Are your glasses sabotaging your piano playing? If you wear graduated (progressive) lenses or bifocals, you might be unknowingly compromising your posture, and your playing.
That head tilt you're doing to see the music clearly? It's creating neck strain, restricting your movement, and potentially robbing you of the tone quality and freedom you've worked so hard to develop. This is NOT what you want!
In this video, I'll show you some simple solutions so your glasses don’t get in the way of your music making!
What you'll learn:
Why graduated lenses can cause postural problems at the piano
How a tilted head position affects your playing
Simple ways to check if this is what you’re doing
My personal solution (and why I have two pairs of glasses!)
Additional tips for easier music reading: lighting, print size, and positioning
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0:13 Introduction
0:35 Glasses and graduated lenses
0:55 Problem: looking at music through wrong part of lens
1:10 How compensating creates postural issues
1:21 The cascade effect on your playing
2:09 How to check if you’re tilting your head up
2:39 My two-glasses approach
3:24 Good lighting is essential
4:00 Larger print editions help
4:19 Music positioning & stool height
5:19 Final thoughts