{"id":1410,"date":"2013-03-25T22:34:11","date_gmt":"2013-03-25T22:34:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/?p=1410"},"modified":"2014-06-08T07:23:56","modified_gmt":"2014-06-08T12:23:56","slug":"piano-exercise-to-maintain-good-posture","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pianowizardacademy.com\/campus\/blog\/beginner-piano-lessons\/piano-exercise-to-maintain-good-posture\/","title":{"rendered":"Piano Exercise to Maintain Good Posture"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"480\" height=\"360\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/gV70XbxnLQc?rel=0\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>This is a very simple piano posture excercise with a powerful effect. All you do is play all the C's up and down the piano. You could even hit wrong notes - it's more about the movement then the notes. But you have to do it with an awareness of any unessential body movement. 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