Piano collapsing fingers

1. Why do my knuckles collapse?
2. Should you lift your fingers when playing piano?
3. Can you collapse a knuckle?

Why do my knuckles collapse?

Momentarily disregarding the many natural differences among hands, the cause of collapsing knuckles is generally weakness in the finger muscles. Very often pianists will compensate for weak muscles by employing naturally stronger ones to do their work.

Should you lift your fingers when playing piano?

When you move a finger from one key to another, you have to lift it a little. So when you play the same key twice, you should lift it a similar amount. If you want to play loud, accented notes, it may help to lift your fingers a little farther.

Can you collapse a knuckle?

When a person has this type of fracture, their knuckle will appear sunken compared with the other knuckle bones. However, although the boxer's fracture is one of the most common knuckle fractures, a person can break any knuckle.