Very nice! I'm always looking for new ways to describe the "down-up" movement of the wrist and hand. You articulated this very well, both in words and in demonstration of the playing. Thank you so much!
Dear mr. Estrin, there are a couple of reasons why I don't like too much using the wrist for this purpose. 1. You seem to suggest that staccatos are produced by the wrist only, which would make the fingers lazy or even not moving at all. I can see you do use your fingers, but you don't say so. 2. You do play the staccatos after a slur extremely short, which is something else than detached. Sounds mechanically into my ears rather than crisp. 3. I find using the wrist quite heavy still. Perhaps nessecary on a large concert grand in order to get the keys down, but on most pianos, with properly regulated and lubricated mechanics, staccatos should be possible with fingers only, by relaxing the finger right after it struck, in order to allow the upbaring to overcome the sheer wait of the finger. In this way the sound is much lighter and one can play much faster too, because one stays very close to the keyboard. The wrist could perhaps slightly assist the finger movement at the most and when the tempo allows it. 4. By the way: on period pianofortes one would break the shanks when using the wrist with some weight, let alone the arm. Kind regards, Willem
Hello I wanted to ask your advice on how a blind person could learn piano I went blind 5 months ago and want to learn piano and know that I'm learning it correctly what is your advice on this thank you in advance
