Comments on: One More from Randall Faber

By: acixukyrewyn

acixukyrewyn — Sat, 27 Mar 2010 15:12:21 +0000

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By: Piano Teacher

Piano Teacher — Sat, 31 Oct 2009 02:20:54 +0000

Thanks for this post. I completely agree that this is especially important for young students. Piano teachers like us shall teach them the correct positioning at the earliest time possible; otherwise, early, they will have a very hard time trying to back track. So, we've got to resolve this issue immediately in case we think we have some students who are in this dilemma. After all, these basics are really important. Again, thanks and more power. Keep on sharing those innovative, creative and useful piano teaching tips Have a nice weekend, my friend. See you around. Cheers!

By: Christal

Christal — Tue, 27 Oct 2009 07:42:44 +0000

I notice you haven’t posted in a while…miss your innovative thoughts.

By: lee

lee — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 10:59:53 +0000

Same position techniques hold true for guitar students.

By: Leigh

Leigh — Wed, 09 Sep 2009 14:15:45 +0000

I use the foot stool for the smaller students. If their feet don’t reach the floor, they tend to scoot forward on the bench until they do, then their hand possition is all wrong – dropped wrists, “crunched up” elbows. I have one girl, too big for the stool, who keeps scooting forward, way too close. So we push the bench WAY back, so she’s sitting at the very front edge. Then if she scoots forward, she falls off! It’s become a fun joke, but it works!

By: Suzan Pleva

Suzan Pleva — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 01:08:12 +0000

I completely agree. I think that this is especially important for young students. If you don’t teach them the correct positioning early, they will have a very hard time trying to back track. As they say: “You can’t teach an old dog new tricks!”

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:05:46 +0000

I should have said – if their feet don’t reach the floor!

By: Laura

Laura — Fri, 04 Sep 2009 23:05:22 +0000

I enjoy hearing about the Faber workshop! Keep ‘em coming!

Another thing I’ve discovered is that a stool for their feet can fix hand problems, too.