The Grand Piano: The Marathon Analogy

Monday, February 18, 2019

The Marathon Analogy

A co-worker of mine told me today that practicing Rhapsody in Blue is like getting ready for a marathon; only it is a piano marathon. Good comparison. (It is super difficult, technical, and super loooong....AKA if you don't practice right and enough you won't be able to make it to the end in one piece...pun intended! :-))

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Piano is Exercise

Why piano is so hard: You are reading both treble and bass clef at the same time verses most other instruments where you read only one clef at a time. Yes, that is why I always did better on the flute. Then, your right foot is pumping the damper pedal, and your left foot is pumping the soft petal, and the poor middle and often forgotten sostenuto pedal, usually the quiet more balanced one, but when you get into more advanced lessons you sometimes have to pump the middle sustenuto pedal too but you only have two legs so OH NO....that means you have to move one of the legs that you have over to pump that one! :-) Also, if you use fitness apps, you can see that you burn a lot of calories playing the piano. Both hands/arms are constantly moving, your eyes are keeping up with the music which means your brain is constantly active; and if you're playing from memory you are totally depending on brain power as well as muscle memory. Also, your feet/legs are constantly moving in pumping the pedals. Who needs the gym if you play piano! :-)