I think it helps a bit. Perhaps more so in the very early stages. I was always terribly bad at putting the time and effort into practicing that I can't say for sure if it's helped. The right hand still seems stronger but I that's because it seems to naturally get more attention simply based on how the music is written.
I'm a beginner and a lefty. I do have more trouble with my left hand but I think it is mostly linked to trouble reading the bass clef, whereas the treble clef feels natural. Also, I always start with my right hand to make the melody, then adding in another hand just blows my mind, regardless of if it is right or left.
hi jazer! i’m not sure if anyone has pointed this out, but it’s really appreciated how much effort you put in these videos. not even just the content and excellent explaining themselves, but also the fact that you include proper caption and section put the videos on the watch bar. it’s rare to see youtubers do these things, even youtuber with millions and millions of subs and views. keep it up! i really like your content :)
As a piano teacher, this is an GODSEND tutorial for my students! Thank you so much man! This is extremely important and useful and I’m definitely going to teach this method to them! Thank you so much!!! 😁🎹🎶🎵
Hey Jazer! I don't know if you have already answered this in one of your videos but what are basic piano/music concepts (like chords, keys, circle of fifths) and patterns/techniques of play that we should learn to have a more holistic understanding of a new song instead of going in blind and learning note by note??
(I’m waiting for his answer too) If you have proper theories enough basic learning. You will learn new music with less effort. If you choose harder piece you capable of, less your memory have for consideration how good of the quality, tone, posture or tension are.
This is actually on my list for a series of tutorials slated for posting soon. Be sure to watch this channel (every Wednesday is when I upload the new lesson/tutorial). 🤓
Having had a weak and heavy left hand - and an innate fear of chords! - I've tended to practise more left hand stuff, whether it be pieces, scales, exercises; but the biggest aid of all is slow practice - have just been doing this, playing so slowly I can read both clefs and apply the correct fingering in a mindful fashion. Apart from anything else this does aid concentration, I find myself immersed more in the piece and find it calming - trying to run before one can walk is just stressful. It's not a race! 🙂
Find out why the left hand should get as much priority when it comes to practice and playing in the video. Here's some helpful timestamps. 🤓 🕘 Timestamps 0:00 Intro 1:07 The Basics 2:17 Innovative Concept 4:15 Bonus Reason 1 4:55 Bonus Reason 2
Hey Jazer... I really appreciate all of your videos. I aspire to learn many of the songs you demonstrate and look forward to growing my repertoire of music I can play "on the fly". Thanks again.
Hey, Jazer thank you for this wonderful lesson. I always watch your video and I have a lot of learning and techniques have learned. can you do a video tutorial for music theories?
Shout out to all the Cello-ists out there never practicing, showing up wasted to the concert, and nailing, or botching entirely, their 3 note accompaniment that goes mostly unnoticed.
It might be the case that right handed people have even more problems mastering the left hand than left handed ones. But as a left handed person I can assure you for me the left hand also is the weaker one.
Also, someone once tried to explain to me that there were different kinds or degrees of left-handedness. So, we don’t all have have the same experiences.
@@noeladdy Funny you should say that as I've often felt that as left-handers, we're so often forced into right handed situations that we naturally develop both hands. I can not use a computer mouse with my left hand at all! It feels completely awkward. With computers, so much the norm, I do much less handwriting and don't seem to feel as much left handed as I used to! If that makes any sense....
The scene from family guy where quagmire discovers internet porn and comes out with an absolutely jacked right arm comes to mind, thanks for the video, I appreciate the shorter ones, it's sometimes a bit hard to make myself watch a 40 minute tutorial or lesson, 6-10 minutes is more easily digestible
what's your opinion on practicing each part on both hands? I tend to learn the left hand part on both hands and then the right hand part on both hands before I start really practicing them seperately. I find that being able to play each part on each hand helps me understand what each hand is doing and makes it easier to not confuse them
in his previous videos, he has mentioned that it is better to master it in one hand and then in the other. and then you can try both. don't learn both hands at the same time.;)
Maestro Jazer: we are very happy to see that you are well and back to your excellent chanel giving us very useful advices....thank you!. Un abrazo desde La Palma.
Thank you! I've been struggling to play with both hands for a while, although I've picked up keyboard at the end of 2019. This helps me a lot! Good luck everyone, enjoy playing! 😊🌻
Hi Selia, I’ve been playing for about the same length of time as you, and I have the same problem. It’s interesting that playing each hand separately takes some work, but comes much faster than when putting them together. Keep going…my teacher always assures me that it will get better. Remember to have fun!
