Relaxation?

[casparma]

Do I need to relax all the time play one music piece?

In some measures, I need to strain my fingers somehow to provide the note the tone I want.. For example, simply playing the scale of major d on RH fast, the transition between 4 and 1(thumb) is a strain for both two fingers at that "fast" speed...


What do you think?

thanks for any responses

[alzado]

Who am I to give you advice?

But I do think if you feel tension and strain in your hands/fingers, you are doing something wrong.

I am playing a piece now with the following notes in a three-note chord:  A4, G5, Bflat5.  This creates strain.  My B-flat needs to sound strongly, and so I try to force the little finger to strike it more firmly.  This is not even a tenth, but somehow it is difficult for me to play this chord firmly. It is also uncomfortable, as you describel  I am thinking of rewriting the chord -- to just use a pencil and change it. 

But enough of my current struggles.  Given your discomfort, I do believe that you are doing something wrong.  Do you arch your hands enough so as to come down on the chords?  Are you trying to stretch too far?  Are you using enough arm, or relying too much on hands/fingers?

Perhaps a teacher could come in on this thread.

[casparma]

thanks Alzado for your reply..

but before I post any question, I want to ask:

A4, G5, Bflat5

how can you play an A with 4th finger, G with 5th finger, and Bflat with 5th finger again?

[rachmaninova]

thanks Alzado for your reply..

but before I post any question, I want to ask:

A4, G5, Bflat5

how can you play an A with 4th finger, G with 5th finger, and Bflat with 5th finger again?

You must be joking!!! 

A4= A one octave higher than central A (it's read A index 4, at least in portuguese that's what it is. The central A is A index 3)
G5 = G one minor seventh higher than A4
Bflat5 = Bflat one minor ninth higher than A4

Please tell me you were joking! 

I'm going to search the forum for this theme. I'm suffering from the same problem. I play with too much tension, which is driving my teacher crazy! I have a sitting problem too... I play very unconfortably and in an unconfortable way...

Good luck with this thread!