Piano Technique
6. Tankard Finger Exercises
Tankard’s book has fully written out exercises. It deals with just about all the problems a pupil is likely to encounter when playing piano.
Piano Technique
5. Hanon: Finger Exercise
There are 60 exercises in Hanon’s ‘The Virtuoso Pianist’ book. These exercises train pianists in speed, precision, agility, strength and flexibility
Piano Technique
2. Start Right: Staccato Technique
To play staccato in the most efficient way we should pull our fingers away from the keys. This way we get more powerful staccatos and more control
Piano Technique
1. Start Right: The Proper Piano Technique
Having the proper piano technique is essential. Bad piano technique can slow you down and cause pains. It’s best to start right; bad habits die hard.
Piano Basics
1. Numbering Our Fingers
Pianos have 88 keys. We have 10 fingers. It can get confusing very fast! To help us out, we often add small numbers to our music. These numbers range from 1-5