THIS is how to have strong fingers

[terranbricklin]

You know you're a real pianist when collapsed joints make you cringe 😭

[SeanTheDiscoNinja]

Regardless of the science, you squeezing that egg right above your piano was making me very nervous. 😅

[FeenstaubCupcake]

Wow THATS how i want to learn the piano. Explains a lot. Guess i have to cut my nails even shorter haha

[DavidMiller-bpet]

I've been doing quite good on this, since I applied C's full tutorial considerations a year and a half ago, after many years of inefficiency. 9.5/10. Still have occasional issues with L pinky supporting arm weight, when flattened out on pad. I have taken to practice this slowly with raised wrist, nearly vertical hand to make sure the bone support is contiguous. This has helped. L5 is strengthening very quickly from the knuckle, R 5 behaves nicely. No issues with other fingers. My key is very slow practice when these contexts appear, so I can watch what my hands are doing. Joints should not collapse. Coming down, almost vertically like a parachute with L5 has helped, actually feels good, very relaxed. L4 will go with it. Watch Martha. Collapsing hand joints were eliminated 70 years ago. I think we would consider her fingers "strong." I have mused that one could drive a truck across her wrists and knuckle bridge and she could still play with flexibility.
Nice one, C.

[trivio]

Can you give us a link with some studies about what you are talking?

[margarethany]

My 2nd fingers are very pointy, the tip of the nails are longer than the fingers, so it’ll always slips whenever i curves it and ends up breaks backward like you demonstrated 😔

[cziffra]

Are you altogether sure the egg shell gets "stronger" with more force against it? Sure, the shape withstands force effectively, but I'm extremely doubtful it makes sense to claim it gets stronger.

The finger certainly doesn't get stronger simply by applying more pressure to it. It only works when it triggers muscles to engage to produce and equal and opposite balance. When those muscles don't engage it simply gives way and folds in under the pressure.

[DavidMiller-bpet]

Only a suggestion: Highlight the 4-5 side of the hands, 4 is pretty strong. 5 seems weaker. Maybe just my hand with slim fingers.

[Yatagarasu.]

Does this apply to the thumb as well when pressing a key?

Does it have to be slightly bent or at least straight instead of having it curved inward (stiff(which is not ideal))?

There's a video you did on Richter's thumb posture, maybe you can recall.😅

[Garnassium]

No matter what I do I can't seem to stop some of my fingers from collapsing

[OneStepToday]

It does bend due to long finger and when it's on high end of the key due to long/open chords such as in rue des trois freres by Fabrizio Paterlini, second part of the right hand. Is that right? Coz theres no other way to play that for me without bending it inwards.

[lawrencetaylor]

Uhh, the muscles you are talking about aren't in the hand but the forearm.

[austonsmith]

Who the hell plays with their finger joints indented like that?

Not sure the point of the vid.