Lydia Kim Music

If your wrists are locked, your playing will feel harder than it needs to 🎹

A flexible and free wrist allows for:
• better tone
• less tension
• smoother movement

Don’t hold - release 😊

It feels like a deep exhale 🩵
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Don’t stay stuck on the edge of the white keys. 🎹

Sliding your fingers in between the black keys helps create better hand position, smoother movement, and less tension - especially in scales, chords, and fast passages 🎶

Sometimes small adjustments like this can make a world of a difference in your playing. ✨

❌ DON’T play piano like you’re typing on a computer keyboard.

Typing uses isolated fingers, but piano playing needs support from the hand, wrist, and arm. Our fingers don’t work alone - they help balance and transfer arm weight.

✅ DO play with supported hands.

When the hand, wrist, and arm work together, playing feels freer, stronger, and produces a much fuller sound.

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🎹 This exercise can be used with any key with a piece a student is already comfortable with!

It helps reinforce key signatures by applying it directly to a piece of music, allowing students to hear and understand how the notes work together – not just read them on the page 🎶

It’s also a GREAT way to spark creativity, leading to improvisation and composition ✨

Maritime Landscapes (I. Sunrise on the Water) - composed by Justin Lapierre

Performed for my Master's of Music graduation recital at the University of Toronto