Animation Field Notes · Apr 6, 2026

Think Like a Pianist

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Not like a Harpsichord

A grand piano in a room with wooden floors — Photo by Anthony Tilke on Unsplash

We animators have a pernicious tendency to think like Harpsichordists. The harpsichord is a stringed instrument that plucks the strings. Ping, ping, ping, ping, ping.—all the same monotonous tone. There’s a reason there are no radio stations or albums (might be a scant few) dedicated to the harpsichord.

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