How to fix arm wobble when kids play piano

2 Practice your left hand more... If you are left-handed, practice your right hand more :)3 When you start practicing, try to lift your fingers as high as you can to make sure that each note is clear.4 It is recommended to practice scales and Hanon, which are very useful though not very pleasant to listen to.5 Sit up straight, relax your arms, otherwise you will get tired of playing, and don't lift your wrists too much. Some teachers ask their students to play with their hands shaped like they are holding an egg. This hand shape before playing will lead to a conscious hooking of the fingers and a loss of natural relaxation. This type of hand shape will also inevitably touch the keys with the area between the fingernails and the finger bellies, and will not produce a good tone. This hand shape will also cause the first joint to bulge out, which is very unnatural and uncomfortable, as well as easily fatigued. The correct hand shape is not practiced, the most natural hand shape is the most correct hand shape. The most natural hand shape is the most correct hand shape. The arms hang naturally at the sides of the body, or the forearms are placed naturally on the desktop with the palms facing down. This time the hand shape is the most natural, the fingers have a natural arc, this arc is not too curved, certainly can not hold the egg, probably put the hand on the head of the hand shape. The most natural fingers will be the most comfortable, the most convenient finger activities, but also the most beautiful, necessarily the most correct. Children are very nervous when they first start playing the piano, and their hands tend to get out of shape. As time goes by, they slowly stop being tense, and when they are completely relaxed, the natural correct hand shape will come out. There are two other types of incorrect hand shapes: 1) the metacarpophalangeal joints are flat or even collapsed; 2) one of the finger joints is collapsed. Neither of these is the natural arc of the fingers. The metacarpophalangeal joint is the most vital, the most frequent and active joint in piano playing, and it governs the movement of the fingers. When we say that our fingers are flexible and our technique is good, we mean that our metacarpal joints are flexible and our technique is good. The other shoulder joints, the elbow joints, the wrist joints and the two finger joints, all serve the metacarpal joint. And the natural arc is to ensure that the metacarpal joint can move naturally without obstacles. The basic hand shape should be like holding a hollow fist, with the center point of the palm held up like an umbrella handle and a controlled relaxation of the wrist. As for the relaxation of the big arm is very simple, that is, put down the gravity of your whole arm, naturally hanging down, do not generate their own force, do not use force. Pay special attention to the relaxation of the shoulders, do not shrug upward. What is the correct posture for playing the piano? People often say: "stand like a stand, sit like a sit", that is to say, no matter what to do, including the minimum standing, sitting posture should also pay attention to the correct, natural posture. It is very simple. Playing the piano also requires correct posture. We would like to thank the inventor and manufacturer of the piano instrument for the piano playing the most in line with the natural relaxation of the human physiology of the form of playing posture; people can be the most relaxed state of sitting, to the shoulders, arms, elbows, wrists, the state of relaxation of the White Ran to play. So. What is the correct posture for playing the piano? For beginners. Piano playing really correct posture or its requirements, it contains the following - some specific content. The correct posture of playing the piano should be in a natural, relaxed basis to obtain the sitting position, feet pivot point, in the pivot point of the three gravity pivot point of balance, coordination. In order to ultimately serve the hand in playing the accurate use of power and intensity of color changes in the keen, conducive to the play of skills and artistic expression of white as. The balance and coordination of the three points of gravity ask the height of the sitting position. Sitting position is closely related to the distance from the piano, the correct placement of hands and feet, etc. Only by setting up the relationship between the three points of gravity can we find the correct posture to meet the needs of playing. The height of the bench is very important because children's age is not -, the height of the head is different, the proportion of the torso and arms are not asked (in fact, adults are also - the same), in order to adapt to a fixed height of the piano, can only rely on the different heights of the bench to be adjusted. Therefore, the height of the bench is one of the key factors affecting the correctness of the playing posture. Hungarian pianist Joseph Gat cautioned: "Until now, there are still many people despise the significance of terrain height. But in fact. The height of the sitting position has no less influence on - a pianist in terms of playing technique than how a violinist holds his instrument." Since we are changing people (developing children into people with different physiological girths) to adapt to the piano that can not change, therefore, there can not be - a bench height of a unified standard, but there is - a determination of the principle of the height of the sitting position. This principle is that the height of the stool should be the child sitting on the stool, hands on the piano health, elbow and health basically in a plane, naturally hanging down on the side of the upper arm and the elbow to form an obtuse angle of slightly more than 90 degrees is appropriate. This state helps the fingers to accomplish various techniques. When making and adjusting the bench. If it is too high, it must be replaced or sawed off, and if it is too low, it should be padded with hard materials (no soft cushions), so that the sitting height is suitable for the above requirements. Do not ignore the footstool (footrest) when children practice the piano, there will be a sitting height is appropriate but the feet