@@vic6695 Hi Vic! Thanks for responding, I hope you're having a good day/night! :) I always try to master the melody in my right hand first and add chords with my right hand. Then I try out different rhythms with my right hand. Then I try to put it all together, but I still can't really do that! I started playing with the SimplyPiano app (Android), and it really helped me, but now that my subscription has expired I have no idea how to continue practicing. Luckily I have a coach who tries to help me. It's frustrating how slow my progress is sometimes. Any fun songs almost any beginner can play along too, that are not too challenging but not "basic-I-dont-even-know-what-a-scale-is" easy? (Sorry for the long comment!)
@@jazerleepiano Hi Jazer, I'm so sorry I just found out you replied to me, I've been crazy busy! Thank you so much for responding, I'm really looking forward to those upcoming video's!! It would be much appreciated 🙏🏼 (Note - So I'm not a complete beginner but I don't feel like I get the basics right yet!)
My left hand never felt like it was holding me back: I'm a cellist! And when milking my goat, my stronger right hand gets tired whilst my left hand keeps going. I've played piano nearly 60 years now, and I tell my students that anything the left hand can do, the right hand can pick up immediately, by osmosis almost. So learn bass clef and give the left hand parts more attention, because it is the SUPPORT of every note higher, like the FOUNDATION of a HOUSE! If it is crooked, the piece will fall flat with no foundation; it won't have a basis. I play piano like an orchestra, a professional accompanist for several colleges, dinner venues and thousands of students over the years, plus my string-playing! GO FOR IT!
As primarily a violist, I prioritize practicing with the left hand because I’m not great at reading bass clef, and as my fingers move towards the pinky the notes get lower. All sorts of backwards for me. Sometimes I’ll take a Bach cello suite and play it left handed to train my brain.
The reason left handed people are left handed is because they invested time into writing with that hand. How often do you write with your other hand? How often do you practise intricate movement of your other hand? There’s the reason why we all have dominant and non dominant hands: because we humans are energy saving by nature (lazy), learn only through repetition and love quick fixes of dopamine so continue just doing things we’re already good at. Practise means doing things you can‘t. When you pair practise with your intellect you can hone in on your mistakes and not just hone in on the superficial mistake you just made but the underlying issue that is causing it: it is always just a case of misunderstanding or just not knowing what to do. Practise should therefore be painfully slow but in rythm. Teachers literally only exist to delimit you mentally, to let you know what the underlying misunderstanding you have is. The mind is the most powerful muscle we have and I feel it lies dormant in so many!
Maybe a crazy thought. Maybe try learning the right hand with the left and left with the right. This could give both hands the opportunity to be in the spotlight increasing the ability to be ambidextrous. I'm sure it'll sound odd.
When i started playing piano my left hand was acutally stronger... Over the months i managed to strenghted my right hand but unfortunately few months ago i injuried my left shoulder in accident and now i m working on strenghtning my left hand haha 😅 I want my both hands to be equaly strong! I hate when i practice particular piece and the left hand has very little stuff to do... Thats why i m looking now for pieces that involve more left hand stuff :D
As a Jazz piano player (not a pianist) I sing what I play and I've always found that is hard to sing and therefore to think the left hand and the solution in my case is a bit the opposite of yours and that is to think of both hands as a single discourse and sing everything you play so that the left hand doesn't play by muscle memory alone.
honestly, you spent 7 min on not answering or addressing your title of the vid whatsoever. you said master the left hand, then youll have more space in the brain to concentrate on the RH. nope. you didnt show how to FIX ALL left hand parts to make them stronger whatsoever. its no wonder you still feel like your LH is weaker after 18years.
Turkish march bar 32 to 42 and Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement beginning. Edit: both pieces out of reach for me right now 😁 Please do a video on syncopation.
As I was playing by ear for a long time😅, I find it hard to play both hands when I play watching the notes sheet🎼. I am weak at sight reading cuz I started to learn international piano notes last year. As I am a self-learner, I watch your videos a lot and it really gives me tips and learning styles. Somehow it’s like you are my online teacher and you really are a great teacher ^^.
Hi Jazer, Great tip once again! Thank you. So from your earlier videos my take away has been, practice right hand separate, practice left hand separate, then practice together. Now I'm going to do the other way, first left hand, then right hand, then together. I think that should help change my thinking about my left hand. Prioritizing my left hand, as you say. 😀 Thanks.
left hand normally plays in bass clef, pronounced base, and base is another word for foundation, so the left hand is the foundation of the song. it just makes sense.
Crazy perfect timing for this video as I just hurt my right hand yesterday ( dang horses:). I was very sad as the winter months are when I focus on piano. Then I was wondering if focusing on my left hand for the next few weeks was a good idea. Your videos so often coincide with my questions. Thank you and everyone else who comments and "likes".
