Learn To Play piano without TENSION - 4 Piano relaxation Exercises 

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I became so relaxed I slid off the bench!

I relaxed and fell asleep. Then had to start the video over.

when I did these exercises just now i can feel the difference in my hands, wrists, arms,and shoulders. these exercises can help with the three instruments I'm learning guitat, bas guitar , and of course the piano/keyboard.

We can't get enough of these videos on removing tension. Thank you very much.

This lad and the concepts he presents are nothing short of brilliant. A good part of my piano emphasis is focused on removing tension. And what he teaches is far and away the best I've found in online videos. I can't emphasize enough, the importance of removing tension.

Thanks this is immensely helpful to me because I’ve been experiencing a lot of tension from practicing that lead me to have tendinitis. But now, I’m starting to recover my vigour again. You’re one of the few channels that I find that tackles about this topic and I hope that you continue making these kinds of videos❤️

Thanks for all this information Craig! 🎉xx

OMG where have you been? I have been trying to learn piano on my own few weeks now but i could hold a steady practice because my upper back and shoulder blade were killing me. I had to stop. do you think these exercises would help? Please keep posting videos about how to sit at the piano , posture and finger movement. I think you are the only and best channel out there . Thank you so much

This video is pure gold, thank you!

Great job Craig! Very helpful!

This is a wonderful video!

Great video! I love how described each exercise in such detail. This is incredibly helpful to so many learning pianists. I know many people struggle with tension while playing, and have difficulty releasing the tension.

Thank you. I needed this.

Wonderful suggestions and demonstration. Thank you so very much!

So useful! Thanks!

These are great; thank you.

Dear our online piano teacher! Thank you for your thoughtful content. I really appreciate your details of explanations and examples. I shared your videos to two of my friends who are also beginners in learning piano like me. We are grateful to have you as our online mentor. Keep inspiring. Stay healthy and happy! 🌻

Thank you so much for making this video! I, too, injured myself because I played with too much tension without realizing it. Now I'm slowly learning to play relaxed. You videos have been a lot of help. Thank you!

Very helpful information and useful exercises. Thank you.

Really great video! A lot of fun too! Thank you for the exercises!!!

Another helpful session, regardless of level or how long one has been playing. The content is substantial AND your approach sells it with your authenticity and sincerity. We feel your heart and agenda. The best technique(s) make possible a wider range of expression, more ease and more fun. Stress and it's inevitable result, tension, must be recognized before it can be addressed. Keep up the outstanding work, what you put out will come back to you, sooner or later, but it will. Gratitude from the Left Coast, Oregon. Dave M

awesome video

Awesome video! Relaxation is a must if you want to feel good. Keep it up!

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These are excellent! After doing them you will instantly feel when you tense up while playing. I can finally learn to play more relaxed. My shoulder and neck actually feel better from doing them even!

Great exercises!

Grateful for this channel 🙏 🗺🎶

Very good exercises! Thank you very much.

Thanks so much for info, I carry alot of tension during playing especially in front of people! Which I'm now addressing! Cheers!

thanks!

I'm just wondering how to extend this to actual playing? Do you do the swan-like movement between every note?

The only finger that gives me a problem is my right pinky….I have been trying to figure out why….I noticed lately that my right hand is tilted to the right on the piano…I wonder if this is causing my pinky discomfort

Reviewing the lesson again 5 months later, from c. a year ago. Agree with so many people who find this of vital value. The issue of tension must be clarified. Tension is required for playing piano, in the right sequence, at the right time. Muscles must engage at the right time but releasing tension must happen all the time between positions and while in hand positions. These specific suggestions could be summarized as constant movement of some sort or another. Impossible to tense up, could do a caricature I suppose, when movement is, more or less, flowing from one anatomical part to another; using various moving parts in a coordinated and interactive way, or resting atop the keys when nothing to do, or holding key down to key bed by tiny arm weight if note(s) held. Continual pushing down after playing is really counterproductive. I guess my summary is-keep moving or resting between movements. My technique improvement lynch pin was proper Lateral Forearm Movement which sets up everything else. Improving greatly, but always working at it. LF "shifting" is the lead which keeps the entire upper body in motion. Frozen positions are technique killers, really restrict expressive aspects. If posture is good, the body should be supported by minimal, more or less, natural tension=muscle engagement. Thanks to all the contributors to our piano forum. Each one encourages another, even if we don't know each other. Ownership is responsibility.

This video is for me. I have so much tension in hands and shoulders and stomach believe it or not.

Love the video, but you said something that wasn't biomechanically correct with the Swan's Neck. You said that it was the elbow that helped the movement and it wasn't the shoulder. Actually there is a movement of the shoulder, coming from the Long Head of the Biceps (LHB). Yes, there is a small part of the biceps that moves the shoulder, and it's actually a tendon that is inside the shoulder articular capsule but is not part of the rotator cuff tendon. I know about this tendon since I studied anatomy and orthopedics, but I live with problems in both shoulders involving these tendons. I have a FURS Syndrome with two torn tendons, and since I compensate with my other are to do my therapies and muscle testing, I'm prone to a tendonitis of the left shoulder. Initiating the smallest movement of the hand or arm can be painful, so I use muscle tension to compensate. But this problem also led me to consult many shoulder specialists, and I've gained knowledge from them as well as my own studies. I have a video on You Tube with my low back and upper extremity exercises and treatments. Oh My Aching Bach.

Gotta get rid of that levitating pinky...