Timeline for Should fingers always play perpendicular to the keys?
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| Oct 31, 2017 at 20:06 | comment | added | user2357112 | Capital C sounds like way too much curvature. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 16:54 | comment | added | Todd Wilcox | @StefanBroeder With relaxed shoulders, your elbows should fall more or less straight down. That means you may have to angle your lower arm outwards or inwards to reach the keys you want to play. As you go farther left or right, you may have to spread your elbows out, and even lean to one side or the other. You might watch some great pianists on YouTube to see how they do it, but take it with a grain of salt as many have unusual techniques that work for them but won't necessarily work for you. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 14:24 | comment | added | Stefan Broeder | No, my fingers are certainly curved. I'm talking about the lateral angle here. So imagine the right hand playing a C chord, but the forearm is rotated to the right. | |
| Oct 31, 2017 at 14:15 | history | answered | jjmusicnotes | CC BY-SA 3.0 |