THERESA BOGARD
Lecture and Clinic: Basic Technical
Principles/Troubleshooting The Problems Right Away
Watch bench position – Depends upon the length of their
torso
Hand Position – Most natural position at all times
- Ask: Do you want to walk around in the hallway like that all the time?
- Push on knuckle while in hand position to make sure their knuckle is firm.
- Focus on arch
o
Open Fifths
o
Fast motion into a 6/3 or 6/4 chord
o
Where is the high point of the hand? Knuckles
must be higher than the wrist.
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Making O’s with thumb and a finger
Sing This Little Song:
Rocking, Rocking
Fingers Do The Steps
Rocking, Rocking
Fingers Do The Steps
Rocking, Rocking
Fingers Do The Steps
Now we do a circle all around.
Make sure your body backs up your wrists all the time.
Thank you for your notes on this session! I am trying to work on posture & hand position with one of my beginners, and it's hard to discipline MYSELF to correct him on the position of his feet, insist upon the tall upper-body, low wrists, and "tall fingers"... I have to start with the FEET to make it all the way to correcting the flat fingers. Sometimes he really does play with his fingers totally flat. eek...
ReplyDeleteI like that one line: "Make sure your body backs up your wrists all the time." Very nice!
Thanks again,
Amanda