June 6th, 2007 by admin | Filed under playing piano, warming up at the piano.
I have been playing the Bach 2 part Inventions, #4 and #8, using them as warm ups. I play them through with the metronome, and repeat at least 5 times before stopping and stretching. If the tempo is comfortable, the repetitions help to concentrate on getting centered.
It helps to exaggerate the big arm down motion, so that the whole arm weight drops into the keys. I keep checking this to make sure I don’t get a knotted shoulder!