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And yes @Danny1969 sounds good but would sound better if your wrists were higher (or is it your seating position that needs to be higher?)
Then play Root 3rd 5th with the left.
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I have an awful hand technique, a proper player hands look elegant ... mine look like claws I started playing with no lessons and developed an awful technique ... which is why I always recommend to use the correct fingering from the get go .. which I didn't and it caused problems later.
Here's my hand positions albeit playing a different style (please excuse the sloppy candenzas):
I'm quite a lazy player especially these days as I can't practice enough to keep my stamina up, but hopefully it shows it's a bit higher at the wrist
My problem is there's nowhere else in the house for the piano to go, even though it's just a digital keyboard and effectively can go anywhere. Bugger, that's not going to help, is it? Hmm...
Oh, and I thought that was really nicely played, btw, @thecolourbox, can't imagine I'll ever get close to that level of ability.
Re your seating position. The main benefit of he higher wrists and slightly further away sitting position is the freedom of movement - if you sit really close and need to move your hand position even half an octave, you'll have to shift your torso to do it. Not only is that a strain but you also won't be able to do it very smoothly. Sit a bit further away and you only have to move your forearms really and that's a lot easier/smoother/quicker than having to wrangle your torso into position.
Is your keyboard on a stand? If so it should be adjustable? Could you use a cushion as a booster seat"? I sometimes do that to do be honest even now.
I think maybe the height of the keyboard might make more difference than how close you sit to it - though could be wrong. A lot of "pop" pianists seem to adopt the "Hunched over the keyboard" thing which I guess is where you may have picked that up - it helps you reach a mic if you're singing and certainly gives off the angsty musician image much better than the more classical sitting back position, but it doesn't make it easier to play.
I know I'm in the wrong position because even when I stand I get strain in my wrist muscles (not serious, just tiredness from using muscles I don't normally stretch, I don't let it get that far).
I'll need to rethink this before I go any further, because it's clearly a bigger factor than I first thought.
Could you try tilting it a bit? Like prop it up on the far side so the keys are lower at the front that the back? Not sure it'll work but could try. Definitely try the booster seat cushion!
@icu81b4 Oh I didn't imagine it would be similar to fingerstyle guitar, I knew it would be harder than that, I just wasn't ready for how hard
but I find it a lot easier than guitar and more logical when you look at a keyboard or at a stave .If you imagine a stave chord notation being vertical on the page rather than horizontal you can almost copy the shape with your hand -the note spaces are a clue starting with the lowest......you become instinctively aware of sharps and flats if you know what key you are in / what the chord shape looks like .
Arps are very logical but to get them rolling smoothly is simply a question of fingering and muscle memory....just keep practicing them.Don't expect to start with the 3rd movement of the Moonlight Sonata !
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Can anyone recommend any good resources, Youtube teachers etc? Most sheet music and a lot of lessons I can find seem designed to play whole arrangement and vocal melody on the piano rather than what the keyboard player in a band would actually play.
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