hands (and eyes?!)

[flashyfingers]

could we post pictures of our hands (including forearm) again? And yes, I do have a (non-sexual) hand adoration...I think hands are beautiful, and the human body is a strange but powerful type of animal.

<3

 

also, eye pictures are pretty sweet, if you can manage taking one!! The eye is the window to the soul, they say.

[thalbergmad]

Here is mine, with my piano teacher giving advice.

Thal

[thalbergmad]

And here is my friend Speedy.

Thal

[flashyfingers]

yup. I have small hands :O

Jesus heist, I wish I could comfortably play a 10th!!  

And no, I am not married. That's my Jesus ring. I love Jesus.
I also believe Bach was a straight descendant of Jesus...

[thalbergmad]

You have a lovely hand.

Very ladylike and hopefully you will not cover them in pretty pictures.

Thal

[flashyfingers]

Thank you
I do not have any plans of tattooing my hands. (Ouch!)

Sweet friends, btw! 

[visitor]

[flashyfingers]

BAHAHAHH!

 

[goldentone]

Straight flush or royal flush?

 

[mjames]

Small hands like flashy

I can play ninths, but I can barely play tenths. I feel like thi might improve because when I started playing two years ago I could barely play octaves. Now somehow i can play ninths comfortably, even though my hands are as big as my littles sister's....and she's 12. I'm 6 years older  

[ted]

This topic comes up every so often. The odd thing about my hands is that all digits are much closer to equal length and spacing than those of most people I know. I have come to consider this an advantage in many ways, at least for the sort of music I enjoy playing.



I can play all tenths, which is handy for stride and swing, but generally I prefer the rhythmic effect of breaking them up or down. 

[j_menz]

I have a collection:

[flashyfingers]

This topic comes up every so often. The odd thing about my hands is that all digits are much closer to equal length and spacing than those of most people I know. I have come to consider this an advantage in many ways, at least for the sort of music I enjoy playing.



I can play all tenths, which is handy for stride and swing, but generally I prefer the rhythmic effect of breaking them up or down.  

wow! what kind of piano is that?! Ivory keys, yes?
And, I can play 10th(s) too, especially in my right hand. But, it is not something I enjoy, my hand is not a work horse! haha...and so I take the creative initiative and roll them.

[ted]

wow! what kind of piano is that?! Ivory keys, yes?
And, I can play 10th(s) too, especially in my right hand. But, it is not something I enjoy, my hand is not a work horse! haha...and so I take the creative initiative and roll them.

Regrettably yes, I wouldn't have anything ivory now, but forty-five years ago few people realised the implications. It is a 5'10" Weinbach, bought new in 1971 and rebuilt in 2005.

[outin]

I found it quite a challenge to take a photo of my forearms, so just took a couple of captures from a video... The quality isn't very good, so you cannot really see how hairy my arms are...but they keep me warm in the winter 

[flashyfingers]

Regrettably yes, I wouldn't have anything ivory now, but forty-five years ago few people realised the implications. It is a 5'10" Weinbach, bought new in 1971 and rebuilt in 2005.

what implications means ted?

[flashyfingers]

I found it quite a challenge to take a photo of my forearms, so just took a couple of captures from a video... The quality isn't very good, so you cannot really see how hairy my arms are...but they keep me warm in the winter 

i think they look wonderful and very powerful!

[outin]

i think they look wonderful and very powerful!

Looks can be deceiving... but I have been rowing a lot this summer

Then again, didn't someone here claim recently that developed forearm muscles are a sign of faulty piano technique?

[flashyfingers]

Looks can be deceiving... but I have been rowing a lot this summer

Then again, didn't someone here claim recently that developed forearm muscles are a sign of faulty piano technique?

Who cares. I know Cortot method teaches you to use the tiny fingers in your hand, as opposed to the forearm muscles. There is a very fine pinpoint where you use a specific angle of your brain in your butt, and you fart just loud enough for everyone to hear...

Point is, it's not just about the forearm, or the wrist, or the finger muscles as small as my brain. It's a whole combination. It certainly helps to have the forearm muscles when you need to suddenly twist your wrist at a 110 degree angle, because it's the only way YOU can make the sound you want, because every person is different, but we are all going for that same sound. That perfect tone.

[ted]

what implications means ted?

The senseless slaughter of animals for ivory.

[flashyfingers]

The senseless slaughter of animals for ivory.

Oh, of course! I forgot, because ivory on pianos still exists, if you buy an early 1900, late 1800 piano. Or, before the 60's?

[starlady]

j_menz, it took me a while to figure out what those are!   how do you tell time in your house?

this hand has a nice color but not much reach:

https://www.keepsakesandmemorials.com/CSTP-01.jpg

[j_menz]

j_menz, it took me a while to figure out what those are!   how do you tell time in your house?

I cut down a tree and count the rings.

[pianoman8]

If bad technique gives you forearm muscles, then this can't be good...

[quantum]

What about a pianist like Gen Hirano?  What is to say about forearm muscles like those and the technique he has developed?  

[outin]

If bad technique gives you forearm muscles, then this can't be good...

Yours? You're in trouble...

Here's the thread I was referring to...proceed with caution  

https://www.pianostreet.com/smf/index.php?topic=55139.0

[rachmaninoff_forever]