Studying theory helps a lot. Imagine you have to memorize two short poems, one in a language you know and one in language you don't know, but uses the same alphabet. In the language you know, you can organize things by ideas. Consider the difference between how hard it is to memorize: "The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog" "Nopea ruskea kettu hyppaa laiskan koiran yli" They have a similar amount of letters (analogous to notes) but the imagery that the words create make it easier to remember the one in the language you know. If you study music theory, you can memorize the English sentence, but if you don't study theory, both might as well be foreign.
Thank you for another precious piece of advice👏 I find it hard to catch up the left hand with the right hand. Fingers are weaker and get tired more easily. I'll try your method, we'll how it goes. The pieces are, of course, Turkish March and Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement😉 Also, I suspect most people here commenting did not understand the advice at all😂
Thanks for the excellent instruction. Left hand is a challenge but my greatest frustration is getting the two hands to work together without music to read. Trying to develop a "grooved" with chords in the left hand and improv in the right is much more difficult than I had thought it would be.
Me: watching every video up to this and thinking hmmm now how do i make my left hand feel less clunky and stiff see's this video uploaded a few minutes ago hmm well i guess problem fixed... Me still praying that Jazer makes a Song writing tips video *Prayge*
my tip is to play more baroque music. much of that is much more polyphonic than classical and later music, requiring more righthand work and adding complexity there. you see that with the JS Bach inventions for instance, both hands do the same sort of work. if you play a lot of Baroque, then your hands become more equal...
thanks jazer. a tip for you - play more soulfull blues n jazz n pop with wide timing changes and emotive expression, as super fast classical is so cold and, well, soulless! big love - will
Most people including myself are right-handed so the RH is stronger by default. Pieces for students to work on the LH include Bach 2-part Inventions. When both hands play similar melody & counter-melody, you need to focus playing the bottom as much as the top part. There are 2 easy pieces out of the "Notebook for Anna M Bach" including the Musette in D & Polonaise in Gm (supposedly by CPE Bach) with phrases where the LH & RH plays the same notes an octave apart. The 2 hands are opposite to each other and fingerings would be different playing the same notes. This is a good way to practice getting both hands to play at sync. 😊
I have always seen playing the piano as playing Bass (left hand) and Lead Guitar (right hand), and if you look at The Beatles, I'd say Paul's base is the fundamental part of the arrangement
Thank you for the excellent (as always!) video on the left hand. At some point could you do a lesson on how to do left hand “jumps” (strides?) as in waltzes and rags. How do I learn to land on the right keys ? Elaine in Pennsylvania USA
So I started learning piano with a guitar in my lap, as a supplement to my theory practices on guitar. I would always have my right hand over the strings and reach over to the piano with my left hand to hear some notes or play a couple chords. Now that I practice piano on its own w/o a guitar, I find my right hand waaaaaaaay behind my left hand in terms of development. I'm right handed and all.
Hi Jazer, I really LOVE your videos, they really motivate me to practice! Now I have a request please: Could you do a video on how to play passages where the left and right hand play different times? I am trying to play a beautiful John Field Nocturne where the right hand plays 8 notes and the left 6 notes at the same time. Do you have any hints or ideas please? (It is bar 28 of Nocturne no.5 in B flat major). Thank you.
Sir the pieces were Turkish March and Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement. I’m learning the Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement right now. I’ve learnt Turkish March.
I'm not a piano player, the only time I play keys is when I am recording with a DAW and I'm basically using the keyboard to input notes. I'd love to be able to play bass parts with my left hand thou. I play guitar, the thing with guitar, is you have no choice but to use your left hand, if you didn't all you'd have was the 6 open strings, lol
Hey Jazer I hope you’re doing well and are recovering from being sick but I wanted to ask you a question. I think you may have talked about this before but I’m not 100% sure but when it comes to memorizing a piece of music you have heavily emphasized that we do not look down at the keys so we may develop “spacial awareness” so my question is how exactly do we memorize a piece of music by heart? And what are the steps we take into doing that? Do we constantly just keep reading the music until it just comes natural or do we look down time to time to memorize our movements. I’m having a lot of trouble with this and I really really hope you can reach out a hand, thank you Jazer I hope you feel better!
Right handers can use right hand much better, your left hand is weaker and it doesn’t get a good grip, with bad grip makes it basically slower. The science of this is obviously if you’re right or left handed. People who are left handed tend to have a problem with the right hand.
Nice video and a very good concept! Since you asked, but i think it will not in generally be as helpful as your video, i regularly practice polyrhythms, i.e. playing 4:4 left hand and triplets in the right hand, or 5:4 left 7:4 or 4:4 right. Or simply practice some King Crimson stuff.
