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Topic: "Bad-looking hands"  (Read 2404 times)

Offline maestredemagia

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"Bad-looking hands"
on: May 28, 2011, 09:13:19 AM
When I videotape my practice session, my hand does not look "good": not like other pianists I see on the Internet. The 1st (proximal) phalanges are somewhat parallel to the keys, while the wrist is pointing upwards (at 15-30 degrees); it looks absurd. But I never feel any discomfort playing in that hand position; in fact when I try to flatten my palm (so that it "looks" better) I feel a bit stressful and fast runs will sound rather messy and uneven.
The question is that, should I try to change my technique? A friend of mine says that my hands look "awful", but when playing (yes, Chopin's Fantaisie-Impromptu) it sounds OK.
- Chopin's Ballade No. 1 Op. 23
- Chopin's Ballade No. 4 Op. 52
- Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 12
- Czerny's Etude Op. 699 (740) No. 14
- Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata

Offline perfect_pitch

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Re: "Bad-looking hands"
Reply #1 on: May 28, 2011, 10:30:56 AM
Considering we can't see your hands as you play - it would be worth asking a piano teacher... maybe in person???

Offline keyboardclass

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Re: "Bad-looking hands"
Reply #2 on: May 29, 2011, 05:14:56 AM
If they're relaxed they should look beautiful.

Offline jollisg

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Re: "Bad-looking hands"
Reply #3 on: May 29, 2011, 05:41:24 AM
Do you sit in the right hight? :)

Offline slane

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Re: "Bad-looking hands"
Reply #4 on: May 29, 2011, 12:32:58 PM
Have you seen Lang Lang's hands? OMG! They look like the thing that gets stuck on John Hurts face in Alien. Very weird.
And Glenn Gould's??? Lordy!
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