do not touch the ground. So that the child's body does not have a stable point of support, very easy to cause tension in order to maintain balance, sometimes have to "support" the piano, increasing the burden on the fingers: to promote the pivot point of the torso of the activities become unsure, but also very detrimental to the use of force, it will lead to bad playing posture. The use of a footstool is necessary for young children and children of insufficient height. The height of the footstool should also be careful, especially not too high, too high will cause the center of gravity backward. This is not conducive to the transmission of force to the fingertips. To grasp the appropriate height of the footstool is: after the child is seated and placed on the foot, depending on the 1 thigh root to the knee is slightly sloping downward. The height of the piano stool and footstool should also be adjusted according to the changes in the child's development and growth, and the changes in the length of the legs, feet and arms. In order to maintain a correct sitting posture, how to determine the optimal distance between the sitting position and the piano to correctly grasp the placement distance of the piano stool is to ensure that the correct posture to play Thailand and the key issue. Stool placement distance varies from person to person, mainly based on the arm length of each person to determine. Theoretically, the optimal distance between the sitting position of the piano to ensure that both the upper and lower parts of the arm can move flexibly, but also to ensure that the body can do the front and back of the free use of the left and right as appropriate. Sitting too close, the body close to the piano, hand activity is limited, the torso lost activity; sitting too far, straight arm playing the piano, both unnatural and inconvenient, but also consumes energy. Parents can grasp the specific points of the child's sitting distance is: let the child sit on the piano bench. Hands on the keyboard, arms hanging naturally at the sides of the body. The criteria for determining the sitting distance require parents to make judgments about the child's actual situation in order to make the necessary adjustments. Footstool placement is appropriate, to the angle of the bend in the knee is not less than a right angle, feet slightly natural forward as appropriate. Sitting stool depth has to pay attention to the previous three gravity fulcrum of the balance of the coordinated relationship. One of the sitting position foot body gravity of the main bearing point. In piano playing it is still moving the center of gravity of the foothold. When playing needs more strength, we can transmit the body's gravity through the tendency of the torso with the seated position as the fulcrum. Conversely, there is also the flexibility to withdraw gravity. Thus, the sitting position must ensure the flexibility of the body's free inclination. This can be mastered by the depth of the bench. Parents should make sure that the child does not sit on the bench as if it were a sofa or a recliner. In other words, the bench should not be too deep. Sitting too deep, first of all, hinders the support of the feet. The trunk is not supported by the feet. The activity will lose stability and become unsure. Then again. Sit too deep so that the body's center of gravity shifted to the seat, playing easy to lose balance, resulting in tension. Obstruction of the body's free tendency can hinder the transmission of power. We need to shift the center of gravity of the body forward with the torso leaning slightly forward and the support point on the feet, so that when playing needs to move the center of gravity to transport gravity to the fingertips. For this reason, it is advisable to sit on a slightly shallower bench. Of course, you can't sit too shallow. If you sit on the edge of the stool, most of your body weight will fall on your feet, and you will not be able to adjust your center of gravity, making it easy to lose your balance when you play a piece with a wide range. Playing a variety of bad posture - playing posture in the existence of many strange images, strange movements. Once you get used to it, it's hard to paint it. Not only is the appearance unattractive, but more importantly, the tension and stiffness caused by bad posture can jeopardize correct playing. It is important to prevent and correct them from the very beginning of the child's learning. For example: hunchback. This is mostly caused by sitting too high on the bench. This is an extremely unsightly playing position. Shoulders and arms. This is extremely tense - a kind of bad posture, the use of power is very harmful. Sitting too low is likely to cause this problem. Twisting the feet around the legs. It is common for children who do not use foot pads to twist their feet together when playing, aggravating the lack of a fulcrum for the body. This aggravates the situation. If the sound range is wide, the body is tilted without support, and the center of gravity is unstable. The child's center of gravity will be unstable and he or she will fall down. Stiffness and uprightness. This may occur when the bench is too deep, with straight arms, tense and stiff. Separation of the human instrument and poor transportation. Inability to be flexible and adapt to the demands of playing. Playing the piano, some children also lazily stretched out "legs"; some too much frame shaking and twisting the body; some also bite their lips, tongue and other bad habits. All of these playing in the bad posture and bad habits of action, first of all, will directly affect the normal playing; Secondly, piano playing is a performing art, can not ignore the beauty of its direct appearance. Therefore, from the time the child starts to learn the piano, parents should insist on cultivating the correct playing posture in the child's practice. The first line of work in piano playing is done by the fingers. According to the physiological shape of the human hand and the shape of the keyboard structure of a musical instrument, the gesture of the fingers touching the keys must be adapted to the needs of playing. This is what we usually call "hand shape". Fundamental and general concepts of correct hand shapeThere