless possibilities of combinations.  levers/sound  sitting/listening  which note will be the loudest in each measure/phrase  piano/yoga/pilates