Where do you sit at a piano?
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My bellybutton needs to be in line with D.
Or I start missing low notes!
Tender is the Night, arr. George Shearing has made me painfully aware of this (presumably childhood) learnt muscle memory.I'd shuffled up to Eb+ to take the lean out of a couple of high left hand chords and suddenly it all went pear-shaped...
Just interested, where is your piano centre?
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@AndyD I'll have to check when I get home, but I think I sit most with belly button aligned to middle C.
I used to get disoriented if I shifted left or right but these days I rarely shift, and when I do, it's not enough to throw me. OTOH, when I play pianos not my own, differences in the bench height and the height of the music (due to music stand) are definitely disorienting.
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I don’t think about a precise position, but have noticed lately that I want the bench a tad more in the bass direction. But then, I was never completely happy with the bench/keyboard relationship.
And I want my bicycle seat a tad lower and bars a tad higher.
Our posture changes with age.
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Shearing of course was blind so would be feeling differently.
I've tried shutting my eyes to play (fail) but often play in near darkness. Same with juggling, can't even run 3 balls with my eyes shut.Here's the piece
Link to video
Simple but those left hand jumps are deceptively difficult, for me; though the hardest of his to learn was 'What are you doing for the Rest of your Life'.
Most of his published arrangments are easypeasy and people like the lyrical quality and close notes. -
Shearing of course was blind so would be feeling differently.
I've tried shutting my eyes to play (fail) but often play in near darkness. Same with juggling, can't even run 3 balls with my eyes shut.Here's the piece
Link to video
Simple but those left hand jumps are deceptively difficult, for me; though the hardest of his to learn was 'What are you doing for the Rest of your Life'.
Most of his published arrangments are easypeasy and people like the lyrical quality and close notes.
