Technique

Pumpkin Squeeze

Building on Pumpkin Hand Piano and Pumpkin Tapping, Pumpkin Squeeze gets students to feel their hand and fingers working together. I really could not be happier with the results I’ve seen with this. I’ve found this useful not just with beginners, but with all students who have not quite mastered using their fingers, particularly for finger staccato. Pumpkin […]

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Pumpkin Hand Piano

1 Comment / Technique / kguess

Perhaps the greatest struggle young beginning piano students have is with learning to use their fingers effectively. Teacher’s have generally agreed that curved fingers are essential, but getting kids to play this way often seems impossible. We often simply strike out, and with good reason! Strike One With most, they have never had to pay

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