How to practise RAVEL ONDINE like a pro: 35 tips, tricks & secrets (professional piano practice)
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- Опубликовано: 20 апр 2021
- Today we're going in depth with what it really takes to play a beautiful Ondine (from Ravel's Gaspard de la Nuit) and how to take a really challenging piece and practise it like a boss. In this video I break down the mechanics behind the flying fingers, the detailed work that goes into making it seem effortless... and how to practise this stunning piece to really master it (and possibly, one day, get that famous Argerich sparkle).
- An insight into professional piano practice and into the specific difficulty of Ravel's Ondine, sharing the secrets and tricks I use to master those 'impossible' passages.
- Advanced piano practice tips and techniques that you can apply to Gaspard de la Nuit or to any other piece you're working on.
- Second half of the piece coming next week!
// Very large credit to Professor Joan Havill, my former post-graduate professor at Guildhall School of Music & Drama. Many of these tips originated with her, as well as a lot of the way I use advanced piano practice methods in my practice today.
// Also thank you to Lemuel Agina and Henry Chin for helping me get to grips with this whole filming and editing shebang.
// Other episodes to watch:
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° Find out about the 'How to Practise in 20 Minutes' series • How to practise in 20 ...
° Episode 1: Practising staccato to improve technique • How To Practise in 20 ...
° Episode 3: How to practise octaves • How to practise OCTAVE...
° Concert Pianist's Warm-Up Routine • Stretch | Strengthen |...
° Ravel: Le Gibet • Ravel Le Gibet: Cordel...
° Ravel: Scarbo • Ravel Scarbo: Cordelia...
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Easily one of the best technical lessons available anywhere. This is the kind of stuff normally hidden behind a paywall. What a gift. Thank you!
Here's the part of the poem relevant to this part of the piece, such beautiful and evocative imagery:
. . . . . . . I thought I heard
A faint harmony that enchants my sleep.
And close to me radiates an identical murmur
Of songs interrupted by a sad and tender voice.
"Listen! - Listen! - It is I, it is Ondine who brushes
drops of water on the resonant panes of your windows
lit by the gloomy rays of the moon;
and here in gown of watered silk,
the mistress of the chateau gazes from her balcony
on the beautiful starry night and the beautiful sleeping lake."
"Each wave is a water sprite who swims in the stream,
each stream is a footpath that winds towards my palace,
and my palace is a fluid structure, at the bottom of the lake,
in a triangle of fire, of earth and of air..."
❤❤
Can't believe you're doing this for us.
Dear Cordelia, Thank you from the bottom of my heart for this online masterclass! So, as a laywoman, I can finally learn something that no piano teacher was willing to do bcause in the intermediate zone between not that good, but not too bad either... Thanks for sharing your enthusiasm for Ravel's 'Ondine'. I would be happy if you could also teach 'Le Gibet' and especially 'Scarbo' on the most important topics and difficulties. Best wishes! Love from Germany: Jutta Kessler (Mainz)🙂
This comment makes me very happy. You are welcome and yes when I get a good chunk of time I will try and do the other movements...
Wonderful video, Cordelia! Your 'Ondine' is the first time I heard you play...safe to say, it made for an amazing first impression.
It's the theory guy!
Wonderful stuff, thank you for sharing tips!
Thank you, i needed this ❤️
Thank you so much for this! I hope to learn more about this piece
Hi, i am glad you posted this because i am currently practicing this piece, and I can't wait to hear the 2nd part. I find it quite difficult at the climax when you have 7 or 6 notes in the right hand and 7, 6 or 5 in the left hand, but never the same in both hands. Because it is difficult i practice slowly but then i can't get the rythm right, and when i get the rythm more or less right, the notes are completely gone 😭
Hi UnFall! I know exactly what you mean 🙄
I am editing the second part right now so it will be up soon: it has 8 tips and practice methods for that part, mainly focusing on coordinating the rhythms and nailing the notes so you can do it without panicking. Really hope it helps you!
@@CordeliaWilliams Thanks a lot, i can't wait to see it :)
Great effort, subbed!
Thank you
Heyyyy thanks so much for posting this! :)
Thanks for the inspiration!
I am nowhere near the level of playing this piece, but I found your tips useful overall. I think there is a lot of concepts that can be applied to other pieces. So, thank you for that!
BTW, your rendition of Ondine is surreal! Absolutely amazing. Subscribed :)
Thank you! I'm so glad, I totally agree - it seems like a bit of a niche video but actually so many of the things I talk about come down to the principles of practising piano (at least with more advanced repertoire). I will do more videos like this for different levels of pieces - punchy start with Ondine!
@@CordeliaWilliams Looking forward to your next videos :)
Hi Cordelia. What edition is your sheet music? It seems to have more specifics than that of Durand.
I use Edition Peters. Although if you're wondering about the PDF that shows on the video, that was just one from IMSLP that I downloaded! But yes, Peters I can recommend.
31:39 did she say shit? Hahaaahahahhahahh
Is it normal to feel some discomfort when practicing the tremolo part repeatedly? If I play through the whole thing once as if I were to perform it, it’s mostly fine. But I decided not to overdo it each day because my arm was starting to feel weird lol what’s frustrating is that I feel like I’m relaxed enough but maybe I’m not 😣
Hey Jipsorai. This is a hard question to answer without seeing you play it. It's great that you feel you're relaxed when playing it, that's important. Are you able to analyse more closely exactly which part of your hand is getting tired?
I am definitely really careful not to overdo practising this kind of awkward/unnatural movement. Even with the best technique, if I were to carry on slogging at it for 30 minutes I would definitely be tired and at risk of injury. So I guess it depends what you mean by 'repeatedly'. You just have to be sensible and really listen to your body, which it sounds like you are doing.👌
If you're able to spend five minutes on it each day and feel relaxed, I think that's plenty and I wouldn't push it. Or even five minutes morning and five minutes evening. And when you get tired, have a break. That's fine and normal.
Let me know if it changes as you continue to work on it gradually!
@@CordeliaWilliams thank you so much for your kind reply. I just now saw it. I guess some of the trouble I was having was due to my fingering. I was using pretty much the same fingers for all the chords. I now vary more which fingers get to work from one chord to the other. Nevertheless, I’m almost done with this piece and I still find the tremolo the hardest technical aspect about it. But I might change my mind in the few pages to come, lol! xo
I'll try. But I can't promise (me) anything...
Hi Luciano! You can do it! Good luck
@@CordeliaWilliams maybe the "jeux d'eau" 😬
Here's the part of the poem relevant to this part of the piece, such beautiful and evocative imagery:
. . . . . . . I thought I heard
A faint harmony that enchants my sleep.
And close to me radiates an identical murmur
Of songs interrupted by a sad and tender voice.
"Listen! - Listen! - It is I, it is Ondine who brushes
drops of water on the resonant panes of your windows
lit by the gloomy rays of the moon;
and here in gown of watered silk,
the mistress of the chateau gazes from her balcony
on the beautiful starry night and the beautiful sleeping lake."
"Each wave is a water sprite who swims in the stream,
each stream is a footpath that winds towards my palace,
and my palace is a fluid structure, at the bottom of the lake,
in a triangle of fire, of earth and of air..."
❤❤