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Keyboard exercises

Correct seating position.

• Hold your curled fingers over the keys
• The wrist should slope back slightly
• The lower arm should then be level. If not your seat is either too high or too low
• Your elbows should be slightly in front of your body to improve movement to either side.
• You should be leaning slightly forward. This will prevent any small  backward movement from the waist causing an unbalanced state.
• Feet should be slightly apart in front of you to provide a secure base.
• You should not shuffle on your bottom as you play.
• Shoulders should remain relaxed. If you feel tension then rais them to your ears tightly for a second or too and then relax. This should help.

(hand position remains the same if standing)

Exercises

These are simple exercises to improve the communication between brain and hands. They should also develop coordination between the hands and encourate the player to listen and coordinate  with the automatic drums which are part of the porta-sound keyboard.

The exercises are simple enough to enable the majority of the student’s attention to remain on the technique rather than the added difficulties of tunes and music reading.

Exercise 1:  

Play the exercise above 10 times with the right hand ensuring that you follow the correct technique as described above.

Exercise 3

Scales: Fingering

C scale

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