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Topic: Lumbrical and Interossei muscles of the hand  (Read 4596 times)

Offline aragonaise

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Lumbrical and Interossei muscles of the hand
on: March 13, 2006, 07:44:12 PM
I've read about playing piano with these muscles, but have no idea what they were until I viewed this video below.

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/wrist-hand/video/extensor6.html

so anyone can verify if we indeed should learn to utilise these muscles for playing piano?

Offline zheer

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Re: Lumbrical and Interossei muscles of the hand
Reply #1 on: March 13, 2006, 08:21:28 PM
You dont need to read medical books to play the piano, but if you like reading, read alternative medicine, like pressure points , healing, spirit, magic potion, healthy mind, food, therapy, YOga. etc etc. You dont need to look at blood and all those things.

    Just trying to help. :)
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Offline hans

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Re: Lumbrical and Interossei muscles of the hand
Reply #2 on: March 14, 2006, 10:37:36 AM
Hi,

I don't think you are right, zheer, at least the fundamental principles of anatomy and the universal functions of the muscle-joint-komplex and so on are important to know for all who want to improve their abilities of body-movement in some way, and therefore pianists too. All other more or less para- or pseudo-scientific ways are additionally and can surely be very helpfully but also useless or dangerous.

Greetings
Hans

Offline nyquist

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Re: Lumbrical and Interossei muscles of the hand
Reply #3 on: March 15, 2006, 03:46:44 PM
I've read about playing piano with these muscles, but have no idea what they were until I viewed this video below.

https://www.dartmouth.edu/~anatomy/wrist-hand/video/extensor6.html

so anyone can verify if we indeed should learn to utilise these muscles for playing piano?

You might find the web site below interesting.

https://www.musicandhealth.co.uk/

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