2nd time through this one. My experience with a number of "teachers" is that this business is "not commonly taught," as such. You come into a lesson from day one with a choice of music, suggested or chosen yourself. Not 5 minutes devoted to posture and consistent fundamental technique. What's initiated and launched into are interpretive considerations, correcting "bad" elements which repress interpretation potential. A basic, consistent technique, which prepares one to play any music, any style, is not considered worthwhile. Yet, it's the one thing that sets one up, prepares one independently to work out any manner of piano issues, problems; the questions answer themselves as common sense if one establishes consistent technical approaches. It seems to me that good, solid technique comes before a lot of interpretive considerations. Basic stuff, body part usage, how to practice most effectively will provide a solid foundation from which everything works. Good stuff. Your approach is somewhat unique among teachers, online teachers are no exception.
Every instrument from organ to violin, flute, oboe, and guitar requires the ability to lift and press down fingers from a static wrist. I’m not sure why the assumption that the piano is unique or more dangerous in this aspect would exist. Trilling any two keys will answer your question about why we practice lifting our fingers. Playing any piece comprised of multiple voices in one hand like the moonlight sonata would as well. I agree that Hanon is over done. I ask my students to use them as warm up exercises and not to work on them to perfection, but I thoroughly disagree that finger independence exercises are useless. Mostly on Hanon I focus on togetherness between the hands, identifying how fast you can play it on your own, and the pulse so that the musician recognizes that randomly accenting the upbeat just because it is the highest note is not musical unless it is intentional or called for.
I don’t know what is wrong with my fingers or the way I practise. I have been having a problem of uncontrollable fingers that I couldn’t play notes clearly and smoothly.When I try to raise the speed , my fingers start skipping notes. Help!!!
Dear our online piano teacher, Thank you for your specific content on fingering. I really appreciate it. I hope you are healthy and happy! Stay safe! 🌻
Hello there! such a great channel, thanks for sharing! there is a subject that confuses me a lot... its about 'breaking the first finger phalanx' ... is it a bad habit? the more I try to loose my hands (release tension) the more I tend to break the finger phalanx ... it kinds of bother me, because most videos of good pianists I dont see they breaking the phalanx when they play.
Another good one for players of any experience level. The hand position will really go a long to help fingering choices. In the right hand position, and the right lateral movement, the job of choosing fingers is so much easier, almost predetermined. I was watching your wrist height really closely because I find that a higher wrist, maybe just my anatomy, gives me so much more freedom, wrist and fingers hanging down like that dog you had in one of your earlier videos. With higher wrist suspended in a strong bridge, the work of thumb under and fingers over is almost finished if the forearm has moved into alignment. Then just a bit of rotation at times gets me to where I want to go smoothly. One must play as slow as needed to absorb the habit into muscle memory. Then you can watch what hands are doing, in greater detail. Really good stuff! From Oregon's Left Coast, Dave M
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2nd time through this one. My experience with a number of "teachers" is that this business is "not commonly taught," as such. You come into a lesson from day one with a choice of music, suggested or chosen yourself. Not 5 minutes devoted to posture and consistent fundamental technique. What's initiated and launched into are interpretive considerations, correcting "bad" elements which repress interpretation potential. A basic, consistent technique, which prepares one to play any music, any style, is not considered worthwhile. Yet, it's the one thing that sets one up, prepares one independently to work out any manner of piano issues, problems; the questions answer themselves as common sense if one establishes consistent technical approaches. It seems to me that good, solid technique comes before a lot of interpretive considerations. Basic stuff, body part usage, how to practice most effectively will provide a solid foundation from which everything works. Good stuff. Your approach is somewhat unique among teachers, online teachers are no exception.
Every instrument from organ to violin, flute, oboe, and guitar requires the ability to lift and press down fingers from a static wrist. I’m not sure why the assumption that the piano is unique or more dangerous in this aspect would exist.
Trilling any two keys will answer your question about why we practice lifting our fingers. Playing any piece comprised of multiple voices in one hand like the moonlight sonata would as well.
I agree that Hanon is over done. I ask my students to use them as warm up exercises and not to work on them to perfection, but I thoroughly disagree that finger independence exercises are useless. Mostly on Hanon I focus on togetherness between the hands, identifying how fast you can play it on your own, and the pulse so that the musician recognizes that randomly accenting the upbeat just because it is the highest note is not musical unless it is intentional or called for.
I don’t know what is wrong with my fingers or the way I practise. I have been having a problem of uncontrollable fingers that I couldn’t play notes clearly and smoothly.When I try to raise the speed , my fingers start skipping notes. Help!!!
Thank you for this video, i needed it!
So glad it was helpful!
Dear our online piano teacher, Thank you for your specific content on fingering. I really appreciate it. I hope you are healthy and happy! Stay safe! 🌻
Thank you for your kindness!
Hello there! such a great channel, thanks for sharing!
there is a subject that confuses me a lot... its about 'breaking the first finger phalanx' ... is it a bad habit? the more I try to loose my hands (release tension) the more I tend to break the finger phalanx ... it kinds of bother me, because most videos of good pianists I dont see they breaking the phalanx when they play.
Another good one for players of any experience level. The hand position will really go a long to help fingering choices. In the right hand position, and the right lateral movement, the job of choosing fingers is so much easier, almost predetermined. I was watching your wrist height really closely because I find that a higher wrist, maybe just my anatomy, gives me so much more freedom, wrist and fingers hanging down like that dog you had in one of your earlier videos. With higher wrist suspended in a strong bridge, the work of thumb under and fingers over is almost finished if the forearm has moved into alignment. Then just a bit of rotation at times gets me to where I want to go smoothly.
One must play as slow as needed to absorb the habit into muscle memory. Then you can watch what hands are doing, in greater detail.
Really good stuff! From Oregon's Left Coast,
Dave M
This is one I'm goiing to watch several times. I haven't seen a discussion like this, well done.
Fewf! This video made me feel better about moving around on the keys. 🙏🏼 Thank you!!
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Thank you.
Best teacher for me, thank you 😎🎯🎶
Wow, thanks!
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You're welcome 😊