The video is interesting because it gives a lot of instruction on how to play the piano, it teaches you in an explanatory way how to play the piano with different tones that the piano plays and gives you a lot of instruction.
Thanks very much for all the hard work that you put into these video series. As senior beginner ( on the self teaching route) I find that the tension in my hands is greatly reduced when I use your method of raising and lowering my wrists. Thank you. I'm not there yet but feeling a lot better.
I also like the arpeggios to study. It looks simple with you. I have hope one day to be able to play faster. Now I start in slow motion to have a good basic. Thanks.
I will cover the full diminished 7th chords but not the dominant 7ths. I've never had a need to practice them. There are many books on scales and arpeggios if you need to know the fingerings. Many of them have multiple fingerings possible.
07:00 Why collapse the wrists? To exaggerate the feeling of beat? 10:30 It seems this exercise goal is to continue moving even if mistakes are made, that seems reasonable but an important and necessary part of the exercise. Everything else is clear. I'm not sure how beneficial it is to use triad as the base of the arp exercise. There is too much focus on only triads in the beginning. It seems to me it should be either 1,3,5,M7 or 1,3,5,7 at a minimum, not just triad 1,3,5. In addition to the fingering workout it would dramatically improve the ear for the mandatory ear training which also spends too long on triad recognition then suddenly jumps into 7th chords or full diatonic scale ear regonition which are ridiculously hard step to make without having many hours of playing the arps or scales first. If 1,3,5,7 are playable easily and in the ear easily first, then in more advanced material all other notes in the scale can be more easily added in or figured out as the next step. Everyone says "it takes the ear a long time to develop the recognition" yet courses & expectations move way to fast to allow that time to develop, if the material were assigned earlier, it would have allowed that time to develop in general daily piano practice.
Collapsing the wrists does two thing. One, it helps to keep the arms and hands relaxed. Second, it helps to feel the beat. That is, it helps exaggerate the beat. As for your other text, there are many many ideas/opinions of what is needed/good/bad in music. I teach what I was taught.
Arpeggios are the notes of the chord. They are not scales. Triad arpeggios in this video are the notes of the triad. The C Major arp is to play C,E,G,C,E,G,C,E,G, ... or decending G,E,C,G,E,C,G,E,C ... The next step is 7th chord arpeggios to play notes of the 7th chord in order, like CMaj7 arp is to play C,E,G,B,C,E,G,B,.... So regardless you can see they are not scales. There is another concept called "broken chord" in piano books which is similar to arp and means to play various notes of a given chord. Although the piano teacher I had, got very angry anytime I asked "is broken chord the same as arpeggio?" she would give an angry grunt and say "No! broken chords are not arpeggio" but also not explain further. That teacher graduated from julliard. 🙄
I don't consider them the same. The notes in the chord come from the scale. However, keep in mind that people don't agree on much of anything when it comes to music and music theory.
You are the best!!! Thank you so much for your teaching!
You are welcome!
Don't find you boring at all, but thanks for the timestamps. They're convenient.
Thanks for your Videos! They are always easy to follow :)
Greetings from Austria.
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The video is interesting because it gives a lot of instruction on how to play the piano, it teaches you in an explanatory way how to play the piano with different tones that the piano plays and gives you a lot of instruction.
I just learned a lot with this exercise. Thank you very much.
You are welcome.
Thanks very much for all the hard work that you put into these video series. As senior beginner ( on the self teaching route) I find that the tension in my hands is greatly reduced when I use your method of raising and lowering my wrists. Thank you. I'm not there yet but feeling a lot better.
You are welcome.
🙏 Thankyou for these videos.
You are welcome.
Great videos!
I also like the arpeggios to study. It looks simple with you. I have hope one day to be able to play faster. Now I start in slow motion to have a good basic. Thanks.
You are welcome!
Will you cover dominant sevenths and diminished chords?
I will cover the full diminished 7th chords but not the dominant 7ths. I've never had a need to practice them. There are many books on scales and arpeggios if you need to know the fingerings. Many of them have multiple fingerings possible.
Enjoyed this presentation. Question: where does one find your playlist for arpeggios? Thanks!
It is in the page for playlists, but there are no other videos in it for now. More will be added over the next few weeks.
How necessary is the scale and arpeggio practice if one is learning Faber adult adventures lessons?
I think it is very necessary regardless of what books you are using.
So you are supposed to drop the wrist on the beat, the same way when practicing scales? Thank you.
Yes. It just ensures that you don't play with a stiff wrist.
07:00 Why collapse the wrists? To exaggerate the feeling of beat?
10:30 It seems this exercise goal is to continue moving even if mistakes are made, that seems reasonable but an important and necessary part of the exercise.
Everything else is clear.
I'm not sure how beneficial it is to use triad as the base of the arp exercise. There is too much focus on only triads in the beginning. It seems to me it should be either 1,3,5,M7 or 1,3,5,7 at a minimum, not just triad 1,3,5. In addition to the fingering workout it would dramatically improve the ear for the mandatory ear training which also spends too long on triad recognition then suddenly jumps into 7th chords or full diatonic scale ear regonition which are ridiculously hard step to make without having many hours of playing the arps or scales first. If 1,3,5,7 are playable easily and in the ear easily first, then in more advanced material all other notes in the scale can be more easily added in or figured out as the next step. Everyone says "it takes the ear a long time to develop the recognition" yet courses & expectations move way to fast to allow that time to develop, if the material were assigned earlier, it would have allowed that time to develop in general daily piano practice.
Collapsing the wrists does two thing. One, it helps to keep the arms and hands relaxed. Second, it helps to feel the beat. That is, it helps exaggerate the beat. As for your other text, there are many many ideas/opinions of what is needed/good/bad in music. I teach what I was taught.
So arpeggios are the same as scales, but you're skipping notes in between?
Arpeggios are the notes of the chord. They are not scales. Triad arpeggios in this video are the notes of the triad. The C Major arp is to play C,E,G,C,E,G,C,E,G, ... or decending G,E,C,G,E,C,G,E,C ... The next step is 7th chord arpeggios to play notes of the 7th chord in order, like CMaj7 arp is to play C,E,G,B,C,E,G,B,.... So regardless you can see they are not scales. There is another concept called "broken chord" in piano books which is similar to arp and means to play various notes of a given chord. Although the piano teacher I had, got very angry anytime I asked "is broken chord the same as arpeggio?" she would give an angry grunt and say "No! broken chords are not arpeggio" but also not explain further. That teacher graduated from julliard. 🙄
I don't consider them the same. The notes in the chord come from the scale. However, keep in mind that people don't agree on much of anything when it comes to music and music theory.