Loving your videos dude. No bullshit, just good honest advice .. You sound Aussie too Mate. I’m on the south coast. Need to buy you a beer or 2 for your helpful videos man I’m right handed but Playing guitar for years has helped with my left hand learning piano, my right hand is the problem as in finger independence on the right hand my index finger raises a bit creating a bit of tension when I use the 4th and 5th fingers playing scales. Guessing because those fingers are weaker. I’m doing a few Hanon but mostly Czerny exercises opus 599 to help the fingers currently on opus 599 No13 it’s bit of a struggle but playing painfully slow is really helping a lot. 2 octave C major scale faster and smoother with my left hand than right lol.. I used to want to be able to shred on the piano but after about a few months of solid daily practice and learning some Chopin Nocturnes. All I care about now is better technique, clarity and control and then the speed will come eventually in like 5+ years. I actually find scales highly enjoyable. I’m 40 now so hopefully before I’m 45 I can play Fantasy Impromtu. So yeah I need to keep my patience lol and keep playing SLOW :) I don’t have a social life so i practice heaps, the notes are my friends lol.
Hi Jazer. I am a leftie, and I am really held back by my right hand. Do your advice just work mirrored for me or how would you go about improving the right? I mostly instantly pick up the left hand part, but stuggle for a really long time to connect the right.
We do not have the same issue as, I'm naturally left handed. And my left hand is smooth and fluid compared to my right hand, Don't know if it's just nerve damage or what ring an pinky are kinda hard to lift.
Thank you very much for the contents ❤ Is there any expert who recommends left hand symmetrical exercises? I mean playing simultaneously the symmetrical of what the right hand is playing ? I'm a beginner, don't know yet how relevant is this issue. Thanks 🙏
Me (right handed) as a person who plays video games, my left hand rests on the keyboard and uses the keyboard, my left fingers are more coordinated than my right. But my right hand is more coordinated in general/
The pieces names are:-
1. Mozart Turkish march (rondo all turca)
2. Beethoven moonlight sonata no.3
3. Chopin Fantasia impromptu (op.66)
@Casio Player Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata is his sonata number 14, but he did play the 3rd movement.
5:05
@@picodemadera Chopin - Grande Valse Brillante Op.18
@@aaryankirtania he was just starting by only playing the left hand lmao
@@rawvision6701 Thank you for correction.🙂
Wondering if naturally Left Handed people have the same issue? Cheers
As a left handed person, my right hand feels weaker for playing than my left!
I am a lefty, when an on the piano my right hand is stronger than my left maybe because I practice alot on it
I think it helps a bit. Perhaps more so in the very early stages. I was always terribly bad at putting the time and effort into practicing that I can't say for sure if it's helped. The right hand still seems stronger but I that's because it seems to naturally get more attention simply based on how the music is written.
Im left handed and I have noticed that I play left hand more louder and its easier to learn
I'm a beginner and a lefty. I do have more trouble with my left hand but I think it is mostly linked to trouble reading the bass clef, whereas the treble clef feels natural. Also, I always start with my right hand to make the melody, then adding in another hand just blows my mind, regardless of if it is right or left.
hi jazer! i’m not sure if anyone has pointed this out, but it’s really appreciated how much effort you put in these videos. not even just the content and excellent explaining themselves, but also the fact that you include proper caption and section put the videos on the watch bar. it’s rare to see youtubers do these things, even youtuber with millions and millions of subs and views. keep it up! i really like your content :)
As a piano teacher, this is an GODSEND tutorial for my students! Thank you so much man! This is extremely important and useful and I’m definitely going to teach this method to them! Thank you so much!!! 😁🎹🎶🎵
I am glad to be of help. 🤓
Hey Jazer! I don't know if you have already answered this in one of your videos but what are basic piano/music concepts (like chords, keys, circle of fifths) and patterns/techniques of play that we should learn to have a more holistic understanding of a new song instead of going in blind and learning note by note??
(I’m waiting for his answer too)
If you have proper theories enough basic learning. You will learn new music with less effort.
If you choose harder piece you capable of, less your memory have for consideration how good of the quality, tone, posture or tension are.
Yes! I have problems understanding chords and what's the logic behind them.
This is actually on my list for a series of tutorials slated for posting soon. Be sure to watch this channel (every Wednesday is when I upload the new lesson/tutorial). 🤓
Yes!!! Please Jazer!!! I love your lessons and they have done so much for me. I would love to get better at chord theory and use!
Great question.
Finger independence, Arpeggios, ten hand coordination exercises are my left hand work outs. I still do the part one & two as warm ups. Amazing!
Can you tell me about 10 hand coordinator exercise? Did Jazer made video on this?
@@hardiksawalkar Yes, Its on his channel.
Here's the link to Part 1 - ruclips.net/video/VXD0p_g_UTg/видео.html
@@jazerleepiano I practice my left hand with Godowsky’s études.
