UPSB v3
Hand Care / Building finger dexterity, strength, and endurance
A way to improve all three qualities a penspinner should have at once
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Date: Thu, Jan 10 2008 18:24:39
Prerequisites:
Piano (electric keyboards will only help improve speed, not strength and endurance)
Ability to read music
The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, by Charles-Louis Hanon
I won't make this into a piano lesson, as in teach you how to play the exercises effectively, but this is the best exercise book to help you work on finger agility, strength, and endurance. It also works on your precision while playing piano, but that is not important in this forum.
I am a pianist, and I find that if ever my fingers are too stiff for a particular pen spinning trick, I would play a couple exercises first. It helps tremendously, hence why I am giving this recommendation.
Give it a try!
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Date: Thu, Jan 10 2008 19:38:26
You can try doing fingerpass with the maximum speed you can go cos my fingers gotten tired when I tried doing this the whole day.
Maybe a typist works the same way as a pianist? -
Date: Thu, Jan 10 2008 20:51:04
You're right Novastrike.. typing is similar to playing the piano, but with the Virtuoso Pianist, a lot more strength and endurance is needed to complete just one set of exercises. Plus, playing piano will require you to stretch hands and fingers wider, and faster than typing requires. Doing it properly really gives an awesome workout for your hands and fingers.
The most important thing that Virtuoso Pianist helps is make all 10 of your fingers EQUAL. Most people are born with weaker and less agile fingers (ie. pinky), and the Virtuoso Pianist contains exercises specifically for working out weaker fingers too. -
Date: Fri, Jan 11 2008 04:59:10
Hmm... I think ya, piano works a lot more better then typing.
I always wanted to learn piano, but just don't have the money to do so
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Date: Fri, Jan 11 2008 13:38:44
i played piano for four years. it isn't that difficult to learn, but helps a lot, because playing is like doing finger exercises.
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Date: Fri, Jan 11 2008 15:43:24
Typing is what that made my fingers flexible.
BTW,my typing speed is about 140 wpm. -
Date: Wed, Mar 19 2008 03:11:02
Usually before i start spinning, i'm warming up my fingers, yeah,,, like sport, u need a warming up.
I can't do piano, yet i type only with 6 fingers.
So i found this helpfull for me, i stretched out my fingers, especially my middle finger that is so hard to move,
i stretch it so hard that i feel that i'm gonna broke my fingers.
This exercise helps my tendon to be more flexible, and when i test it with fingerpass,,,
yeah it fells great.
Maybe... (for my self) -
Date: Wed, Mar 19 2008 03:45:08
i played piano since i wAS 6? i'm 13 but yeahh..
i guess it helps.
i stopped though -
Date: Wed, Mar 19 2008 03:48:28
or play guitar
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Date: Wed, Mar 19 2008 12:32:15QUOTE (Se7en @ Mar 18 2008, 10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>or play guitar
not really cause if you're a righty it increases dexterity in the left hand and if you're a lefty and using a proper guitar it increases dexterity in the right hand -
Date: Wed, Mar 19 2008 15:25:55
I really enjoy the exercise done here:
Makes my hands feel lighter, and my fingers more durable.
I would recommend spinning about 5 minutes after doing the stretches.
And do them 1 - 2 times a day.
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Date: Mon, Sep 29 2008 04:28:07QUOTE (TeddyTemptation @ Mar 19 2008, 07:32 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>not really cause if you're a righty it increases dexterity in the left hand and if you're a lefty and using a proper guitar it increases dexterity in the right hand
but wat if im a bassist and i plucked the strings with my 1 and 2 fingers? does it help?
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Date: Tue, Sep 30 2008 09:49:52
I think we dont need any excersice. before I spin,i often spin some trick about 10-15min. My finger will be flexible. i think ! (My english so bad sr )
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Date: Wed, Oct 1 2008 04:21:36
I've been praciticing this kinda stuff for almost a month now, and I've actually seen some great improvement.
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Date: Fri, Jan 2 2009 16:59:21QUOTE (Se7en @ Mar 18 2008, 10:48 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>or play guitar
i play guitar man but im right handed so i pick with my right hand and that just so happens to be my spinning hand, now i did do classical guitar for a while and im thinking of getting back in it for the sake of my dexterity and endurance. -
Date: Fri, Jan 2 2009 21:34:09
No xtramoney for pianos or MIDI-keyboards. Screwd.
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Date: Sat, Jan 3 2009 06:37:12QUOTE (Josh_man @ Jan 3 2009, 12:59 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>i play guitar man but im right handed so i pick with my right hand and that just so happens to be my spinning hand, now i did do classical guitar for a while and im thinking of getting back in it for the sake of my dexterity and endurance.
I spin with my fretting hand and i doubt it makes a difference. It probably stretches your hands and fingers and makes you learn faster but thats about all cause you dont have to go through that stretching stage when starting out. -
Date: Sun, Jan 4 2009 00:22:41QUOTE (Xero @ Mar 19 2008, 03:25 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>I really enjoy the exercise done here:
Makes my hands feel lighter, and my fingers more durable.
I would recommend spinning about 5 minutes after doing the stretches.
And do them 1 - 2 times a day.
ye the stretches in that vid feel like theyl help quite alot. 1 of my biggest problems is being able to use my ring and pinky in some advanced trick which sevearly limits my spinning.
nice 1 dawg
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Date: Fri, Jan 16 2009 00:37:26QUOTE (Nzo @ Jan 3 2009, 07:22 PM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>ye the stretches in that vid feel like theyl help quite alot. 1 of my biggest problems is being able to use my ring and pinky in some advanced trick which sevearly limits my spinning.
nice 1 dawg
they work alot thank you for postying this -
Date: Sun, Feb 1 2009 03:13:59
I play piano about 8 years, and it helps a lot! My fingers are very flexible ^^ (my pinky and my index finger can do 90 degrees...)
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Date: Sat, Feb 7 2009 10:25:50
I also think being a typist helps. I play O2Jam (a piano-like computer game that uses both hands to play) and I think I'm a pretty dexterous and fast at it.
Got Thumbaround in less than a day with extensive practice. Now I'm trying to do the Charge and Fingerpass
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Date: Sun, Feb 8 2009 03:01:06QUOTE (Gabriel @ Jan 11 2008, 04:24 AM) <{POST_SNAPBACK}>Prerequisites:
Piano (electric keyboards will only help improve speed, not strength and endurance)
Ability to read music
The Virtuoso Pianist in 60 Exercises, by Charles-Louis Hanon
I won't make this into a piano lesson, as in teach you how to play the exercises effectively, but this is the best exercise book to help you work on finger agility, strength, and endurance. It also works on your precision while playing piano, but that is not important in this forum.
I am a pianist, and I find that if ever my fingers are too stiff for a particular pen spinning trick, I would play a couple exercises first. It helps tremendously, hence why I am giving this recommendation.
Give it a try!
Yeah I have all the prerequesites! Apparenlty, you are supposed to do the WHOLE book everyday in order to keep up and improve your technique... (it says it on the back I think.. haven't had a look at the book in a while
) thats an EPIC task.. the books like 100+ pages of finger excercises
But yeah I agree. It helped me with my piano, so it should help pen spinning very well. I'll have to try a combination.