Piano Lesson - Example of all Trills

Beginning technique lesson. Covers how to play all trills within the 12-tone scale. Filmed in 2001. Dan Lefler, Danman's Music School. For the lesson notes and 1000's more piano lessons go to Danmans.com (file: 1029)

[@musicwithnopain]

Although I don't agree, I believe you are doing a great job with your videos. Keep on mate.

[@danmansmusicschool]

Thats what we call 'em. Thanks for the wonderful compliment

[@MusicMyMedicine]

Many thanks from Indonesia :-)

[@yapyapyapyapyap5901]

Your video is just awesome. Probably it's the most useful video in teaching piano that's ever been made. How you count every half step in these intervals is just amazing. How could I ever have figured these intervals out without your video? But I still have problems with trills of intervals like ninths, elevenths and thirteenths. Can you show how to trill these, too? Oh please, I really have no idea how to play them and you seem to be the only guy who knows all these secrets.

[@danmansmusicschool]

In the wood wind world these are trills as well. Not just a whole step, but any of the intervals.

[@OriginalBasaliskos]

@JoseDavid281 I believe those are called double notes, or rapid notes. Something like that. Some people are good enough to do a double note with just one finger, most people just take two fingers and and use them to hit the same note over and over. Sort of like the fingers are running. I'm bad at explaining it.

[@satriani32]

Hey I know this is an odd request but could you possibly put up a short video explanation of the specific trill in Beethovens sonata no. 14 3rd movement measure 30 and also measure 32. They are both similar. What i am hearing in the song is different somewhat from I see on the sheet music, but is the assumption that the trill starts with the ocatve notes then travels up to the next note in the scale OR the next semi tone no matter what the scale? also which fingers would best suit this piece?

[@herodog1]

Do you start your trills from the bottom or top note?
thanks

[@elizabethlow1653]

+herodog1 bottom

[@danmansmusicschool]

Same thing

[@danmansmusicschool]

Really? How should I have demo'd a trill using all of the intervals?

[@danmansmusicschool]

Tremelo, trill.... basically the same thing

[@mdc396]

never trust a guy who needs a sign to tell him where middle c is...

[@musicwithnopain]

trills are only tone or semitone otherwise it's called tremolo, not trill!

[@pianoman1974]

seriously?