Journal · Video

What Has Your Hand Learned to Hear?

10 min 40 sec ·

This video accompanies the Journal essay — What If the Missing Link in Piano Technique Is Not in the Hands? — from The PianoWell System. Watch it here, then read the full essay for the complete argument and detailed study.

About this video

A short introduction to the central question: might piano technique begin before the hands move—in what the pianist hears inwardly?

Read the full essay

Piano technique is still treated as a problem of the fingers, wrist and arm. But what if movement begins earlier—in what the pianist can hear inwardly?