How to Bring A Piece to Performance Level
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- Опубликовано: 7 апр 2017
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Thank you so much for the advice. I had fallen into the trap of just doing play throughs. I will now change and follow your advice. Thanks again 👏👏🎼
I relate to the muscle memory thing so much. Memorizing pieces comes really easy to me and the movements quickly become muscle memory, but as soon as I split up the hands or try to make a tiny change to my fingering, my brain just explodes.
This is why I sometimes get stuck, I discover that a different fingering would be objectively better and easier for a certain section, but the one I got used to is just chiseled into my mind
you are one of my favorite youtubers :) go on with this awesome job 😊
I'm a classical guitarist , but your channel helps me immensely. Thanks for taking your time to share your knowledge with us. Take care and best of luck with your channel.
Ditto from a blues guitarist!
How can a Piano teacher be this cute????????? am I dreaming ???
Great video as always, thank you!
Danke sehr! Genau so ist es richtig.
found it really helpful, thanks!!!
Very very good tips!
this video is awesome😄
Muzio Clementi 's Sonatina in D major op36 no6
For those who wonder what was played in the background
I played this for abrsm g5
5:50 giving relationship advices now too :D Actually all the advices on music are usually nice advices for live lol :D Like making clear practice, focusing on improving rather than doing what you can already and building positive habits :D
I feel the same way! Musical lessons can also be life lessons.
Thank you!!!!
I love this video
So helpful, thank you!!
Why her voice just so amazing!?
I started playing a year and a half ago, had my first performance last weekend(played To Zanarkand from Nobuo Uematsu) and this video helped a lot on getting it to performance level. I discovered your channel only a few weeks ago but it's definitely one of my favorites!
Thanks for the teaching about playing the correct notes 3X if a wrong note is played, during practice. Just a little part, like half a measure.
OMG!!!Thank you!!!I really needed this for the Bach Prelude and Fugue in E minor. I'm stuck at the developing phase(especially the fugue).Thank you this really helped😀😁
All of these pointers are excellent and easy to take to heart (if you want to excel). What I've done to bring a piece to performance level is to have a mental picture/story that matches what is being played. It helps me (I think) to play the dynamics accurately. Something else too that I know would help me is to perform in a social setting. It's easy to get good in isolation but when exam times comes the nervousness kicks in (couple days ago had my Prep B exam... trembling hands)
Good call on the story! I used to do that all the time when I was younger, actually, but have fallen out of the habit. I'll need to reapproach it!
as an adult going back to learn piano - this is pure wisdom. thank you!
hi, first time watching your videos pianist of 24. really enjoyed your input, i may direct some pupils to this video.
This is a good encapsulation of some the most important issues a pupil must understand about his/her practice
And frankly i am bored stiff of repeating this stuff
- London
A super BIG HELP for for piano performance at the Conservatory of Music!! :) More to come!... hehe
Something I would consider doing is learn to play from different spots or specific measures within the piece (somewhat related to learning 2 bars at a time). This way if I do start to fumble I can continue playing a measure, or even half a measure, further down and not look too bad.
Piano exams are approaching in 20 days, and here I am, stressed out by those Bach and Chopin pieces I've spent months on learning but never mastered. Thank you for inspiring me to keep it up
thank you so much for your cheerful insights! I have been teaching for 17 years and appreciate your great way of helping us.
Hello to a fellow teacher, and thanks for hanging out! :)
Hi!
I thought I'd let you know that I am taking up the piano because of you and this channel! I found it so incredibly awesome how you play these amazingly beautiful pieces, and I was like, "I want to do that!" Do you have any beginner tips?
Thank you! Never tried playing backwards yet. :)
This is EXACTLY what I have been looking for! Thank you so much! On a side note I have a question: Is the song `When I was your man´ by Bruno Mars really hard to learn for a beginner? I never studied piano before, but I learned the intro in a few hours. Anyone please reply!!!
I started taking the piano seriously 8 years ago, when I was 65. I have a great teacher. Your videos reinforce a lot of what she tells me, and give me a lot more to think about. Thank you!
Well Done. Ditto, but I was a mere 57 (now 62)! I'm currently working on Grade 8.
Both to Mary Beth Dietrick and 984francis - that’s amazing! I’m happy for both of you. Too many folks out there make excuses and use their age as a self-imposed limiting factor.
I'm not sure exactly how to separate "completion" level from "performance" level.
My teacher often come with helpful advice on interpretation, and I feel like it is more a "performance" work than a basic "completion" work, and I don't see how we can make a really clear distinction between both. I like to incorporate those advices as early as I can in my learning so I don't have to take a step back and learn again some passages. But the first "20%" has to be done first; the notes need to be placed so that we can work on interpretation a bit.
Have you done a video on how one should approach a new piece for the first time? not for sight reading but just when you're starting to learn a piece
I don't know that I have. Thanks for the idea!
