[Menvi-discuss] piano technique: curving your fingers

[Jared Rimer menvi webmaster]

Hi Brandon, thanks.  This is quite interesting.  Thanks for sharing!
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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Brandon Keith (Biggs)" <brandonboy13 at comcast.net>
To: "This is for discussing music and braille literacy" 
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Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] piano technique: curving your fingers


> The advantage of curving the fingers in my experience is to increase the 
> amount of control and maneuverability one has on the piano.
> It is far easier to speed up and down the scales with curved fingers than 
> with flat and it is much easier to create the dynamics required in many 
> pieces. I find it also helps me with making notes legato and staccato.
> It is kind of like typing. In general a person who curves their fingers 
> while typing can get out considerably more words than someone who has 
> their fingers flat.
> But I'm just a beginner piano player myself, these are just the 
> observations I've made in my learning so far.
> Thank you,
>
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> Sent: Sunday, April 24, 2011 2:41 PM
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> Subject: Re: [Menvi-discuss] piano technique: curving your fingers
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>> You know I've seen a few responses to this through other threads which 
>> aren't part of this one, and its an interesting question.  While reading 
>> those responses and then reading this, i am not sure if I was taught to 
>> play with curved fingers or not.  I wonder what the advantage of doing 
>> this would be?  Interesting thought provoking question.
>> Jared Rimer
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>> From: "kelsey nicolay" <piano.girl0299 at gmail.com>
>> To: <menvi-discuss at menvi.org>
>> Sent: Friday, April 15, 2011 5:37 AM
>> Subject: [Menvi-discuss] piano technique: curving your fingers
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>>> Hello,
>>> I'm taking a principles of Music Making class.  My instructor has been 
>>> trying to get me to curve my fingers when I play the piano? Does anyone 
>>> have any images or exercises that help with curving of the fingers?
>>> Thank you,
>>>
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