Concrete description of yóur technique

[liszt-essence]

I've been looking for some concrete descriptions of technique.

Though I have yet to find someone that is able to really describe his or her technique in a very concrete, understandable way. Who can manage to put into wórds, what he or she does at the piano.

What I have found are comments which include a more general approach, rather than a very detailed and concrete description.

Which includes sensations felt in tiny muscles, arm pressure points, wrist twisting, elbow pressure, hand-figuration (flat fingers, curved fingers, semi-curved) weight on hand, "finger-hanging" (as if your fore-arms would hang on the tips of your fingers) etc etc etc.

I am not experienced enough to be able to tell wether or not this is possible at all. I think it has been done before but haven't found it yet.

So here's my invatation to those who are very confident, who have a solid technique and are able to play demanding pieces any time of the day.

As it's my intuitive take that each and every technique is unique (please share your opinion on this too) It would be intresting to read some various descriptions.

And not just any description. Since putting into concrete words what is done at the piano requires a degree of mastery too. Yet feel free to attempt, since I think it will be beneficial in any way.

[opus10no2]

'Legendary'.

'Best ever'

[ramseytheii]

I've been looking for some concrete descriptions of technique.

Though I have yet to find someone that is able to really describe his or her technique in a very concrete, understandable way. Who can manage to put into wórds, what he or she does at the piano.

What I have found are comments which include a more general approach, rather than a very detailed and concrete description.

Which includes sensations felt in tiny muscles, arm pressure points, wrist twisting, elbow pressure, hand-figuration (flat fingers, curved fingers, semi-curved) weight on hand, "finger-hanging" (as if your fore-arms would hang on the tips of your fingers) etc etc etc.

SOunds like you know more then most - tell us!

Walter Ramsey

[pianistimo]

that's like looking at a book while doing you know what. 

to know if someone has good technique - they have to look like they are practically doing nothing.  i mean - that they are not concentrating only on legato, staccato, this and that.  they are actually 'inside' the music.  it's flowing out of the piano strings with the minutest variations of quivers - but the touch that one gives each note - and the length the note sounds - and the tone of the note - can give very big pleasures to one's ears if it so happens that one is becoming more attuned to listening to what they are playing instead of only focusing on their hands.

you already know ahead of time that if you sound a note with this much speed or dynamic that it's going to last (and sound) a certain length of time.  so you area always thinking ahead of what you must do (but it's second nature) to produce the effects that you are looking for.

painters probably do the same thing.  they establish the background (and as someone aptly put - the negative space.  for music - this is the silence.  where you want expression through total silence or pianissimo - the smallest endings.

i believe that those with the best technique have also to learn a lot about what happens with sound.  where the sound goes.  how much can the person in the last row of the balcony hear?  will the symphony cover up this or that section of a concerto.  maybe the 'pianissimo' here has to be louder than the solo pianissimo.  to suddenly be able to adjust all this and remember and make it work for yourself AND the audience.  to express to them what you hear in your head. 

[rob47]

MATT DAMON