Virtuoso Piano Playing

ピアノは打鍵楽器、すなわち打楽器の仲間です。 打楽器は二つ以上のものをぶつけることで音を出します。 ピアノの場合、ぶつかるのはハンマーと弦です。 鍵盤が下がるとハンマーは弦のある方向に進み（アップライトピアノの場合は後方に、グランドピアノの場合は上方に）、弦を打つことで音を出します。 誤解されがちですが、指が鍵盤を打って音を出すわけではないのです。そこを誤解したまま書かれた教本がハノンの指の独立の練習曲ですが、それはまた別の機会にお話しましょう。 この誤解のため、手に余分な力を入れ（何かを引っ掻こうとしているかのように）、指を1本1本上げ、鍵盤を握り潰すかのように音を出してしまう生徒さんは多いですが、手は疲れるし大きな音を聞き続けて耳や頭も疲れます。

An imaginary piano is not really a piano. It is a make-believe piano. To practice on the imaginary piano, we must know: the pitches and which fingers to play them the rhythms Chopin form Correct amount of muscle use and body weight Here is how to practice on the imaginary piano. Lie down on the mattress or whatever can support the entire body weight. Head, back, waste, legs and feet should be on the mattress. Place the hands flat next to our body. Raise the wrist, feeling rested down. Finger pads (2, 3, 4, and 5) or inner side of the thumbs remain on the mattress. Imagine that your hand is already at the appropriate position on the piano even when there is more than one position to play. Imagine that the mattress is the keyboard that requires very little to make sound. Slight depression will be all we need. Depress the mattress with the playing fingers in a very small amount . (Sort of) Hallucinate sound as the fingers depress the mattress. It is OK to believe i...

The goal of practice is to get us to play a piece of music with accurate pitches accurate rhythms accurate articulation accurate dynamics accurate tempo in accurate posture accurate form accurate combination of muscle use and body weight use accurate use of appropriate pedals If we look at the sheet music and process it on the spot, with wrong pitches and rhythms, we are considered to be sight-playing (looking at and playing the sheet music for the first time), which often gets the teachers angry (teachers, you need to specify what you want your students to achieve after practice. Don't just get angry!) 

Sometimes, when we like a piece music so much, we can sort of hear it in our head even without playing it on a media, on Youtube, CD, DVD, or BluRay. This takes place a lot throughout the day, but when it happens at bedtime, it can be annoying - forgotten words, forgotten melodies, or simply just repeating over and over in our heads. It might be considered obsession, but we sort of have to be able to do it on any piece of music we are studying.