Having had a weak and heavy left hand - and an innate fear of chords! - I've tended to practise more left hand stuff, whether it be pieces, scales, exercises; but the biggest aid of all is slow practice - have just been doing this, playing so slowly I can read both clefs and apply the correct fingering in a mindful fashion. Apart from anything else this does aid concentration, I find myself immersed more in the piece and find it calming - trying to run before one can walk is just stressful. It's not a race! 🙂
Love this
Find out why the left hand should get as much priority when it comes to practice and playing in the video. Here's some helpful timestamps. 🤓
🕘 Timestamps
0:00 Intro
1:07 The Basics
2:17 Innovative Concept
4:15 Bonus Reason 1
4:55 Bonus Reason 2
Hey Jazer... I really appreciate all of your videos. I aspire to learn many of the songs you demonstrate and look forward to growing my repertoire of music I can play "on the fly". Thanks again.
Bonus reason number 3: Practicing hands separately allows one hand to rest, which helps prevent repetitive stress injuries.
First piece was rondo alla turca ( Turkish march ) , second pice is moonlight sonata mvt 3
Second one was moonlight sonata 3rd movement
Hey, Jazer thank you for this wonderful lesson. I always watch your video and I have a lot of learning and techniques have learned. can you do a video tutorial for music theories?
La Campanella..... Even Right hand can't play.. Just make a tutorial on it. By the way it helped a lot. Thnx!
Shout out to all the Cello-ists out there never practicing, showing up wasted to the concert, and nailing, or botching entirely, their 3 note accompaniment that goes mostly unnoticed.
I think cellists might prefer to be wasted if they have to play Canon in D. 😂
It might be the case that right handed people have even more problems mastering the left hand than left handed ones. But as a left handed person I can assure you for me the left hand also is the weaker one.
Left-handed here, and I agree with Sebparker
Same here. Odd really you would think that we would have a great advantage!
Also, someone once tried to explain to me that there were different kinds or degrees of left-handedness. So, we don’t all have have the same experiences.
@@noeladdy I have a degree in psychology and had some courses on neurological topics. Handedness is absolutely not binary!
@@noeladdy Funny you should say that as I've often felt that as left-handers, we're so often forced into right handed situations that we naturally develop both hands. I can not use a computer mouse with my left hand at all! It feels completely awkward. With computers, so much the norm, I do much less handwriting and don't seem to feel as much left handed as I used to! If that makes any sense....
"If you are watching this video, it means that you care about your piano progress "
Also we that doesn't even have a piano: Hmmm interesting
The scene from family guy where quagmire discovers internet porn and comes out with an absolutely jacked right arm comes to mind, thanks for the video, I appreciate the shorter ones, it's sometimes a bit hard to make myself watch a 40 minute tutorial or lesson, 6-10 minutes is more easily digestible
what's your opinion on practicing each part on both hands? I tend to learn the left hand part on both hands and then the right hand part on both hands before I start really practicing them seperately. I find that being able to play each part on each hand helps me understand what each hand is doing and makes it easier to not confuse them
in his previous videos, he has mentioned that it is better to master it in one hand and then in the other. and then you can try both. don't learn both hands at the same time.;)
@@CoolGirl-uf1ou i think they mean that they learn to play the left hand piece with both their left and right hands, one at a time
Never heard of that technique... Might be very helpful!
bru i just suck
@@lukeconklin9459 we all have that problems starting out but with time, practice and patience, you end up not sucking at all.
Maestro Jazer: we are very happy to see that you are well and back to your excellent chanel giving us very useful advices....thank you!. Un abrazo desde La Palma.
Thank you! I've been struggling to play with both hands for a while, although I've picked up keyboard at the end of 2019. This helps me a lot! Good luck everyone, enjoy playing! 😊🌻
Hi Selia, I’ve been playing for about the same length of time as you, and I have the same problem. It’s interesting that playing each hand separately takes some work, but comes much faster than when putting them together. Keep going…my teacher always assures me that it will get better. Remember to have fun!
@@vic6695 Hi Vic! Thanks for responding, I hope you're having a good day/night! :) I always try to master the melody in my right hand first and add chords with my right hand. Then I try out different rhythms with my right hand. Then I try to put it all together, but I still can't really do that! I started playing with the SimplyPiano app (Android), and it really helped me, but now that my subscription has expired I have no idea how to continue practicing. Luckily I have a coach who tries to help me. It's frustrating how slow my progress is sometimes. Any fun songs almost any beginner can play along too, that are not too challenging but not "basic-I-dont-even-know-what-a-scale-is" easy? (Sorry for the long comment!)
