Rotation is everything… Effective micro-rotation can provide incredible clarity and power in even the fastest passages. It might look like some of the “old masters” aren’t rotating, but they are; Arrau is an excellent example of this.
Effective and smooth rotational movement is vital to robust, read well controlled and smooth, playing. Denis Zdanov agrees with you; he employs/teaches it in chromatic scales, tremolos, trills and all sorts of broken chord riffs. This is not much of a secret among experienced players but it is amazing how well some players can get without much. I use it finger to finger and chord to chord in all manner of spots. It is indispensable for smooth playing. When Edna Golandsky was having back pain and lots of stiffness in her playing, she went to her famous mentor for help. Taubman watched her play for a short while, said stop, and then, simply, "You are not using enough rotation." Another helpful lesson that is right on the money. You have a lot of them over the years that so many people could profit from. I did. If they don't advantage of your advice and patient counsel, maybe they are not that serious about progressing on the piano.
Hi Craig, Great vid. Since you touched on Op. 25 no. 1, could you do a small addendum on the third and fourth beats of m. 4. That e natural ties me in knots. Thanks!
@samothchipmah8808 Actually even the majority of professional pianists don't fully understand these concepts. It's very common for very high level teachers to tell their students to keep the hand flat. Sort of like the old coin on the back of the hand method. Also, most professional pianists were prodigies when they were young so they were playing with good technique very intuitively at a high level from a young age. Meaning that they often didn't receive specific technical instructions and so they don't necessarily understand it super well. Just because someone can play extremely well doesn't mean they understand technique!!
@@PIANO_LABI agree. I have a friend who always was very technically gifted, he was very accurate and rarely made wrong notes. People said I was more musical but I was more sloppy and inconsistent technically. Since understanding all the techniques you’ve explained in your videos and from getting tuition from a concert pianist from my late teens onwards, our techniques are now roughly similar (we’re both mid 20s) But the difference is that I can explain and understand what I’m doing now to play well whereas he cannot because he intuitively played well from a very young age.
I love this! This is a perfect example - just because you play extremely well doesn't mean you understand technique. I am very glad that you have learned and refined your technique and now know the joys of playing with freedom and ease!
(partly) disagree with you on this one! Many old school pianists, some of the best pianists ever in fact, do keep the palm practically always parallel to the keyboard. Of course, on a small level there's still probably rotation involved, but they never throw their tumb up in the air. ruclips.net/video/X45xLfQGXaA/видео.htmlfeature=shared
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Rotation is everything… Effective micro-rotation can provide incredible clarity and power in even the fastest passages. It might look like some of the “old masters” aren’t rotating, but they are; Arrau is an excellent example of this.
You're right, I changed my comment - micro rotations are correct, but never "flapping" like a fish on land
Agreed.
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Effective and smooth rotational movement is vital to robust, read well controlled and smooth, playing. Denis Zdanov agrees with you; he employs/teaches it in chromatic scales, tremolos, trills and all sorts of broken chord riffs. This is not much of a secret among experienced players but it is amazing how well some players can get without much. I use it finger to finger and chord to chord in all manner of spots. It is indispensable for smooth playing. When Edna Golandsky was having back pain and lots of stiffness in her playing, she went to her famous mentor for help. Taubman watched her play for a short while, said stop, and then, simply, "You are not using enough rotation."
Another helpful lesson that is right on the money. You have a lot of them over the years that so many people could profit from. I did. If they don't advantage of your advice and patient counsel, maybe they are not that serious about progressing on the piano.
Thank you ! Is it useful for the third mvt of moonlight sonata ? ( I have big problem with this sheet music)
Hi Craig, Great vid. Since you touched on Op. 25 no. 1, could you do a small addendum on the third and fourth beats of m. 4. That e natural ties me in knots. Thanks!
I would rather say, there are only a few who don`t know the technic.
In my experience, most people learning piano from watching RUclips videos actually don't!
@@PIANO_LAB These are not pianists.
@samothchipmah8808 Actually even the majority of professional pianists don't fully understand these concepts. It's very common for very high level teachers to tell their students to keep the hand flat. Sort of like the old coin on the back of the hand method. Also, most professional pianists were prodigies when they were young so they were playing with good technique very intuitively at a high level from a young age. Meaning that they often didn't receive specific technical instructions and so they don't necessarily understand it super well. Just because someone can play extremely well doesn't mean they understand technique!!
@@PIANO_LABI agree. I have a friend who always was very technically gifted, he was very accurate and rarely made wrong notes. People said I was more musical but I was more sloppy and inconsistent technically.
Since understanding all the techniques you’ve explained in your videos and from getting tuition from a concert pianist from my late teens onwards, our techniques are now roughly similar (we’re both mid 20s)
But the difference is that I can explain and understand what I’m doing now to play well whereas he cannot because he intuitively played well from a very young age.
I love this! This is a perfect example - just because you play extremely well doesn't mean you understand technique. I am very glad that you have learned and refined your technique and now know the joys of playing with freedom and ease!
(partly) disagree with you on this one! Many old school pianists, some of the best pianists ever in fact, do keep the palm practically always parallel to the keyboard. Of course, on a small level there's still probably rotation involved, but they never throw their tumb up in the air.
ruclips.net/video/X45xLfQGXaA/видео.htmlfeature=shared