Taught by renowned
British
Penelope Roskell
In this introductory video, Roskell explains why it is important to balance and coordinate the whole body as you play the piano, and offers constructive practicing guidelines to keep healthy while you develop your free and effortless technique.
General Principles for a Healthy Technique
In this introductory video, Roskell explains why it is important to balance and coordinate the whole body as you play the piano, and offers constructive practicing guidelines to keep healthy while you develop your free and effortless technique.
Sitting at the Piano
In this lesson Penelope Roskell shows you how to achieve a comfortable and balanced sitting posture allowing for full freedom of movement around the keyboard. Good posture will help you move with freedom and strength and avoid aches and pains.
The Hand and Finger
In this lesson, Penelope Roskell demonstrates two essential movements that engage the intrinsic hand muscles and allow the fingers greater independence, speed, and control. Practicing the "nimble finger touch" and "singing finger touch" will strengthen your hand arch in a very natural way, and are particularly useful for a pianist with weak hands and collapsing knuckles.
Equally renowned as a performer of international caliber and as an inspirational teacher, Penelope Roskell is the leading UK specialist in healthy piano playing, and her book The Complete Pianist is one of the most significant recent publications on the art of piano playing.
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