tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858434703803375496.post3899269413979168397..comments2024-03-24T00:17:41.157-07:00Comments on Mechanically-informed practical piano technique: An introduction to three core posts on the fundamentals of piano technique- plus a digression on why technique lies primarily in the right positive additions of activity (illustrated by a demonstration of two essential factors for achieving a loose wrist in octaves)Andrew Thayerhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18154451592493415157noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858434703803375496.post-35939934007387088292013-04-21T21:05:56.074-07:002013-04-21T21:05:56.074-07:00Interesting to hear from you. I wouldn't like ...Interesting to hear from you. I wouldn't like to speculate in any detailed way on the guitar issue, but I do suspect that the general principles might indeed be relevant. Basically, if you want to keep something from getting displaced slightly in one unwanted direction, first notice where it wants to go when being passive and then counter that with the experience of moving it faintly in the other direction (rather than be willfully trying to keep it fixed into literal stillness from the very beginning). This concept could probably be applied to countless different things.<br /><br />The finger issue is always a difficult one. From an objective perspective, fingers often need to provide all the movement and literal energy (I suspect this is also so on the guitar). But if the wrist stiffens and locks then this is actually the very antithesis of truly independent movement. This is a great exercise for creating movement independently in the hand itself, yet feeling an abstract kind of "connection" to the arm, rather than a clamped wrist.<br /><br />http://openatm.org/discussion/2011/05/new-atm-posted-working-with-the-dominant-hand-ay124/Andrew Thayerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18154451592493415157noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3858434703803375496.post-34778208039119735372013-04-11T07:01:07.056-07:002013-04-11T07:01:07.056-07:00This goes in the exact direction I was looking int...This goes in the exact direction I was looking into!<br /><br />I myself am a Guitar player and I have had a strange case of tendonitis that came from bending my wrist down to avoid the "flop". <br /><br />I found so much diverse information that it was hard to put together. Some say that it is important to use the intrinsic muscles of the hand and keep the wrists loose/use the arm weight. I always thought this could get me in the right direction but I always stumbled over the wrist question! I always noticed that even if all finger strength came within the hand it must be connected to the arm somehow in order to make use of it.<br /><br />I am now excited to conduct further research into this and gained new hopes! <br /><br />Thank you so very much for this article.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com