Stiff Hands? Play with 2 Hands on Piano After 60 (10 Easy Exercises)

📘 Both Hands in 30 Days: the slow, day-by-day plan for older hands, ten minutes a day, to chords and melody together: https://claraspiano.netlify.app/?b=2&... If your hands feel stiff on the keys, or your left hand freezes the moment the right one starts, this lesson is for you. It isn't your age and it isn't your fault: nobody ever showed your two hands how to work together. Today we go slowly, one key at a time, with ten easy exercises in five small steps. No reading music. Any piano or keyboard will do. In this lesson: 1. Warm the hinge first: the slow fist and the finger lift (exercises 1 and 2) 2. Start with the mirror, then play side by side (exercises 3 and 4) 3. Let the hands take turns: right, left, and the echo (exercises 5 and 6) 4. Hold one key, walk with the other, and "one for four", counting out loud (exercises 7 and 8) 5. Your first two-handed tune: Hot Cross Buns (exercise 9) The final key: ten and ten (exercise 10), the short breaks that help your hands remember. Plus: three gentler ways to play if your knuckles are swollen or your fingers don't reach, and one thing you can do tonight at the kitchen table, with no piano at all. Your question for tonight: which exercise number was the first one where your two hands felt smooth instead of stiff? Just the number, in the comments. 📘 The books (large print, one step per page): One Key at a Time ($27) · Both Hands in 30 Days ($47) · The Complete Slow Piano Library ($97, both books plus The Four-Chord Secret, which is only in the library) https://claraspiano.netlify.app/?b=2&... 🎹 Clara's Piano Club: one new song or exercise at your level every week, a slow video with every key lit and numbered, and a large-print page. First 7 days free, then $9.90 a month. Cancel anytime. https://claraspiano.netlify.app/club/ Next lesson: seven tricks that help an older beginner learn songs faster than younger ones. In this video: 0:00 Stiff hands, two hands: why it isn't your age 2:24 Fix 1: Warm the hinge first (exercises 1 and 2) 6:57 Fix 2: The mirror, then side by side (exercises 3 and 4) 13:00 Fix 3: Let the hands take turns (exercises 5 and 6) 17:38 Fix 4: Hold one key and count out loud (exercises 7 and 8) 22:24 Exercise 9: Hot Cross Buns with both hands 23:48 When the hands lock up again 25:22 Three gentler ways to play with stiff fingers 29:01 The final key: ten and ten (exercise 10) 34:23 Your question for tonight A word of care: this video is for general education only and is not medical advice. If you have pain, swelling, numbness or tingling in your hands, stop, and ask your doctor before you go on. Go at your own pace; the day it hurts, you stop and come back tomorrow. #piano #pianoforbeginners #pianoexercises #over60