Do your lower finger joints feel wobbly and unstable all the time, making playing awkward and uncomfortable?
This tutorial contains heaps of useful and practical exercises (both away from, and at the piano) to help strengthen your lower finger joints and stop them from collapsing on the keys.
You’ll learn how to train your fingers to play in a comfortable, balanced way, with the proper joint support.
0:20 Introduction
1:17 Exercises not involving piano – ‘Resistance Training’
5:51 Tips for achieving rounded hand position
7:47 Exercise leaning on lid of piano to deliver more ‘weight’ into fingers
8:26 Exercises at piano – Repeated note patterns for supported curvature of fingers
11:32 Exercises at piano – Seesawing fingers for improving transfer of weight from key to key
13:37 Record yourself – place phone at end of piano for side-on view of fingers
14:21 Conclusion
Hand images appearing in the video sourced from Freepik.com