{"id":13519,"date":"2015-09-04T12:53:24","date_gmt":"2015-09-04T17:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/?p=13519"},"modified":"2015-10-11T13:51:53","modified_gmt":"2015-10-11T18:51:53","slug":"how-to-sit-at-the-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/blog\/beginner-piano-lessons\/how-to-sit-at-the-piano\/","title":{"rendered":"How To Sit At The Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/wiUV-xzHhBM\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>Robert Estrin from livingpianos.com explores How To Sit At The Piano and why it's\u00a0extremely important to do it correctly for playing skills and comfort. \u00a0 It offers you the most ergonomic position for tone production and technical fluency. 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