‘Wye Even Pavasr Nexps ro KNOW anour ms Bove
SHOULDER BLADE MOVEMENTS
bel uniform shoulder. Move them
and forth and out 1 the sles wth tht
Smge tn mind Lift hen a ft put your
hands on the plan keyboard, aleage ih
tera tbs ofthe Bug oar
tre Beck ed fort th ts nn cry
‘ean move in myriad ways: oninging down end up, fen tm mid ft other ong
jorvard and back, rotating over the ribs. Punts should
‘consciously develop awareness of the mebslity ofthe shoulder blaes.
Tagine your arma as appendages «fot
then aro peo kaya hang ing
Miamapping ofthe arm uructure and the subtequent fixing ofthe collarbone and
shoulder blade have additonal implications for the orgenist. In order t reach
{freely to an upper keyboard, one mut not only rock gently foriard on the wit
‘hones, but the collarbone and shoulder blades must be free to ove on wll At
‘you reach up fr a higher keyboard, there wil be slight movement in the strno-
Clacicula joint atthe shoulder bles mnove up aed out bn a wort of hugging or
‘erepping-around gesture.
{can be help forthe organist st at the console and experiment with these
‘movements seithout actually playing. Sit balanced om the ait bone, then rock
slightly foreard while extending the arme out and around ax though hugging 2
tree. Then practice wing thie gesture to reach the pper keyboard, and fly
‘to play on the upper keyboard. Ifthe arm structure i free to move and there ie
1 fcing ofthe ellarbone and shoulder blade, the balance ofthe toro on the st
‘bones willbe retined while atthe same time enabling the honda to move freely
to-upper keyboards and to manipulate slope.‘Wher Even Parase Ness ro Know nour Ta BoDy_
the bone whe allowing movoment to involve the whole
shape
tecteratics of the ligaments holdig tho
Bones together determine wbat lds of
‘motion are posble at each ont.
to peri ase ploiog brings about
disbution of movement aciong
joins, with no pat doing more
share
pianists rogard flats s fed, or stax
ces to more from. The shoulder
amp, is
Ted pce from wich the aren mo
that ayo talking een bave dan!
consequences. Thiaking of one part
beds «fixed place fom which to move
fensng my
stable pace to move for,
farm joint, Pianists need to develop a
tie as a whole isuanisnappingofbodly maton. I can eise
sy hand above my head using 2 fre, fd
pt of my ody sting as «fed pace 1
‘move fom, When Tov tht way, T move
‘Marne ra An AND HAND
SHOULDER JOINT
STERNOCLAVICULAR
JOINT
5 CARPOMETACARPAL
(cmc) JOINTS.
(Canning the wri othe hand,
ELBOW JOINT
WRIST JOINT(S),
Realy 2 ony 5 METACARPOPHALANGEAL
(CP) JOINTS
‘Connecting the hand to the Bngers
4 PROXIMAL
INTERPHALANGEAL
(iP) JONNTS:
“he second” jt of the Ragen
“Thre ae fustad of bese
the tomb cls tii
5 DISTAL
INTERFHALANGEAL
ol
Baer ja
‘The 32 bones ofthe arm are connected by 24 joints.‘ur Bvmay Puyast Naps vo KNow aBour THE Boe
Deter than I dink of one part ara sable core. Retaining the owsrenen of support
ple to move fom.
‘ment (prided you do not hal them tense).
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andi goed for you
To decop sent ofthe whale orm, you need
te pratce moving &. Stand in balance and
stand othe feng of support threugh your
Mapence i Anwe 9 HanD
1p locate your stemocletalr fons, place
the fingertips of your rit hed 9 your