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Can you close your eyes and touch your nose? Tie your shoes without looking? Play your favorite piano piece in the dark? This sense of “knowing without looking” is called proprioception and it’s one of the most important skills a pianist can develop!
Why is Proprioception Important for Pianists?
When we play the piano, our eyes, ears, and sense of touch work together to help us learn the music. Our fingers rest on the keys, and our ears pay close attention to the sounds we are creating, but our eyes have several different places they could look. Sometimes we might need to peek at our hands—like when we are leaping to a new position—but most of the time our eyes will be focused on the score. This is where proprioception, or knowing what our hands are doing without looking at them, becomes our superpower!
Piano Inspires Kids has two activities to get you started!
- Go to page 9 of Piano Inspires Kids and complete the activities on the page. There is even space for you to create your own!
- Go to kids.pianoinspires.com/activities for even more proprioception activities. See how many you can complete, and then create your own for other students in your studio!
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