How to sit at the piano

[bluesgurugod]

You are an excellent instructor. Thank you kindly for your video!

[brideydunlop]

Great video. I started music theory theory and piano about two months ago. The hand position and shape information is excellent. Thanks so much :)

[SuperTabbywabby]

Well I Never new that about MIddle C wow lol I am self taught so this has been a great help ( But when you see a pianist on tv they are pretty frantic by moving in every direction possible is this a Bad thing or shows expression 8)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

@SuperTabbywabby

In answer to your question, picture this: you are at a carnival trying to win a prize by shooting those little metal ducks with an air gun but instead of standing on the ground you are standing on a giant rubber ball :()

[saderguy]

wow this is helpful thanks

[sprudelwasser69]

Dear Di,

Many thanks for a very informative and helpful lesson.

Best wishes,

Eli

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

@sprudelwasser69

Dear Eli,

I'm go glad to hear from you and to know this was helpful for you!

Love,

Di

[vladinho7]

Thank you for this it helped me understand a lot.



[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

@vladinho7

You are very welcome!

Love,

Di

[gosh1315]

Hi,

This is a great learning session. I used it to teach my children at home (when they get piano assighnments). Nobody ever told them. Rarely taught ! I do appriciate this video. THANK YOU!

Rachel

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

@gosh1315

I'm happy that this helps you!  You are more than welcome!

Love,

Di

[HerrAmn]

Thank you for this! :)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Hi HerrAmn,

You are very welcome! Thanks for watching :)

Love,

Di

[canadiantree2000]

Hi Diane,

I loved your video thank you so much, I'm a beginner and started learning with Will Barrow's LEarn to MAster the piano DVD set and I can already feel how important sitting at the piano is to avoid injury and discomfort. Thanks for taking the time to post this and like previous posters wrote, I would LOVE tutorials from you as well, if you have the tie!

God bless, from Brussels Belgium,

William

[sheltie4me]

This was great. Thank you.

[ebonyfuji]

Lessons of a lifetime... I started playing the piano about a year ago and I don't have a teacher, nor anybody to tell me what I'm doing wrong. This video exposes my shortcomings. Now you are my mentor.

Thank you very much.

Greetings from Japan. Konnichiwa ; )

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear ebonyfuji,

I am so happy to hear from you and to know I am helping in your quest for learning to play the piano! I have an entire piano course I want to write for students like yourself to learn to play the piano from beginner to advanced - but finding the time to make the videos and write the books is so challenging! Please pray that I find the time and I will be helping you learn to play the piano even better! Much love from New York, Diane

[LiviaMalheiros]

Thank you so much for all the precious advices!

Greetings from Brazil!

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear LiviaMalheiros,

You are more than welcome! I hope this benefits you and those you know who play the piano :)

Much love from New York,

Di

[Chicago10281]

You could also do this with the organ

[Chicago10281]

Can you play a Steinway Concert Grand, or a Wurlitzer Electric Piano, or a Fender Rhodes Piano(Check out the new Rhodes Mark 7 if you get a chance)or even a clavinet or Roland piano? Thanks for the tip on how to sit properly at the piano when you play it!

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Chicago10281,

Yes :)

Love,

Di

[lordfredfine]

You're a very good teacher!

[aerostockians]

You give good clear instructions *****

[Denis47968]

Grandissima insegnate!!! Grazie mi hai illuminato sul modo di poter sedermi correttamente al pianoforte!! Grazie ciao, in bocca al lupo per le tue composizioni al pianoforte.

[waylandhe]

Thank you so much! I find this so useful since I am self-teaching myself the piano and I have no instructor telling me how to do the basics.

[JimmyFungus]

Posture is so important. You ain't kiddin'... 5 stars.

[Skndlz2904]

You don't wanna slump and you don't wanna sit up, but do you wanna bend? J/k, looking great tonite, love the dress.

[szemingyam]

Thanks you again Diane. I wish I had this lesson when I started one year ago. It could have saved me a lot of suffering. I am glad your demomstration is here. It is not too late.

