If you want to play relaxed, your back, shoulders, arms and hands must be able to move completely freely.<\/p>\n\n
Your back must be as straight as when you go for a walk or dance, because only in this way it will remain elastic to the shoulders. This gives your hands the freedom to make wonderful music.<\/p>\n\n
First, sit on the piano bench, but only on the front half. The thighs do not rest on the seat surface.<\/p>\n\n
Slide the piano bench close enough to the piano so that your knees are just below the front edge of the keys.<\/p>\n\n
Now adjust the height of the piano bench so that the elbows are slightly higher than the keys, but only a few centimeters. The feet are flat on the floor.<\/p>\n\n
Now, if you sit up straight and your upper arms hang straight down, your fingers will rest on the level of the white keys.<\/p>\n\n
To play, you will bend forward slightly, but always from the hip joint. When you start doing a “cat hump”, you throw your back out of balance and lose a large part of its flexibility.<\/p>\n\n
You can go through these steps again and again, finding the fine-tuning that fits your body exactly.<\/p>\n\n
The height of the piano bench determines the position of your forearms in relation to the keyboard. Small changes can have a significant impact on individual game dynamics.<\/p>\n\n