Flat Finger Position

[ennar]

I've found this FFP chapter in Chang's book. But i can't understand what does it mean.
How actually should the hands be positioned? i am confused.

plz help me out...

Thx

[faulty_damper]

The pads of your fingers are touching the keys, not the tips.

Find E, F#, G#, A#, and B with your right hand.  Position the fingers in the most comfortable manner.  You should not be on your tips but the pads.  This technique is great for control, much better than the classical technique because you have less contact with the keys with just the tips.

[BoliverAllmon]

The pads of your fingers are touching the keys, not the tips.

Find E, F#, G#, A#, and B with your right hand.  Position the fingers in the most comfortable manner.  You should not be on your tips but the pads.  This technique is great for control, much better than the classical technique because you have less contact with the keys with just the tips.

just watch a Horowitz video that is flat fingers.

[LVB op.57]

Horowitz I believe was one of the original flat finger players, and I must say, don't even try to copy it. Horowitz had a very different technique. Just watch him. Flat fingers, low wrists, curled pinkies. All things we try to avoid. However, Horowitz is Horowitz. Definitely not something that could be copied.

[ennar]

The pads of your fingers are touching the keys, not the tips.

Find E, F#, G#, A#, and B with your right hand. Position the fingers in the most comfortable manner. You should not be on your tips but the pads. This technique is great for control, much better than the classical technique because you have less contact with the keys with just the tips.

i understand that. But when i place my hand on white keys my pinky and thumb can't even hit the note. Where to download horowitz's video??

Thx

[ennar]

One more thing is that it is quite unnatural for me to look at my recent flat fingers position as i used to curved one.

[BoliverAllmon]

Horowitz I believe was one of the original flat finger players, and I must say, don't even try to copy it. Horowitz had a very different technique. Just watch him. Flat fingers, low wrists, curled pinkies. All things we try to avoid. However, Horowitz is Horowitz. Definitely not something that could be copied.

I video taped myself the other day and saw that I look almost exactly like horowitz. I have real low wrists, flat fingers, and my pinky is curled. I didn't attempt to copy him. IN fact, I didn't realize I was playing with such low wrists. I don't think that this will mean that I can play like Horowitz now.

boliver