is no absolute concept of correct hand shape. The Soviet pianist Igonov pointed out that "almost any kind of posture can be justified, as long as it is appropriate, conforms to the structure of the instrument, to the heights and lows of the musical composition, and, above all, does not disrupt the unity of the movement." Objectively there is no certain fixed and unchanging hand posture in piano playing a one-handed type. Each new piece of music creates new tasks that affect and require hand positions. Different pianists play the same piece of music when the hand posture will be a variety of, it can be said that there is no - a kind of absolute correct first pattern, there is no - a kind of - unchanging fixed hand pattern, to adapt to the needs of musical performance of any performance hand can be Any hand shape that meets the needs of musical expression can be considered correct. It should be said. This is a fundamental concept about the correct hand shape. However, for children who are learning to play the piano for the first time. In the basic stage of learning to play the piano, we emphasize the development of a correct basic hand shape. This is because, in order to adapt to the arrangement of the piano keyboard and playing techniques, it is necessary for the human hand and fingers to have a correct condition that is favorable to the playing movement and the use and transmission of the playing force. Such a state must be in accordance with the natural strength of the human body and the physiological functions of the fingers. Therefore, we call this kind of playing state the basic hand shape. The so-called correct hand shape that we emphasize in the introductory and basic stages is a general concept that is broadly speaking from a specific stage, and should not be regarded as an absolute, unchanging thing. We hope that parents will understand this because we hope that you will not consider a certain hand shape, or a certain basic hand shape, to be an absolute, and that only a certain hand shape is correct. It should not be confused with or opposed to the concept of a correct hand shape. This conceptual distinction is very important. Clarify this point. We then go back to the specifics of the basic requirements of the correct basic hand shape, there will be no misunderstanding and the formation of misconceptions. The basic points of the hand shape: 1, the fingers naturally curved, with the palm of the hand - up to form - a semicircle, was empty grip ball ball; 2, metacarpophalangeal joints (usually referred to as the third joint) and all the finger joints should be raised. The first and third joints of the fingers (the metacarpophalangeal joints) should be avoided and corrected, which are most likely to collapse into a concave shape; 3. The fingers should be naturally separated in principle, with just one finger aligned with the keys; 4. The whole hand (from the whole forearm to the hand) should be placed horizontally on the keys, with the fingers positioned correctly and aligned parallel to the keys, and with the big finger placed on top of the keys; 5. The fingers should be placed parallel to the keys, and the big finger should be placed equally on top of the keys. 5. The basic position of the fingers touching the keys should be about one-third of the distance between the white key and the black key. When touching the black key, the whole hand should be moved forward to the black key, and the fingers should be played in the front of the black key. Marguerite Long, the famous French pianist, said, "The human hand is especially ideally suited for playing the piano." In turn, it can be argued that this is due to the fact that pianos are designed and built to specifically accommodate the natural conditions of the human hand. Inadequate? Putting a completely relaxed hand on the keys is almost the same as the basic hand shape we described above. This is actually just a very natural adaptation. We don't have to think that the basic hand shape for playing the piano is too difficult. Formation and Correction of Poor Hand Shape A relaxed hand on the keys conforms almost exactly to the basic hand shape, but the correct hand shape is not just a static shape, it involves being able to utilize the scientific and rational conditions created by the correct hand shape to manipulate the playing motion and use the power in the process of playing. It also requires the necessary hand tension, finger support, and the ability to swing the fingers correctly within the correct hand shape for playing the piano. In this way, playing with the correct basic hand shape is not as easy as making a hand shape. Young children's weak hands that have been trained to play do not have the muscle ability needed to play, it is very easy to form the bad posture and bad habits of playing hand shape. There are various kinds of bad hand shapes. Not here - an example. To summarize. Bad in type is mainly manifested in two main aspects: - is the nail joint (usually called the first - joint) and the collapse of the metacarpophalangeal joints are concave, the main danger of this problem of the foot influence of the conduction, can not get the correct articulation, and later will affect the fingers to run fast; Second, out of the weak finger weakness so that they will be produced in the middle of the standing and playing. The second is that the weakness of the weak fingers causes them to produce excess movement and tension in certain fingers when standing and playing. This may be manifested by some of the fingers leaning on each other, or some of the fingers being straightened or curled. This directly affects normal playing, resulting in uneven playing, stiffness and wasted energy. Correcting a bad hand shape is mainly done by strengthening the support of the fingers. A very common example can be used to illustrate this: anyone who has difficulties or defects in standing and walking must have an abnormal posture and look strange. Fingers are the same, only when the muscle ability to develop each finger does not rely on the help of other fingers and independent support, do not lead to other fingers to produce redundant movements and redundant tension and independent action, the basic hand shape is formed and really consolidated.