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described in great detail the skele
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otation of the upper arm. The finge
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a piece. He therefore asserted that
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amount of resistance differs from k
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and vertical movement at the keyboa
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problem in repertoire which is rela
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way to develop physical technical c
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interference. Contextual interferen
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Gyorgy Sandor claimed that practici
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the relative strength of the finger
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ability to independently extend the
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of variation. If control of the mov
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muscle and tendon structure and fun
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the observations wiU be broad enoug
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Acromion process Long bead ofbi Tic
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extension fi»:Cri Utfrrif totabon
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stabiUty and greater freedom of mov
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This muscle contributes most to elb
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Radius Figure 3.4. Pronator Quadrat
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outside lower end of the humems and
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flexion are located on the anterior
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Figure 3.7. Joints of the Fingers 8
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Flexion Extension Abduction Adducti
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Table 3.1. Major Extrinsic Muscles
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Therefore, some of the motions whic
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accomplished by a lateral shifting
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that both elbow extension and humer
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After this exerdse is mastered, the
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scale, and the upper arm and elbow
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should be the last technical skiU t
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motion of the thumb is exceeded if
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In summary, the thumb and the cross
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The goal in scale playing is a smoo
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continue to the next odave of the s
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the hands are lifted from the lap a
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gravity begins a shift back to the
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hand, and are generally higher duri
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analyzing movements instead of conc
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in position will result in slight b
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esponsible for initiating movement.
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Rapid exerdses which require a quie
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independently from the hand and arm
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land on its key. In rapid arpeggios
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hand coUapses somewhat, giving grea
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the hand is in its neutral aUgnment
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acceleration and velocity are not t
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conunonly used 2-3 fingering.! 5! U
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level at which the tone is produced
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is conceivable that the process wou
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finger. However, if the thumb is ex
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playing, it is a question of which
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of chromatic-double-note passages.!
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esuh in a "kind of diagonal pull" a
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does not tine up behind the second
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Last has acknowledged that hand siz
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tightens vmst adion, necessitating
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onto the appropriate keys. As inten
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This rebounding effect is fadtitate
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Biomechanical Description of Double
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Octave Scales Odave scales are usua
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to the demands of the task anyway)
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wrist in the frontal plane. Newman
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"unfolding" fingers.228 pink pointe
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moment of key impad, the joints of
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CFL\PTER rV PREVENTION OF KEYBOARD
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Motions made at the piano are not m
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Force Charaderistics Mechanical cha
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equire more than a single stimulus
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area. It is also possible that stre
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waste products, resulting in increa
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12 Apphed 10 Stress (N/mm2) 8 0 'To
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does not take place instantaneously
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these injuries may be theoreticaUy
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termed "tenosynovitis." If the teno
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Figure 4.3. 'Trigger" Finger TRIGGE
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Ulnar Nerve Transverse Carpal Ligam
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Ulnar Nerve Cubital Tunnel Rexor Ca
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tingling and pain along the ulnar s
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treatment. Conservative measures, s
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Performing Artists in Chicago, reco
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joints and the transverse axis thro
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Observations Regarding the Entire P
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typists) this recommendation might
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fingers are required to produce the
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playmg.106 He did claim, however, t
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(sti-aight) or sUghtly drooped betw
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more overuse injuries are reported
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and isolated segment of the "work c
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sudden exposure to temperatures bel
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of key at rest and the point at whi
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Meuike generalized that the single
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epetition. The pianist can ameliora
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CHAPTER V CONCLUSION The Need For B
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strength in the fingers themselves.
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individual differences, all human b
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movement in all the involved planes
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quatitative analysis was developed
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III. C. What environmental factors
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Table 5.1 Continued Right Hand Asce
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Table 5.3. Checktist for Trills' MO
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Table 5.5. Checklist for Octave Sca
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inversion at a time. The goal is ev
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student's technique based upon thes
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fingers, may be defined. Quantified
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Chaffin, Don B. and Gunnar B.J. And
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KeUa, John J., Ph.D. "Musculoskelet
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Rempel, David. "Musculoskeletal Loa
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APPENDDC A GLOSSARY OF TERMS 260
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Deltoid-muscle of the glenohumeral
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Pennate-vdth regard to muscle fiber
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APPENDDC B ADDITIONAL ANATOMIC FIGU
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trtctips mMial epiconttyle olecrano
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Sternal oectoralis maior Anterior d
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Muscle Fiber Types and Architecture
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move body segments through a greate
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about the normal length of a muscle
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provide lubrication, protection, an