Do we *really* understand weight? Withheld weight gives heaviness and released weight can lighten? скачать в хорошем качестве

Do we *really* understand weight? Withheld weight gives heaviness and released weight can lighten?

Ever struggled to see how arm weight makes sense - particularly for fast and light playing? If so, this is the video for you (see comments for the link). I give a simple rational model that clarifies how arm-weight is arguably at its most important in fast playing, but in a completely different role to that which is usually portrayed. If weight is aimed ON the hand, it won't work. However, it's not solved by simply withholding weight either!!! By looking at the level of weight ON the hand we're missing half of the picture. We don't just send more or less to that end. The reality of balance is far closer to a see-saw effect. If you don't want one end of the scales to feel incredibly heavy, what you need is COUNTERWEIGHT to UNLOAD, via proper grounding of the opposite end. A sense of the forearm's weight (as the means to REDUCE hand pressure) is the only reliable way to make room for the fingers to move with lightness and ease, while maintaining a secure sense of balance. I also believe it is the most universal role for weight within technique in general, with any significant weighing directly ON the hand end as the exception and not the rule. At the start I show both stronger and lighter melodic playing via direct weight ON the hand, followed by universally withheld weight. The techniques are very different and cause complexity. However, I then show both dynamics with the indirect weight at the forearm, to lighten the hand end only. As you'll see, the physical approach is now consistent, regardless of dynamic. The balance is simple and straightforward in both cases, and the control of the sound is far more reliable for both. The useful sense of weight is essentially universal, when set into a role of counterweight. In the past, I've often been critical of the oversimplifications of weight technique. Trying to direct weight through passive fingers (that only transmit a supposedly limitless supply of free gravitational energy) makes for a wonderful sales pitch. However, it simply "falls down" if you try to take the claims fully literally. That said, for fast and light, I'm now more convinced about the objective role of weight than even some traditional weight advocates - many of whom do acknowledge that you cannot rest heavily on the hand for light runs. The issue is not whether weight plays a role. Fighting weight merely by striving to feel light is too unreliable and doesn't solve terribly much. The big issue in whether weight helps or hinders comes down to WHICH END of the balance you're setting it on! When we properly define the concept of counterweight, we remove all the confusion caused by only portraying weight as being aimed on the hand. There are two completely opposite contributions that it can make to the overall balance! At the very least, we should make sure we have access to both! #pianotechnique #piano #pianoteacher #pianotutorial #pianolessons #classicalpiano #armweight #pianist #taubman