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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Dana Hi Dana, sorry to hear it was painful! Even if it felt uncomfortable, your thumb moved into positions you didn’t expect it to, which is progress—that’s a plus.…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Sara Thank you, Sara! Such a good recording, I like that you play softly and quite fast! Do you feel more flexibility in your thumb after a week of practice?
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Ellen Weaver These two look and sound excellent! Good job!
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Helen Lee yeah, just let it be :) as long as you feel more or less comfortable overall
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Natalie Peh Excellent!
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Marc M Hi Marc, the exercise 1 sounds good! Just one thing, try focusing also on how you are getting to the next two notes, meaning the movement of the fingers to the new positions is also important.…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Natalie Peh Yes, movement is good for wrist elasticity but you won't be able to play fast... So, I would recommend landing on the black key a little closer to the edge so the movement in and out is…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Helen Lee Exercise 1 – Looks great! Exercise 2 – I love the elasticity in your wrist! Just pay attention to maintaining an even rhythm—sometimes the middle note leans a bit longer,…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Dagmar Skip it all together if it you only feel tension and no stretch, you can simply stretch the space in between the fingers using your other hand. Feel free to stick to the first exercise only :)
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Michele Yay! Great! In exercise 1, try not to "land" too much on the thumb but rather keep it bouncy so there is more action in the joint. Otherwise, great! Your wrist action is exemplary!…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Randi Thanks for signing up for the challenge! It's looking good! Fingers need to stretch so that's normal they are stiff at first. Try to avoid the hand position where your wrist is very high while…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Ellen Weaver Exactly!
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Michele Some movement up and down of the wrist is natural and adds to flexibility, which will improve with a few days of practice. However, the focus here is on sideways motion in particular.…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Ron Bulger Of course, please make sure you stop if ANY pain appears. Stay extremely careful with such exercises, especially after the surgery.
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Ellen Weaver feel free to share a youtube link!
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Roy James-Pike Ha! All good, feel free to modify :)
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Pat Van Buskirk As for the keyboard the action will be a little lighter but stretching and speed stays more or less similar so it should be fun anyway!
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Pat Van Buskirk Absolutely! It would be beneficial for both hands of course but for this challenge we are focusing on the RH and Eloise is covering the LH :…
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
@Ellen Weaver you can stick only to the first first half of the measure and repeat it twice, that's already a lot of stretching
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Re: Week 1: Improving Your Right-Hand Thumb Technique with Piotr Kozłowski
Hi Everyone, I’m here if you need me and will be happy to answer any questions you may have :) Hope you enjoy this little challenge!
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