is that right?

[drazh]

Hi
I concluded from a book on piano technic that always keep the finger parallel to the key not with angle and for doing this move arm continuesly.is this conclusion right or wrong?
Sincerely yours

[ajspiano]

its a fairly rushed description..  the trouble is that there are several ways to move your arm.

Essentially yes, your finger should be in a comfortable balanced position over the key, and you use your hand/arm to position it. This is because (you can test this yourself quite easily) the vertical downward movement (flexing) the fingers is fast and powerful comparitively to the movement of moving your finger sideways.

Try moving your fingers down, you can see its fast..  then try moving them sideways, its slower and harder to control. Then move one sideways and try to move it down while its being held sideways, you should be able to feel that its difficult and that the muscles are fighting each other.. All that tension isnt great for high speed, controlled piano playing so its best to avoid it.

On top of that, if your fingers/hand/arm are not balanced on the keys your arms weight will note be transferred to the finger properly. This will leave the finger feeling unsupported and weak, and it will hinder you're ability to transfer between fingers/notes quickly and with control.

What book are you reading?

[drazh]

Dear ajspiano
The book is  ;on piano playing by gyorgy sandor
You mean that arm weight should be felt on fingertips?
Best wishes
Drazh

[ajspiano]

Its tough to explain exactly what it should 'feel' like.

As the finger(s) comes down the arm is also supporting them, as such its not only up to flexors/lumbricals to depress the key. The 'arm weight' plays a part also. So yes, you should 'feel' the arms weight in the finger tip to a degree, but you should not be depressing the key and then feeling your arm's full weight bearing down on your finger when its at the keybed after the note has sounded..  If you are holding the note down, you should be resting there with minimal weight.