Piano 101 Analysis

Holding the bow: Your thumb should be in the curve at the end of the bow, and your pinky should be at the very end of the bow. Lastly, your index finger should be on the black grip on the bow, and the middle and ring finger should rest in the middle of the index and pinky finger. (fingers should be slightly curved)

1. Place your index and middle fingers in the groove on the inside of the wrist. Just slide your fingers across the tendons until they slip into soft tissue.

Initially, development of content starts from the fascination by the sound of piano to basic learning from cousin and then getting the technical knowledge of the piano. After that, using this skill to enthrall the audience or other members playing piano in the same community shows the writer’s credibility, logical reasoning,

When you use the mouse keep your wrist straight and move your arm forward/backwards or sideways. Relax your fingers place them down the body of the mouse to reduce movement in your knuckles.

The Piano Lesson is a play that was written by August Wilson. The story is used in a collection of plays by Wilson to show the struggles of African Americans throughout the twentieth century The story takes place in 1937 Pittsburgh with an African American family that battle within themselves on whether or not to keep a family heirloom, a carved piano. Wilson hits hot points of the past and today with his view on civil rights and the power of death. In The Piano Lesson is a tool that allows the reader to see that August Wilson wants to address that death should not be feared, all races should be held to the same standard, and that woman should be allowed to express themselves without the oppression of men.

Playing the piano is a meaningful leisure time activity for John so it is important he continues to do this to promote social inclusion, physical exercise, boost his self esteem and to make that spiritual connection.

You can find different fingering charts online. If the first one doesn’t feel comfortable, move onto the next one – pick the one that feels the most natural to you.

In order for me to attain my goal, I would need to look into what I want to learn and break it down into smaller steps. According to Kaufman, “If you practice the most important things first, you’ll be able to improve your performance in the least amount of time possible”(Kaufman, 00:10:23). As I break down the skill, it will let me decide on what parts of the skills will definitely help me to learn what I want. In addition, it will give me time to set out a routine for me to start

Day one of E-Term……I really don’t know what to expect through out this class. I always want to learn how to play the piano just never really had someone to teach me the basics. Once he told us how to read the notes and where they are at on the piano it start to come easy to me. The songs we started to learn how to play was easy for me to play just the fact when I play them in front of him I start to mess up. I practice, practice, and practice till I get it perfect. One of the must hardiest song I had to learn was Joie de vivre I just couldn’t get that song down. I don’t know what it was or why I just couldn’t get it. I started to get really mad at myself, and I started to doubt myself as a musician, because every thing I did with music came

1. Position your right and left hands on your forehead between your hairline and eyebrows with fingers facing each other and spread apart.

The Piano Lesson is a Southern Gothic play in which the living, as well as the dead, have a strong connection to the piano. The piano has a tragic origin that dates back generations. The piano was originally obtained by Robert Sutter who traded slaves for the instrument because he could not afford to purchase it outright. The piano was meant to be a gift for his wife, who coincidentally grew weary of the instrument and began to miss her slaves. In an attempt to quell her depression, Robert Sutter commissioned that the slaves' portraits be engraved in the piano; in addition to the slaves that were traded, the woodcarver also included their families and family histories. Because of the ties to slavery between the piano, the Sutters, and the Charles family, Berniece and Boy Charles came to believe that as long as the Sutters owned the piano, they would continue to own the Charles'. Due to this belief, the Charles' become obsessed with obtaining and owning the piano. During the course of trying to get the piano from the Sutters, the Charles' sacrificed much of themselves and caused many deaths.

The Piano Lesson opens with a man, Boy Willie, knocking on the door of Doaker and his niece, Berniece, home at 5 a.m. He brings his friend Lymon and they drove up north by Lymon’s truck that was filled with a lot of watermelons. Berniece is Boy Willie’s brother and he has not been back in a while. He then starts to say that the sheriff is following him but they did not do anything. They are trying to sell the watermelons to get money. He got the watermelons for free so he will make a good profit. Berniece is trying to figure out how long the boys will be staying. Boy Willie says he is going to head back down south when they sell the watermelons but Lymon is staying up north.

The mechanism of a piano consists of pressing on a key (either black or white) on the keyboard causing a felt-covered hammer to strike steel strings that are various lengths and tensions. The hammers rebound; allowing the

Every musician, myself included, has a powerful love hate relationship with the metronome. There may be no tool in the history of mankind that could be both so helpful, yet so frustrating, at the same time. Nonetheless, it is unquestionably the most important device for improving your technical proficiency. While there are an infinite number of ways to utilize, my favourite method is what I like to call “overshooting.”

The beautiful sound of piano music has captured the hearts of people since the early eighteenth century. Since then, many musicians have dedicated their lives to this instrument. Some players even play piano so well that it may seem that this instrument is easy to play. However, to be able to play the piano well isn’t easy; it takes a lot of skill. To become a good piano player, one must love music very much, have good finger techniques, and body flexibility.