Warmest Regards,

Simon

[patrickcharm]

sexy mama...!

[pirrung123]

Nice :o)

[MrNonosse]

Bonjour Diane! I've just discovered your channel and this video. And at first, I was wondering what the use of a eleven minutes video for just sitting at tha piano. But after few seconds, as your explainations have began things become clearer. You are a very amazing teacher. Your explainations are so clear and so bright. It seems so simple after you've quietly and in a very clever way showed us what is the risk and how to avoid it.

You just get a new subscriber from Bordeaux (France) :o)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear MrNonosse,

Wow! France!!! That's beautiful ;) Bonjour!!! Thank you for your kind comments! Yes, this info is actually more important than a lot of us realize - but if someone gets injured, then they wish they had known...

Love,

Di

[BocaFriend]

Greetings, Diane! This is an absolutely fantastic video. Such helpful teaching for people who may 'noodle around' on their piano without yet taking formal instruction. A person could really sidestep neuro-muscular injury by watching your calm demonstration on how to be aligned before and while playing!

I hope your summer has gone well and your Fall will be awesome! Hugs and love, ~Terry

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Terry/BocaFriend,

So nice to hear from you again! I have missed you!!!!

Believe it or not, this material was part of what our Seminar presented at Juilliard to concert pianists who came from all over the world, many with injuries from incoordinate movements. So although this is good for those you mentioned, it is also crucial for serious artists :)

Love,

Di

[Lachausis]

Thanks for the tip! I knew something was wrong with my posture.

Nice dress ;)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Lachausis,

You are more than welcome! Now your posture is perfect!!

I'm glad you liked my Hawaiian dress ;)

Love,

Di

[paranormalman41]

intresting vid thanks !

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear paranormalman41,

Thanks for the comment and.... you are more than welcome! I hope you come back often!

Love,

Di

[OBEID1988]

thanks Diane!!!

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

You are more than welcome OBEID1988! I hope you come back often!!!

Love,

Di

[UFONightHawk]

Hi Diane! Great pointers here! lol I have to admitt I think I break every one of these rules! I have to start paying more attention to to the way I sit and keep my hands........lol having taught myself I rarely even use the correct fingering on chords, Lol you would probby have a fit if I started taking lessons with you! :) Thanks for the helpful tips!!! Peeeeeeeace! :)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Hi UFO!! :)

Well, apply one pointer at a time and you will play with more ease! You are terrific!!!

Love,

Di

[blindedsun]

Also, I thought a lot of pianists work with gravity by sitting up a bit?

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Hi blindedsun! :)

Thanks for your comments and you are right - pianists work with gravity - I need to make that my next video.... I just need to find the time. I hope you stay tuned to our channel!

Love,

Di

[blindedsun]

You're awesome DI.

[aaronryanmusic]

Great video Di. I've been playing a little bit of keys lately and these tips are great :) Aaron

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Thanks Aaron!

I'm so glad to hear from you and to know that you are tickling the ivories ;) So happy to be of assistance and I look forward to posting more videos to be of help to you!

Love,

Di

[donPabloArturo]

Good Afternoon

Very good. Clear, understandable. Thank You.

Artur

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Artur/donPabloArturo,

Hi :)

Thank you! I hope you found this helpful and that you keep in touch!

Love,

Di

[plowboyes]

Priceless information! though much of this seems pretty basic. These simple tips can make a world of difference. I will remember them.  thanks much, winston

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Winston/plowboyes,

This is information we presented at a Lincoln Center seminar for concert pianists who attended from all over the world not too long ago. You are so right - these very basic principles of coordinate movement provide the foundation that we need :)

Love,

Di

[kowbar]

Wonderful educational video

Thank you Diana

Yours in Polish

Natalka

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Natalka/kowbar,

Thank you! I'm so happy you liked it!

Love,

Di

[Roselyne18]

Good morning dear Diana,

Thank you for sharing your videos, I hope you had a great summer and that your students have given you great satisfaction.

I wish you much happiness and love in your life, I think of you.

Friendship and kisses from France, Rosy.

