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How to sustain fingers power?
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at_leo_87
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RE: How to sustain fingers power? (in reply to HuBaghdadi)
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speed and power go hand in hand, imo. actually, i find it hard to play faster without playing a bit harder as well. give this a shot: work with a metronome. find a speed where you maintain control, power, and relaxation, basically your comfort zone. now stay there and work on it and really take in the sensation you get from your hands, make it perfect. the next week, increase the metronome by only 5%. then work on that until it's perfect. and keep going, week after week. so essentially, you're not working on increasing your top speed but rather expanding your comfort zone. as a result, your top speed will go along with it and you will maintain power and control and relaxation.
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Date Aug. 19 2010 16:30:36
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Ramon Amira
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RE: How to sustain fingers power? (in reply to HuBaghdadi)
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Whatever you try, don't do this - I read this a long time ago, don't know if it's true, but I wouldn't try it. The way I heard or read this, a famous pianist from the past - I can't remember his name - put little weights on his fingers, and exercised them with the weights on in order to strengthen his fingers. As I heard the story, after a certain period of time he could barely play at all. If this is true I don't know why. Exercising other muscles with weights works, so why not with fingers. Anyway, just something to think about in case the idea might have come to you, or if someone should suggest it, just investigate it first.
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Date Aug. 19 2010 20:12:20
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