Journal · Video
Can Imagining Movement Improve Piano Technique?
6 min 36 sec ·
This video accompanies the Journal essay — Can Imagining Movement Improve Piano Technique? — from The PianoWell System. Watch it here, then read the full essay for the complete argument and detailed study.
About this video
Athletes rehearse movement in their minds before performing, and pianists can too — but the decisive question is what kind of movement we imagine. An exploration of musical versus anatomical motor imagery, inner hearing, and how imagined sound gives movement a reason to exist at the keyboard.
Athletes rehearse movement in their minds before performing. Pianists can too—but the decisive question is not whether we imagine movement, but what kind of movement we are imagining.