Hi Jane, I am flattered you took time to answer my question and for all others in a video. i guess the correct thing to do as you mentioned is to exercise the body movement and what I understand is to train the muscles so they hurt less? I'll try to avoid moving my butt on the stool to have less muscle strain. Thank you and cheers, I have to re watch again soon.
You're most welcome - I hope it was helpful and addressed some of the queries you had. Being more aware of how you're moving your body, and in particular, transferring your weight from one sit bone across to the other as you move from side to side will be really beneficial. Cheers Jane
Very interesting video ! Love the information of how to move your body. I can use it on the DeWALT work chair on wheels, cause I can't get used to sit on a chair what you have behind the piano. I need to roll to the first right position and then I can surely use the body movements you've explained in this video. Great video and thanks for the information.
Thanks Lara - glad you found the video helpful. One thing to remember if you're sitting on an office-style chair which can move on its wheels and also swivel, is that you don't actually want to be moving the chair sideways or swiveling on it in order to reach the upper and lower octaves. Ideally, you want to treat the chair in the same way you would a piano stool - it's stationary and doesn't move, and you adjust your body to the requirements of the piece. I've got a section on using office-style chairs in my tutorial "Sitting Pretty - is your Piano Stool the Right Height" which goes into a bit more detail, so you're welcome to check that out. Thanks again for getting in touch. Cheers Jane
Hi Jane, I am flattered you took time to answer my question and for all others in a video. i guess the correct thing to do as you mentioned is to exercise the body movement and what I understand is to train the muscles so they hurt less? I'll try to avoid moving my butt on the stool to have less muscle strain. Thank you and cheers, I have to re watch again soon.
You're most welcome - I hope it was helpful and addressed some of the queries you had. Being more aware of how you're moving your body, and in particular, transferring your weight from one sit bone across to the other as you move from side to side will be really beneficial. Cheers Jane
Very interesting video ! Love the information of how to move your body. I can use it on the DeWALT work chair on wheels, cause I can't get used to sit on a chair what you have behind the piano. I need to roll to the first right position and then I can surely use the body movements you've explained in this video. Great video and thanks for the information.
Thanks Lara - glad you found the video helpful. One thing to remember if you're sitting on an office-style chair which can move on its wheels and also swivel, is that you don't actually want to be moving the chair sideways or swiveling on it in order to reach the upper and lower octaves. Ideally, you want to treat the chair in the same way you would a piano stool - it's stationary and doesn't move, and you adjust your body to the requirements of the piece. I've got a section on using office-style chairs in my tutorial "Sitting Pretty - is your Piano Stool the Right Height" which goes into a bit more detail, so you're welcome to check that out. Thanks again for getting in touch. Cheers Jane
Someone once said good piano playing was to learn “one cheek piano playing”.
That's a good line - I haven't heard that before - but very true! Cheers Jane