Discussion on the Key Touching in Piano Playing

Key touching is an essential and fundamental problem in piano playing. It directly influences the timbre and tonal quality of the instnament, the effect of the playing and the expressional depth of the music. Different playing measures, styles and different kinds of piano works need different measures and gist of touching the keys. The individuation and diversification of the measures of key touching are very important for piano playing. In addition, the art of key touching must follow the requirement of the expression of the music.