Myths in Pianistic Skills: A Prelude to Holistique Pianism

I’ve recently discovered that I had been in an invisible, transparent cage for a long time, unconsciously.It has probably been that way since I started learning the piano.

It means my whole life.

How did I suddenly wake up and realize that I was sitting there?

That question is what this series is about.

I committed myself to learning what I thought I had been missing.

I needed the last piece of the puzzle to be found and placed “there.”

That turned out to be an eye-opening, life-changing discovery.

It’s a journey I am currently on.

Sometimes my brain spins too fast, and I can’t even catch a small piece of my thoughts.

Sometimes I fall into a deep sense of “wow” and can’t get out of it.

That’s why my topics may seem to jump from here to there,but that is how I process things.

So please bear with me.

Pianistic skills include everything we need to be a “good” pianist.

You can replace “good” with whatever you want.

It’s your choice.

My goal isn’t to be a “good” pianist.

I simply want to play whatever I want, the way I want.

When I finally understood and acquired the fundamentals of “technique,”everything suddenly fell into place.

Many questions were answered automatically.

Some required further explanation and experimentation with my mentor, coach, or teacher.

Everything became clear.

It awed me.

Good technique never discriminates by level or age.

Good technique can, and must, be learned from the beginning.

Very basic piano techniques are always the same,whether you are a concert pianist on stageor an inexperienced pianist playing just for fun.

I say “very basic”because there are certainly advanced techniquesthat allow us to add more to our performance.These are additional things we can choose to learn.

But the basics can be learned from the beginning.

There is no “right” time to start learning them.

It is always the right moment to begin.

We can and must learn them before developing unproductive playing habitsthat may cause injury in the future.

Injuries are not a joke.

I know someone who had to give up the piano because of injury.

Her life was changed forever.

Right technique from day one.

That is what I do now.

My learning is still in progress,and I will share more as often as I can.

Before closing today’s post, I have a question for you.

Show me your fingers! (Oops!)

I mean, where do your fingers start from?

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Look at this picture.

The body parts we call either "palm" or "back of our hand" are part of our fingers. Green-colored bones are invisible.

If you try to "move" your fingers from cobalt blue-colored bones, you are trying "mission impossible"!

Stay tuned!