There are so many methods for better and healthier piano techniques! It's very confusing...which is the right one to adopt? and is it enough to learn only one approach?
Well.. unfortunately, I don't quite know...
Anyway.. Few months ago, I've herd about a spacial lady called Edna Golansky. It appears, that Edna hes an extraordinary ability to solve pianists technical problems and developed a unique method which called: "The Taubman Approach"...I've checked it Out, and realized that it's really interesting and worth pay attention:
Unfortunately, today, I don't have access for more information... The 1-10 DVD set of the complete Taubman Approach is charged for over 500$..! with i don't have :)
The good thing about it, is that it covers 360 degrees of pianists common problems in a very professional way and gives almost everything that you need for improvement..
Meanwhile, I'll continue working on my "lite hand" technique... :)
you can see also other vidios in this link:http://www.youtube.com/user/TaubmanGolandsky
Monday, December 14, 2009
The Taubman Approach
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Hello, Ori,
On Dec. 12 you wrote: "...now I know a bit better how to play with less pressure on my arms..."
I will be really interested in hearing how Taubman's teaching could help you, as it advocates playing by exercising pressure from the shoulder via a stiffly-held forearm-wrist-palm unit. The way I see it, this approach could only divert your problems (and only temporarily).
Be careful.
Hey Paúl!
how are you?
It's an interesting question.. but actually, every answer won't be more than a guess. I hope that in that future I will have an access for learning this approach...
from what i know, it's based on the "rotation technique" which supposed to be healthier...
thanks for the care!
Hi, Ori,
"... it's ... supposed to be healthier."
Yes, many among the affected want to believe that. But keep in mind that this approach [1] advocates playing by maintaining pressure from the shoulders, [2] pretends to help by "locking" the wrists so they don't move (what is supposed to prevent pain from appearing) - but that doesn't
address the cause of pain: the pressure on nerves in the fingers and wrist. Go figure...
I'll try to figure it out... its a good point you have.
what is your experience with this issue?
I have been looking into these matters for several years now - since I came across yet another, existing, but truly different approach (which I haven't seen anything written on, yet) that enabled me to see it all in a new light.
A. Whiteside (today followed by D. Taubman, E. Golandsky, and A. Fraser), established a sort of *form* in the stiffened forearm-wrist-palm unit, based on a sort of *basic tension* there. Take a look at it here:
http://www.pianotechnique.net/dorothy-taubman-edna-golandsky-and-the-taubman-approach/ .
Thing is, they never really say that it's built on tension - so it's hardly-ever realized by others; besides, they use the terms "natural" and "tension-free" a lot.
We can all see that, thus far, it works. But that's only because those desperate people who got already affected would go for anything that promises hope. I am afraid they won't find real help in that idea, and there's no-one to tell them that.
can you tell me about this new approach?
I can, a bit, with pleasure.
Its physical focus is in the active fingertip, other parts of the arm are recruited to support the fingertip - including always moving wrist. All of that is made possible by a unique, quite methodical, but also extremely engaging teaching procedure (which needs an aware teacher to teach beginners).
In a way, it's an exact opposition to Taubman's.
Besides, it has totally prevented the playing-related neuromuscular disorders in three generations of its students.
(And we thought we knew everything there is or can be said about piano-playing...)
you know what... i whold love to make an skyp conversation with you.. what do you say?
Ori,
With pleasure. The problem I have with it is that my computers are too weak for Skype or Google’s video chat.
Perhaps some time in the future?
Well I guess... :) Perhaps you have facebook?
No, I don't do facebook.
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