Singing & And How to Keep the Fingers Curved

Here's a great WikiHow that I found about singing.  Click HERE to read more of the article.

Here's an article about curving fingers, since that is usually a big challenge for kids. I've copied and pasted the section that I think is most helpful and if you would like to read the whole article, click HERE.

Building Strong Fingers For Piano With The Table Exercise

For beginners the following exercise will help you to remember to strike each key with the fingers in a curved position.

• Sit down in a straight backed chair, facing a kitchen or dining room table. Your forearms will be resting on the table with your wrists and hands positioned as though you are playing the piano.
• Make sure your finger tips touch the table so that your hands are rounded as though you have a golf ball under the palm of each hand. Don't tense the hands too much as you continue through the rest of the exercises.
• With the finger tips and wrist resting on the table, lift both thumbs up while keeping all of the remaining fingers in a curved position. The wrist must always be touching the table top. The idea is to avoid collapsing the knuckles of the other fingers as you concentrate on lifting one finger at a time. After lifting the finger bring it back down while holding it in a curved position until it rests on the table top.
  Next you will lift the "pointer" finger (finger 2), while keeping the other fingers in a curved position resting on the table. Continue this exercise with the middle finger(finger 3), the ring finger (finger 4) and the pinky finger (finger 5). Repeat the whole exercise several times.
• Continue to do this several times every day making sure the knuckles are not collapsing. This is a great way to build strong fingers for piano performance. When you feel that you have mastered this exercise, go to the piano and play a scale or five finger pattern making sure you use strong knuckles. This is a an exercise for anyone to practice, especially beginning piano students and children. You will soon be able to play piano music with a lovely legato (smooth and connected) touch. This is how you make beautiful music.