Piano Technique Video Lesson No. 3

You can strictly theorize,..... one also has to see the physical conformation of the Student. The proximity of the Teacher is always irreplaceable. Even Sandor gives very precise indications, but they should not be taken as "gospel." Once a "superior technique" is acquired, movements are so minimized that they are almost invisible. So ATTENTION. Sometimes, watching some great pianists, we cannot quite read these small and precious movements, which instead it is useful to know, internalize, and naturalize. In deep assimilation, gestures become natural and automatic. In my opinion, it is also the sound that commands. For example, in a series of portato staccatos, very frequent in Mozart's sonatas (see my Tutorial on K330), the wrist is kept quite steady (but not rigid). The notes played in succession like this, with fingers very close to the keys, enjoy a bounce that, visually, does not show wrist flexibility. See the second theme of the III movement of this sonata, for which my Video Tutorial of the third movement has not yet been released (I hope to do it soon).