I appreciate all the tips and tricks, however, since I am involved in computer science too, I must note that "spitting out lines of code" requires thinking too.
in my opinion one should try and get every piece to performance level because it encourages the habit of only ever playing at a very high level and limits the habit of playing to a mediocre standard
Omg I thought there was a hair on my screen
In other words, practice more !!! Practice til ready
How much time should you spend on pieces you've mastered? How many pieces can you/should you maintain?
Sometimes I struggle to start new pieces because it's so satisfying to play an old piece really well rather than play a new piece with lots of mistakes
This is an absolutely fantastic video. You said, ",,,the quest for perfection is a (What) one. I couldn't hear because your voice died down till it was no longer discernible.
Karen Loader "the quest for perfection is a doomed one"
The Bach Prelude in C Major was hard to put together but the Maple Leaf Rag was even harder for me
Maple Leaf IS hard!!
I've learnt Bach's Prelude no.1
My "Chopsticks" is nearly there.
The piece you played gave me flashbacks to my gr 7 exam lol
i love you
3:45 I Never got pass that first stage.
Hi piano tv lady: Do you think it's important for the piece to be completely memorized to be at performance level, i.e. should the student be playing it without the sheet music, thanks
Which Bach book were you playing from, please?
Can you teach me how to practice and play Pathetique Sonata 3rd Movement? Struggling with the first section horribly
You talk a lot about KEEPING a piece in performance mode, but I'm still having trouble figuring out how to get it there in the first place- especially with speed. I'm not a beginner, (6+ years) but I still have a hard time getting pieces up to tempo too- especially fast pieces like Clementi's Sonatina- which is the main thing keeping me from bringing a piece up to performance level. Any advice?
im trying to master moon sonata,thank you for the tip
What movement? The third?
Rainbow Bunchie movement two
Just wait until you get to the third one.
I'm scared lol
I'm still working on Chopin's nocturne op 9 no 2. I can play it the entire piece but I have to make it sound better.
How long have you been playing piano?
'Staccatoey!!!' 'Mistakophobic!!!'. I like your additions to the English language.
And here I am feeling down because I haven't mastered a piece in a few days...!
The mistakes is always what gets me like how can I not when I'm supposed to play on tempo 😩
im learning prelude in C well tempered clavier by bach,i have 4 weeks have do i have time?? ive only learned the first page perfectly and memorized
Ajgthecreator It's just 2 pages. I would say 4 weeks is enough time
Hilbert Black 3 pages
Ajgthecreator We've got different editions then I guess
Hilbert Black yeah
Ajgthecreator did you learn your piece?
I've been self-taught in piano my whole life (I'm turning 20 tomorrow) and I still feel mediocre. Playing things for people is stressful because I don't feel I'm good enough yet. How do i not allow my anxiety to make my performance worse?
I don't have a good answer for this (I have similar struggles), but I think it's a mental battle. If you're having a conversation with a friend, there's no stress, but if you're giving a formal presentation to a friend, it can be stressful. Reframing a performance as a simple conversation might be something to think about. We tend to think of playing for people as a way of showing our skills, and we imagine them judging us and our abilities as we play. But it would be silly to think about a friend judging you for the way you speak in conversation (unless they're a bad friend). I know this is a little abstract, but I hope it makes sense!
Go learn some chopin etudes maybe then you feel better (youre gonna need a long time for them)
How hard do you think is fantaisie impromptu?
Relatively hard to play. Very hard to play well. It's easy to miss out notes I find, and I have to focus so hard on actually hitting the notes, my mind can barely think about putting emotion in the music. This is why I stopped playing this piece and decided I will come back to it when I am a better pianist.
Shane Thomas
Really terrible piece for beginners
Definitely! I was a little beyond grade 8 standard when I learnt it first. Even 4 years later, I am not comfortable enough to play it... It feels like my skill is beginning to plateau, law of diminishing returns? I practise far more than ever these days. Not that it would ever stop me playing, there's always other pieces.
Shane Thomas
Yeah you are right I would prefer grande valse brilliante but not fantaisie impromptu
The Nocturnes are lovely too, Db and F# especially. Far easier in comparison as well. If you play nice, easier music and you do it well, noone can really complain!
Sasha Grey in the thumbnail?
At the end of the day, I find bringing a piece up to tempo taking forever and forever. I need some brain cleaner to clean out the accumulated rust in my head. I would kill to be able to play fast...no, scratch that, I can't afford the jail time. :-)
Garry, nice to see you back! :-) P.S. Jail time could afford you plenty of time to practice piano.
Garry Burgess If you are a beginner like me, you need to be patient. speed comes very slowly. be happy with performance that is slower than optimal for a piece.
I'm not a beginner, (6+ years) but I still have a hard time getting pieces up to tempo too- espcially fast pieces like Clementi's Sonatina- which is the main thing keeping me from bringing a peice up to performance level.