Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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There is a reason why piano benches do not have backs. Sliding forward, so that the legs are completely free and not necessary to stabilize the torso is very important for piano playing. Office chairs are not good for this, because they are not level.
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Learn More »Thanks. The thing that confuses me, is do you pivot or lean? The tea server keeps hips and shoulders fixed, and rotates around a verticle axis, but does not lean and does not rotate her shoulders relative to her hips. The piano player cannot keep hips and shoulders parallel and still rotate, unless he uses a swivel chair. He can rotate shoulders relative to hips, which is what I think you are recommending; or he can maintain shoulders square to the keyboard and lean the torso left or right. Or both, nothing rules that out. Yeah, I'm being too nitpicky, and some of this will work itself out as I play more scales across the keyboard. But if there's a preferred method I'd be interested. There seems to be a mix-up of therms: When you lean to the left or right, your spine actually pivots around the area where it meats the "sitting bones", i.e you are pivoting around the center point of your sitting surface. Keep the spine extended, i.e. do not bend the spine to lean. This is best achieved if you "lead with your head". Body motions are best initiated with the head; let the spine follow. When you lean, you don't usually lower your head. If you think about it this way, your spine will be fine (that rhymes!).In practice, you will also rotate somewhat around a vertical axis running through your spine. Don't think too hard about this, the right movement will come naturally, as long as you lead with your head (balanced on top of the spine).Keep in mind that you may need to extend one of your legs to counterbalance a leaning motion if you have to reach the extremes of the keybord. That's why it is so eminently important to sit in a way that your legs are completely free and are not involved in supporting your torso in any way. Only then can you use them to stabilize your leaning without compromising your sitting in general.
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Read More »A qualified technician can tune a piano in less than 1.5 hours. An appointment to tune your piano is expected to be around 2 hours to allow for unforseen repairs or adjustments and a little banter with you, the piano owner. Pianos that are very flat or very sharp need what we call a pitch correction.
A qualified technician can tune a piano in less than 1.5 hours. An appointment to tune your piano is expected to be around 2 hours to allow for unforseen repairs or adjustments and a little banter with you, the piano owner. Pianos that are very flat or very sharp need what we call a pitch correction. A tuner brings the pitch of the piano up to A440, measured at the A above middle C, in a quick pass to apply the correct bearing on the soundboard. Next they will fine tune the piano. This still may only take 1.5 hours, but can take as much as 2 hours. Unlike a guitar with 6 strings, or a violin with 4, a piano has over 230 strings! Tuning is a skilled art, and requires an extreme amount of concentration. Don't be surprised if your piano tuner takes less than an hour to tune your piano. An upright piano at pitch often takes me less than an hour, but this is not the standard. If you haven't had the piano tuned in more than a year and your tuner only takes 15-20 minutes, then I would be concerned they weren't completing the job correctly.
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