Hi, I am a begginer.

I need help with the proper posotion of my hands while playing the piano.

Can you help me?

Some written explanations and pictures would be really cool.

PLease help

Thanks

Come one guys..please, i need your help

Your wrists must be upright and fingers curved where the fingertips are playing the piano, not the flat part of your finger. Keep your wrists and your hands flat with eachother.

K

Thank you.

Any more advice?

You should be at a height such that when the basal segments of your fingers are touching the keys your forearms are perpendicular (form a ninety degree angle) with your upper arms.

You will most often play with the whole finger as a lever, sometimes with the whole hand as a lever (wrist staccato), sometimes with the whole forearm as lever, and more rarely with the entire arm a lever. Whatever part is functioning as a lever should move together as one piece.

The fingers should normally be curved (as pointed out above), but they should never be rigid.

When playing with the whole hand as a lever (octaves, for example) the hand starts above the wrist and ends even with the wrist; it never goes below the wrist. Here, as elsewhere, remain relaxed; don't tighten the wrists into a fixed position.

When playing with the forearm or the whole arm as a lever let gravity do the actual work. Don't push down; let your arm or forearm just fall.

Thats good advice too!!!


Thanks!

Guys, you have really helped me.

Now, what about the fingers, how should I move the or what???

Thanks in advance

I cant give you a photo but always keep your bottom of your hand up.Dont let it touch the bottom of the keys

Ok, thanks, but, how shoudl I place my fingers? How should I move them?

That really depends on the piece or passage in question. If the entire piece only used in the right hand the notes C4 (middle C) D4 E4 F4 G4, then you might want to put your thumb on the C, index finger on the D, and so on, and leave them for the entire piece. In other words, you might want to stay in one position.

If the piece used in the right hand one entire octave, then you would have to change hand positions. If the piece is legato you might want to change hand positions by tucking your thumb under your middle or ring finger. (Tucking your thumb under your little finger is sometimes required in more advanced music.) If the piece is not legato and there is sufficient time, it might be better simply to pick up the hand and put it down again in a new position.

The Czerny school of fingering avoids putting the thumb on a black key (because the black are recessed and higher), whereas the Liszt school of fingering generally fingers equivalent passages in different keys the same way (regardless of where the black keys happen to fall). Modern advanced pianists tend to combine the schools.

On the subject of arms, should the forearms be horizontal, or can they tilt down a litte towards the keys? My piano just got delivered yesterday, and I have a temporary stool until the one that goes with the piano arrives in a day or two, and I was wondering how to set the stool height correctly. (The temporary stool is fixed height.)

In fact, is there a guide to stuff like basic posture?

I thought I answered the first question when I said, "You should be at a height such that when the basal segments of your fingers are touching the keys your forearms are perpendicular (form a ninety degree angle) with your upper arms."

In fact, is there a guide to stuff like basic posture?

Good posture at the piano is basically just good general seating posture as you learned it in grade school: Sit upright. Don't slump, and don't lean over.

The two parts of the arm can be perpendicular to each other, yet neither need be horizontal or vertical. I found a couple of web pages which helped - I was having some discomfort playing with both hands at the bass end, but I think I had the stool too close.

Unless your floor is at an angle to the earth, your forearms should ideally be horizontal.