MusicTheory-SuperSightReadingSecrets by Unknown

Author:Unknown
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The absolute sense of touch is a little less obvious, but just as important. Sometimes a passage calls for jumping great distances where we cannot "refer" to the previous note by touch. In this situation, we must rely on our absolute sense awareness of the key location. This will develop gradually in many people by chance, but that's not good enough for us. Make your resolution right now to always sit in the exact same place at the keyboard. This will encourage a physiological memory of where the keys are in relation to your body. The exact center of the piano keyboard is between E and F. Instead of sitting there, I recommend that you sit at "middle D." Getting microscopic, you should not only sit at middle D but your belly button should be in the middle of middle D. Now you will have the benefit of perfect symmetry to balance both sides of your brain, enhancing the tactile memory for each. If you play instruments with various keyboard lengths, still sit (or stand) at D. You can always lean left and right, but don't change your base (don't scoot). The following drills will develop both the referential and the absolute senses of touch. They are all to be done without looking at the hands (except at first). Don't forget that the Visual Perception (V.P.) Drills in the next chapter are to be done concurrently to the K.O. Drills, not afterwards. (See Sight-Reading Program Matching Schedule.) As weird as any of these drills may seem, don't take it upon yourself to skip over any of them. They have been carefully arranged in sequence and tested successfully. Each step prepares you for the level to follow. K.O. Drill # 1 Learn to play the 2 and 3 black keys on the keyboard without looking at your hands. Both hands move in parallel, playing the identical group, one octave apart. Feel with the flattest and most flexible fingers possible as your hands bump and glide into the new position. This sensitizes more skin surface area than just the tips. (Let the keys touch the bottom of your fingers, lodge between the fingers and even the palm area.) Be sure to keep the fingers parallel to the keys at all times. Now, after arriving at each new black group, curve the fingers, not by pushing the hand deeper into the keys, but by pulling the fingers toward you so that the last joint is in a vertical position on each black note. (Place the 2nd and 3rd fingers on the two blacks and the 2nd, 3rd, and 4th fingers on the three blacks.) Now play that group as a cluster, using the weight of your arm rather than the finger muscles. Repeat for each group. Condensed, this drill is: 32 Super Sight-Reading Secrets

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