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| Adeno | 19 Dec 2011, 08:32 Post #1 |
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Hi there! I've been playing the piano for years, first being classically tutored during my pre-teen to teen years before I lost my professor. Throughout those years, I've been using the traditional curved fingers/hand method and I always thought that was really the only way to play. Just now while I was looking for reading materials to improve my technical playing, I stumbled upon a book and some articles on the net about Flat Fingers Position. According to what I've read, the FFP makes your fingers more relaxed and you can actually move and play better using it because the curved position is "unnatural" for the hands. There was even a simple example where it told you to make your hand flat, raise your index finger, then wiggle it around. It was easy alright. Next it asked to curve your hand/fingers and try to wiggle the same index finger around. Wow, I quickly noticed the difference in the effort I placed in trying to move that finger around! I'm on my way to trying it out and actually playing something on the keyboard using the FFP just to see how it really feels, but I still want to hear from the more experienced pianists who have been using FFP for years. How does it feel to you now after using it for so long? Do you still feel the need to go back to the curled position? Are there any traps involved when using FFP that might be noticeable at first but will cause trouble later on? By the way, I'm really interested in the use of FFP in jazz. One of my dreams as a pianist (non-pro lol!) is to play jazz improvisation where I can reach the speed that I'm thinking of in my head (like how most bebops are fast in certain areas) without having to struggle as much. It's just that I have no trouble of coming up with made-up tunes in my head (and I remember the tunes I've listened to that I want to copy as well) but when it comes to actually putting it into play, I'm having trouble translating the speed into finger speed! Oh yeah, My idol is Bill Evans but I still like the bebop bouncy tunes. I'm just hoping that FFP will help me improve in some way, or that maybe this is one of those missing links that keeps me from progressing any further. Thanks in advance, please share your experience and advice
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| ricojumbo | 23 Dec 2011, 07:54 Post #2 |
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i didn't use FFP, but i noticed tat FFP can play faster than curved finger. If u watch some video u will notice tat the pianist's fingers are flat while they play fast pieces. However, flat finger increase the chance of mis-pressing note since the contact area become wider. Hope this will help.
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| Adeno | 24 Dec 2011, 06:51 Post #3 |
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Thanks, yeah from what others have said too (I'm also in the learnjazzpiano site lol), although flat fingers position can make it fast to play certain scales, it might cause you some discomfort when you use it too much. I guess for me, I'll still have to find out for myself when it's comfortable for me to use and when I can use it without getting into some painful trouble. I guess that's one of the things of piano playing, different players, different hand properties (I've got thick fingers) lol! Merry christmas, happy holidays, merry joyful happy whatever
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| amylupotter | 21 Jun 2013, 20:31 Post #4 |
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I didn't know I played FFP until I saw some pictures of me. The only problem I have run into is when you wear a ring that is heavy and it turns around your finger, it can hit the keys and make a clicking sound. It's just a little thing that bugs me, so I just don't wear rings like I used to. |
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