@@selia4525 Lemme feature a simple, easy to learn song in my future beginner's lessons and tutorials. Watch for these lessons on this channel soon! 🤓
@@jazerleepiano Hi Jazer, I'm so sorry I just found out you replied to me, I've been crazy busy! Thank you so much for responding, I'm really looking forward to those upcoming video's!! It would be much appreciated 🙏🏼 (Note - So I'm not a complete beginner but I don't feel like I get the basics right yet!)
@@jazerleepiano I practice left hand with Godowsky's etudes.
My left hand never felt like it was holding me back: I'm a cellist! And when milking my goat, my stronger right hand gets tired whilst my left hand keeps going. I've played piano nearly 60 years now, and I tell my students that anything the left hand can do, the right hand can pick up immediately, by osmosis almost. So learn bass clef and give the left hand parts more attention, because it is the SUPPORT of every note higher, like the FOUNDATION of a HOUSE! If it is crooked, the piece will fall flat with no foundation; it won't have a basis. I play piano like an orchestra, a professional accompanist for several colleges, dinner venues and thousands of students over the years, plus my string-playing! GO FOR IT!
As primarily a violist, I prioritize practicing with the left hand because I’m not great at reading bass clef, and as my fingers move towards the pinky the notes get lower. All sorts of backwards for me. Sometimes I’ll take a Bach cello suite and play it left handed to train my brain.
Turkish march, Moonlight Sonata movement 3, Fantasie impromptu
You've illustrated a fundamental principle of Western music: a good rhythm section. Left Hand = Paul and Ringo.
Just learning piano and 5:00 really opened my mind.
The reason left handed people are left handed is because they invested time into writing with that hand. How often do you write with your other hand? How often do you practise intricate movement of your other hand? There’s the reason why we all have dominant and non dominant hands: because we humans are energy saving by nature (lazy), learn only through repetition and love quick fixes of dopamine so continue just doing things we’re already good at. Practise means doing things you can‘t. When you pair practise with your intellect you can hone in on your mistakes and not just hone in on the superficial mistake you just made but the underlying issue that is causing it: it is always just a case of misunderstanding or just not knowing what to do. Practise should therefore be painfully slow but in rythm. Teachers literally only exist to delimit you mentally, to let you know what the underlying misunderstanding you have is. The mind is the most powerful muscle we have and I feel it lies dormant in so many!
I'm left handed and it's my right hand that stuggles. And I write piano chorus backwards.. I get myself confused sometimes 😕
Maybe a crazy thought. Maybe try learning the right hand with the left and left with the right. This could give both hands the opportunity to be in the spotlight increasing the ability to be ambidextrous. I'm sure it'll sound odd.
When i started playing piano my left hand was acutally stronger... Over the months i managed to strenghted my right hand but unfortunately few months ago i injuried my left shoulder in accident and now i m working on strenghtning my left hand haha 😅 I want my both hands to be equaly strong! I hate when i practice particular piece and the left hand has very little stuff to do... Thats why i m looking now for pieces that involve more left hand stuff :D
I am left hander and I always feel right hand harder
As a Jazz piano player (not a pianist) I sing what I play and I've always found that is hard to sing and therefore to think the left hand and the solution in my case is a bit the opposite of yours and that is to think of both hands as a single discourse and sing everything you play so that the left hand doesn't play by muscle memory alone.
I really suggest playing Bach inventions for improving left hand
honestly, you spent 7 min on not answering or addressing your title of the vid whatsoever. you said master the left hand, then youll have more space in the brain to concentrate on the RH. nope. you didnt show how to FIX ALL left hand parts to make them stronger whatsoever. its no wonder you still feel like your LH is weaker after 18years.
Nah honestly my left hand gets ALWAYS stuck when I play the scales fast💀💀
Turkish march bar 32 to 42 and Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement beginning.
Edit: both pieces out of reach for me right now 😁
Please do a video on syncopation.
As I was playing by ear for a long time😅, I find it hard to play both hands when I play watching the notes sheet🎼. I am weak at sight reading cuz I started to learn international piano notes last year. As I am a self-learner, I watch your videos a lot and it really gives me tips and learning styles. Somehow it’s like you are my online teacher and you really are a great teacher ^^.
For me, I practice the Hanon exercises every day to improve my left hand. I wanted to know if you also play Hanon or do you think it's overrated?
Chopin Op10 #4...a decidedly non-trivial part for the left hand.
Hi Jazer,
Great tip once again! Thank you.
So from your earlier videos my take away has been, practice right hand separate, practice left hand separate, then practice together. Now I'm going to do the other way, first left hand, then right hand, then together. I think that should help change my thinking about my left hand. Prioritizing my left hand, as you say. 😀
Thanks.
Moonlight sonata 3rd movement presto agitato. The first piece my 6 year old son learnt when he started piano... lol.
I'm a guitar player learning piano, the left hand confuses me...
left hand normally plays in bass clef, pronounced base, and base is another word for foundation, so the left hand is the foundation of the song. it just makes sense.
