Practising piano with a coin balanced on the back of the hand is a bad pedagogical idea because it teaches the hand to satisfy an artificial visual condition rather than to organise itself according to the movement required by the music.
The old coin exercise usually comes with the instruction: keep the hand quiet and level; if the coin falls, there is too much movement. That sounds reasonable. Biomechanically, however, it confuses stability with immobility. A pianist needs stability, but stability is dynamic. The hand, wrist, forearm and upper arm continually make small adjustments to accommodate different fingers, distances, directions and articulations.
2026-08-25 23:17:28
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Pablitomate :
It’s the right hand of the Etude op 25 no. 2 from Frédéric Chopin
2026-08-29 23:55:51
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Yan W320 :
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2026-09-02 15:34:14
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Benny :
now with a marble 😅
2026-08-19 18:38:31
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Jakob Dam :
Great control and positioning exercise! 👍
2026-08-13 19:40:50
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lu maw myo :
good
2026-08-15 09:09:38
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Gabri Gabe :
🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
2026-08-18 00:27:07
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Pavel :
👏👏👏
2026-08-23 16:31:07
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