Reaching for the keys
I have worked on improving left hand technique for many years, but with little success. I make sure that my fingers are curved under as the hand rolls back and forth through each phrase. One of them is from Debussys 1st Arabesque: In the past, I was holding the bottom note and reaching with stiff, straight fingers, and was always struggling with this section. I have been looking through music to find left hand antique piano sections to use to practice. I am discovering many new sensations in the left hand, especially at the bridge, the base of the fingers. I want to make sure that I am always releasing are weight into the keys from the shoulder, and never reaching for the keys with the fingers. Sometimes I go over a short phrase many times with the left hand to get the right feeling.