Was the last song played fantasy impromptu by Chopin ? Everyone is mentioning the first 2 songs but no one is saying anything about the last one
I always feel my pinky left finger so weak,i can't control it properly specially in fast notes haha,
The way you fixated your phone above your piano gives me anxiety :D
Of course I know the March Alla Turka and the 3rd movement of the Moonlight Sonata!
I was JUST practicing the piano and felt how much my left hand held me back to learn a certain sequence. Thanks for the awesome timing and video!
Piano beginners :- Left hand is Easy and Not Important!!
Animenz :- Hold my PIANO!
Mozart- Türkischer Marsch
Beethoven- Mondscheinsonste
Chopin- Fantasia
I practice my left hand more than my right. And I'm right handed🤣
Crazy perfect timing for this video as I just hurt my right hand yesterday ( dang horses:). I was very sad as the winter months are when I focus on piano. Then I was wondering if focusing on my left hand for the next few weeks was a good idea. Your videos so often coincide with my questions. Thank you and everyone else who comments and "likes".
hi sir please make video on japanese relaxing music with notes
I know song two, mondschein sonata mvt. 3 by Beethoven
As a returning piano player after a long break, I have found your videos to the point and extremely helpful. Thank you.
Hello All, don't forget that Jazer has other videos on his channel that help to strengthen, coordinate and improve skills for the left hand.
The pieces that were played were Rondo Alla Turca or Turkish March by Mozart. And Moonlight Sonata 3rd movement by Beethoven
yep
Mr. Jazer, please give me tips on how to memorize a piano piece faster. because I feel like my memorization in sucks, thanks for answering.
Studying theory helps a lot. Imagine you have to memorize two short poems, one in a language you know and one in language you don't know, but uses the same alphabet. In the language you know, you can organize things by ideas. Consider the difference between how hard it is to memorize:
"The quick brown fox jumps over the lazy dog"
"Nopea ruskea kettu hyppaa laiskan koiran yli"
They have a similar amount of letters (analogous to notes) but the imagery that the words create make it easier to remember the one in the language you know.
If you study music theory, you can memorize the English sentence, but if you don't study theory, both might as well be foreign.
Thank you for another precious piece of advice👏
I find it hard to catch up the left hand with the right hand. Fingers are weaker and get tired more easily. I'll try your method, we'll how it goes.
The pieces are, of course, Turkish March and Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement😉
Also, I suspect most people here commenting did not understand the advice at all😂
Moonlight sonata and Turkish march
I'm left handed and I still struggle,
I recognized moonlight from the beginning
Thanks for the excellent instruction. Left hand is a challenge but my greatest frustration is getting the two hands to work together without music to read. Trying to develop a "grooved" with chords in the left hand and improv in the right is much more difficult than I had thought it would be.
Me: watching every video up to this and thinking hmmm now how do i make my left hand feel less clunky and stiff see's this video uploaded a few minutes ago hmm well i guess problem fixed...
Me still praying that Jazer makes a Song writing tips video *Prayge*
as a lefty, no the left hand is still harder, lmao
my tip is to play more baroque music. much of that is much more polyphonic than classical and later music, requiring more righthand work and adding complexity there. you see that with the JS Bach inventions for instance, both hands do the same sort of work. if you play a lot of Baroque, then your hands become more equal...
Tip: Be Ambidextrous
Hmm it is much easier for me to play with the left hand than the right one, and I am right-handed
Mannnn, he’s just showing off
Do you play by ear?
thanks jazer. a tip for you - play more soulfull blues n jazz n pop with wide timing changes and emotive expression, as super fast classical is so cold and, well, soulless! big love - will
Most people including myself are right-handed so the RH is stronger by default.
Pieces for students to work on the LH include Bach 2-part Inventions. When both hands play similar melody & counter-melody, you need to focus playing the bottom as much as the top part.
There are 2 easy pieces out of the "Notebook for Anna M Bach" including the Musette in D & Polonaise in Gm (supposedly by CPE Bach) with phrases where the LH & RH plays the same notes an octave apart. The 2 hands are opposite to each other and fingerings would be different playing the same notes. This is a good way to practice getting both hands to play at sync. 😊
I have always seen playing the piano as playing Bass (left hand) and Lead Guitar (right hand), and if you look at The Beatles, I'd say Paul's base is the fundamental part of the arrangement
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Thank you for the excellent (as always!) video on the left hand. At some point could you do a lesson on how to do left hand “jumps” (strides?) as in waltzes and rags. How do I learn to land on the right keys ? Elaine in Pennsylvania USA
Me a lefty: Right hand is harder😭
So I started learning piano with a guitar in my lap, as a supplement to my theory practices on guitar. I would always have my right hand over the strings and reach over to the piano with my left hand to hear some notes or play a couple chords. Now that I practice piano on its own w/o a guitar, I find my right hand waaaaaaaay behind my left hand in terms of development. I'm right handed and all.
