Relaxing wrist playing techniques for beginners to learn

The first thing beginners struggle with when practicing the piano is keeping their hands and fingers relaxed and bent when placing them on the keys.

Before you get used to it, your fingers will become straight or curved at a right angle.

However, even if you just fix it, it won't work.

How you move your wrists becomes important when moving from one key to another.

If you don't do this, you'll hear the sounds jump out of place, like speaking in a cluttered language.

One of the major differences that emerges when a beginner and a professional play the same song is this connection between sounds .

This time I'll show you how to practice playing the piano while relaxing your wrists, including your hands and fingers.

First, let's learn the correct hand shape.

First, let's understand the correct hand shape when playing.

When your hands become tense and you put pressure on them, your fingers become straight or vertical.

First, step away from the keyboard and let your hands hang loosely at the sides of your body.

Naturally, your hands should be slightly rounded

This is the correct hand shape when playing the piano.

Place your fingertips on the keyboard while maintaining this finger shape.

The key here is to relax your shoulders and pull your elbows toward you.

If your elbows are too bent or too straight, the strength of your arms won't go to your fingertips, and your fingers will become bent or straight when you pull the piano.

Be sure to know where you sit on the chair and the angle of your elbows so that your fingers form a natural round shape.

Steps to relax your wrist and get the feel of playing the piano

① Sprinkle your fingers

It is important to relax first.

First, take a proper posture.

At this time, sit on the chair at a shallow depth, and keep the appropriate distance between yourself and the piano.

Next, place your fingers on the keyboard.

Avoid placing your fingers too far into the keyboard.

Then, relax from your shoulders to your fingertips . (without taking your fingertips off the keyboard)

If you consciously relax, your wrist will drop below your fingertips, so lift only your wrist.

Make sure not to raise your shoulders at this time.

Finally, fine-tune the shape of your fingers to create a natural roundness.

Step 1 is now complete.

②Leave it to gravity

This time, let your weight depend on gravity and press the key.

Slightly drop your wrist that was lifted in ① and apply downward force, letting gravity do its thing.

It feels like fingertips are falling off

At this time, your fingertips should not shift or leave the keyboard.

When you do this, the weight of your hands will naturally be placed on the keyboard and the keys will be pressed.

Even if you continue to apply force after pressing a key, the sound of the piano will not change.

Do not intentionally apply force.

Please do not put too much pressure on the fingertips as they fall naturally due to gravity.

③ Lift up your fingertips

You must lift the fingertip that pressed the last key.

Lift your wrist, which you dropped slightly in step ②, so that it slowly bounces back.

It's like having your fingertips lifted up by a thread like having your fingertips in a weightless state

Slowly and consciously return the key you were pressing to its original position.

However, even after returning to the original position, do not take your fingertips off the keyboard.

Make sure that the wrist movements in steps 2-3 are similar to slow-motion trampoline movements.

Always be aware that your wrists are relaxed.

Specific practice methods to relax and play the piano

I will introduce an exercise in which you move your wrist flexibly while practicing steps 1 to 3 above in succession.

Only one finger is used, and the note played is ``Do Re Mi Fa Sol Sid''.

First, do ``① Spread your fingers'' and ``Leave it to gravity'' and play just one note with your left little finger.

Moving from ② to ③, we prepare for playing the next note.

The next note to play is the white key to the right of the note you just played, so do ``(3) Raise your fingertips'' while sliding your wrist to the right.

At this time, keep your fingertips on the keyboard and glide them to the right white key.

Even if your wrist is a trampoline, your fingertips should not become a trampoline.

Slide your wrist and when your fingers stop on the next key, repeat step 2.

Repeat this and play "Do-Re-Mi-Fa-So-Rashido" with just one finger.

Once you're done with your little finger on the left, repeat this in turn until you reach your right thumb .

Try to be relaxed and perform each movement accurately.

That is all.

Finally

Playing while relaxing can be very difficult and may take some time to master, but it is definitely worth it.

Basic practice is like practicing kanji for elementary school students.

It wasn't very interesting at the time, but now you feel it's important, right?

While aiming for big goals that are far away, keep your motivation high by accumulating small goals that are close to you.

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