Dear Herbert and others, on Mon, 10 Nov 2003, Herbert Ward wrote:
[...} > The point, of course, is to develop a well-regulated LH pressure, > perfectly independent of RH activity, in the hope that minimum LH > pressure, and hand independence, will lead to more speed and fluidity. > > A variation, productive of further hand independence, is to cycle between > forte and piano with the RH, without disturbing the LH's quest for buzzes. Just a small point: This somehow reminds me of the times of my guitar playing! I was (as also my guitarist friends were) trying to practice for example to play RH fingering "i m a" and produce even rhytm. Or I was practicing RH "i m" to produce ternary rhytm. In the same way I tried to make the accents not to depend on the use of the index or the middle finger. It was like drinking fresh water to come to the lute, and stop fighting against the Nature; In the lute playing you use the strong fingers to play the strong notes, weaker fingers to play weaker notes. I think this might apply also to the left hand. When you play strong, you also tend to push harder with the left hand, and that might have a good effect: when pushing harder you also have more control to the (tiny) "coulourings" to the pitch! Small movements (no "real" vibrato) may give living and life to your strong notes. And with the weaker notes your weaker touch of the left hand leaves the "colourings" also weaker. According the Nature... Just an idea. Arto