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Hi Jazer, I really LOVE your videos, they really motivate me to practice! Now I have a request please: Could you do a video on how to play passages where the left and right hand play different times? I am trying to play a beautiful John Field Nocturne where the right hand plays 8 notes and the left 6 notes at the same time. Do you have any hints or ideas please? (It is bar 28 of Nocturne no.5 in B flat major). Thank you.
Excellent teaching ....I appreciate your skills and knowledge....thanks a lot
please help me teacher lee
Sir the pieces were Turkish March and Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement. I’m learning the Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement right now. I’ve learnt Turkish March.
I'm not a piano player, the only time I play keys is when I am recording with a DAW and I'm basically using the keyboard to input notes. I'd love to be able to play bass parts with my left hand thou. I play guitar, the thing with guitar, is you have no choice but to use your left hand, if you didn't all you'd have was the 6 open strings, lol
nope im left handed
you should have titled this vid, HOW TO IMPROVE YOUR OVERALL UNDERSTANDING OF HAND IMPORTANCE WHEN CONCENTRATING ON A PIECE. or something like that.
not for gutarists ))
Hey Jazer I hope you’re doing well and are recovering from being sick but I wanted to ask you a question. I think you may have talked about this before but I’m not 100% sure but when it comes to memorizing a piece of music you have heavily emphasized that we do not look down at the keys so we may develop “spacial awareness” so my question is how exactly do we memorize a piece of music by heart? And what are the steps we take into doing that? Do we constantly just keep reading the music until it just comes natural or do we look down time to time to memorize our movements. I’m having a lot of trouble with this and I really really hope you can reach out a hand, thank you Jazer I hope you feel better!
Right handers can use right hand much better, your left hand is weaker and it doesn’t get a good grip, with bad grip makes it basically slower. The science of this is obviously if you’re right or left handed. People who are left handed tend to have a problem with the right hand.
Recently learning Chopin's Revolutionary Etude (Op. 10 No. 12) and by default, it teaches us why left hand matters.
Nice video and a very good concept!
Since you asked, but i think it will not in generally be as helpful as your video, i regularly practice polyrhythms, i.e. playing 4:4 left hand and triplets in the right hand, or 5:4 left 7:4 or 4:4 right. Or simply practice some King Crimson stuff.
You actually haven't told us what strategy it is to master left hand.. agree you play great though
Me, a lefty:
Loving your videos dude. No bullshit, just good honest advice .. You sound Aussie too Mate. I’m on the south coast. Need to buy you a beer or 2 for your helpful videos man
I’m right handed but Playing guitar for years has helped with my left hand learning piano, my right hand is the problem as in finger independence on the right hand my index finger raises a bit creating a bit of tension when I use the 4th and 5th fingers playing scales. Guessing because those fingers are weaker. I’m doing a few Hanon but mostly Czerny exercises opus 599 to help the fingers currently on opus 599 No13 it’s bit of a struggle but playing painfully slow is really helping a lot. 2 octave C major scale faster and smoother with my left hand than right lol.. I used to want to be able to shred on the piano but after about a few months of solid daily practice and learning some Chopin Nocturnes. All I care about now is better technique, clarity and control and then the speed will come eventually in like 5+ years. I actually find scales highly enjoyable. I’m 40 now so hopefully before I’m 45 I can play Fantasy Impromtu. So yeah I need to keep my patience lol and keep playing SLOW :) I don’t have a social life so i practice heaps, the notes are my friends lol.
1: Mozart Turkish March
2: Beethoven 14 3rd mvt
3: Chopin Fantasie-Impromptu (1834 version)
I play anime songs. It should be pretty self explanatory. One name: Animenz.
The Unlasting cover is 75% left hand work.
Hi Jazer. I am a leftie, and I am really held back by my right hand. Do your advice just work mirrored for me or how would you go about improving the right? I mostly instantly pick up the left hand part, but stuggle for a really long time to connect the right.
We do not have the same issue as, I'm naturally left handed. And my left hand is smooth and fluid compared to my right hand, Don't know if it's just nerve damage or what ring an pinky are kinda hard to lift.
Thank you very much for the contents ❤
Is there any expert who recommends left hand symmetrical exercises? I mean playing simultaneously the symmetrical of what the right hand is playing ?
I'm a beginner, don't know yet how relevant is this issue.
Thanks 🙏
Me (right handed) as a person who plays video games, my left hand rests on the keyboard and uses the keyboard, my left fingers are more coordinated than my right. But my right hand is more coordinated in general/