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Roselyn18/Rosy,

You are more than welcome! Yes, our summer here was wonderful and I hope yours was as well! I am so happy for our friendship!

Love,

Di

[b1mgqn56]

Another Awesome Lesson Thank you I Like Playing The Piano You Are So SweeT To Take Your Time For US GreaTly Said WonderFuL Video And InFormaTion HUGSS ***** AngeL *****

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear AngeL/b1mgqn56,

Thank you so much! I'm very happy that you liked it and I hope it is helpful information for you :)

Love,

Di

[Ivansvideocollection]

5*! Very well done! Great for any students learning not only the proper way to play, but the reason you do it that way!

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Ivansvideocollection :)

Thank you for rating and for your kind words! Perhaps this is the first video I should have uploaded since sitting at the piano is the first thing we do before we can play! lol

Love,

Di

[keanghiero]

Nice.

5*

All The Best

Kean

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Kean,

Thanks!!!

Love,

Di

[jes941]

Great job and very informative

5*'s +

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear jes941,

Thanks so much for your encouraging words and rating ;)

Love,

Di

[BachScholar]

Excellent video, Diane!

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Hi Cory/BachScholar,

Thanks for the feedback! Your videos are absolutely AWESOME!!!!

Love,

Di

[babyjady]

awsum vid x

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Hi babyjady!!!!

Great to hear from you and to know you are still with us!

Love you!

Di

[elbrookman]

oh this was wonderful......i am too erect and tense at my piano........i don't even have a piano.

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear elbrookman,

Thanks for always making me smile!

Love,

Di

[supersucker72]

hey thanks for the lesson. I never knew that, I used to always line up with middle c unfortunately I lost the fire for the piano too bad they didn't have youtube in the 80's ss72

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear supersucker72,

Yes, most people do think middle c is the mid-line and to line up there but then they are a little off-center which can affect technique. Maybe you could get the fire back for the piano when I start to post my piano course - I have yet to write it, but I have a course in my head that could help everyone at every age to learn to read music and play the piano well.... I hope you keep in touch!

Love,

Di

[klingsor93]

Dear Diane, this video is absolutely essential for all the young pianists. It should be viewed by all the students, parents and teachers.......

I suggest that you publish another video on an important subject: how to use your body weight to produce a powerful sound. Too many young pianists only use their fingers or their forearms, thus producing a dry and harsh sound. You are the person to explain that.....

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear klingsor93/Patrick,

Thank you, thank you, thank you for giving me the words for what I want to teach next!!!! You encapsulated the "need" very well - I was going to call it understanding how to drop with weight from the various fulcrums! Yes, I will do this next.

Love,

Diane

[picador100]

Thank you very much dear Diane! Love you 10*

Paolo

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Paolo/picador100,

You are always so kind with your encouragement! Thank you so much for your supportive words and also for your rating!!! I always enjoy your videos!  You are an awesome musician!

Love,

Di

[EstebanChurches]

You're a great teacher. I knew my posture wasn't right. Now I know why. Thank you. Keep them coming! :-)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear EstebanChurches,

Thank you for your encouraging words! I'm so happy to be able to help with your posture at the piano since it is so important for your technical freedom at the keyboard and health of your body. I hope you stay close with us as we upload more teaching videos :)

Love,

Di

[3BsBill]

Thanks for another great video, Diane! These videos are a wonderful tool; I can't wait to buy the DVD and instruction book! :)

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear 3BsBill,

You are more than welcome! I'm so happy you like these videos! Yes, I need to begin writing the several music books that are in my head which would benefit both beginning and advancing pianists everywhere :)

Love,

Di

[MUDMARCHING3333]

i love your videos.you are very good at teaching.all your videos are five stars.well done and keep up the great work.your totally cool.

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Dear Mudmarching3333,

Thank you so much! I love you! Please keep coming back!

Love,

Di

[localpm]

Thanks for this, makes a lot of sense.

[MillerMusicStudiosTV]

Hi localpm,

You are more than welcome! This is long overdo and I'm so happy to have finally gotten to it!

Love,

Di