How I Played Piano with One Hand After Injury

Hi, I'm Robert Estrin, this is LivingPianos.com. You probably noticed that theme was different, wasn't it? I played it only with my left hand. Well, I hurt my thumb playing ping pong of all things, can you believe it? And so last night what I did was every night I want to play the piano or practice and so I said, what can I do? And you know there is a wealth of left hand music for the piano, did you know that? But I've never learned any of it because I've never had any problems with my right hand and I'm sure this will heal soon but I sat down at the piano and I improvised something with my left hand only and I want to share it with you.

So, I'm going to play it with my right hand.

You know, there perhaps is more music written for the piano left hand than some instruments have in their solo repertoire. We're so lucky as pianists. Hopefully my injury won't last long enough for me to have to delve into the Ravel left hand concerto or some of the substantial repertoire, although as worthy as these pieces are. But in the meantime I'll probably be improvising with my left hand, giving my right hand thumb a chance to heal, cold compresses and trying not to use your thumb. And by the way, try not to use your thumb not just in piano playing but in everything in life. Your thumb is so instrumental for everything. So I'm being very careful and hopefully I'll have both hands back soon enough for you. Again, I'm Robert Estrin and this is LivingPianos.com, your online piano resource.

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