Most common mistakes made by non-professional pianists: #4- Chord Weighting
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- Опубликовано: 3 авг 2024
- Chord weighting is one of the most important and challenging piano techniques for players of all levels. In this tutorial, discover what chord weighting is, why it matters so much for your sound, and step-by-step strategies to master bringing out different notes within chords. Whether you're a beginner looking to build a strong foundation or an advanced player refining your voicing control, this comprehensive guide will give you the insights and exercises you need to take your chord playing to the next level.
00:00 - Introduction to chord weighting
04:18 - Using audiation (hearing the notes in your mind)
08:55 - Developing interoception and awareness
16:43 - Practising loud finger taps for a strong finger shape
25:36 - Wrist rotation and weight distribution techniques
28:20 - Playing near the edge of keys for optimal control
29:55 - Holding louder notes while staccato tapping quieter notes
31:35 - Using elbow movements to help the weaker fingers
35:17 - Summary of key chord weighting tips
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Well explained, thanks for taking the time needed to comprehend the concepts. Hard to grasp much in 5-10 minute videos!
Such a helpful video , thank you very much 🎶 I remember an adult student telling me point blank after gentle reminders, ‘ I’m not cutting my nails for this, please be clear!’ .. ha ha needless to say she didn’t last very long 🤦🏽♀️ need to write this into my policy 😂 but yes these videos are so so informative, clear and helpful for the piano community , excellent explanations. 🙏🏼 look forward to more on the Russian school …
A very thorough exploration of this subject. I have thought about this a lot in recent years, for example when studying Debussy’s Reverie in which inner voices need emphasis. The most effective technique for me has been to pull the finger (on the key which I want to be louder) towards me as it approaches the bottom of the stroke, thus giving it a little extra velocity.
Hi mate think we met at the Manchester piano meetup. Came across your videos on my recommendations some really helpful advice!! 👊🏻🎹
Brilliant. Absolutely brilliant.
One very important skill is developing even strength in the fingers when playing scales and arpeggios. That way you learn to play the little finger strongly and the thumb lightly - especially if doing exercises where the thumb has to play passing notes quietly. Then practice this before playing a chord. For example, play a C major triad with fingers 1,3,5 as an arpeggio, then play the chord. Once a student has learnt this control then, as you stated, the most important thing is to simply listen to the chord and make sure it has the desired balance.
I'll talk more about this in future videos, but I already addressed a lot of this a couple of videos ago here: ruclips.net/video/gYWl8otqMPw/видео.html
If we use the metacarpal joints without the distal joints, as well as some wrist rotation where needed, there shouldn't be too enormous a difference between the different fingers IMO...
Totally agree with almost everything. I always explain the levers saying that playing the keys too far from you is like trying to open a door by pushing it on the other side of the handle. BTW I'm russian school, always used elbow circles, but I think they apply more to other situations, where you want to help the fingers be more "lazy". Think of Schumann Arabeske, Chopin etude op. 25 n. 1, Khachaturian's Toccata, first things that came to my mind. Basically the movement brings each finger in the position in which they need hardly any extra effort to play, considering that you distribute the weight of the arm throughout the pattern. Don't know if this is clear enough. I think I will have to do a video about it XD Let me know your thoughts
Yes, I agree with what you're saying, all that was outside the scope of this particular video!
would there be any reason why one might voice different scale degrees within a chord differently? for example, always voicing the 3rd less and the root more.
do you voice doubled notes less?
is there any relationship between the interval structure of a chord and how it's voiced? for example, voicing lower notes less on a bottom heavy chord.
Those are great questions, and I'll gradually start exploring the answers in future videos- the answer is quite complicated but basically it's mostly about which lines you want to bring out horizontally rather than only thinking about chords as static vertical entities! But of course you can also use weighting to avoid muddy textures when you have a lot of notes together in lower registers...
At 'too long sessions': NO LECTURE on You Tube can ever be 'too long'. For NOBODY will sue you, if YOU decide to watch a lecture in sessions of around 10 minutes more or less(as AI always do!). So AI don't really understand the critique here!!
I am working on a hymn with many rolled chords in the right hand. I imagine it like strumming a guitar. Hard for me. Any thoughts? as always, thanks for the interesting content.
Obviously this is a bit hard to answer comprehensively in a RUclips comment(!)- but some wrist rotation and some elbow movement should help here 👍
Sorry, but two notes is not a chord, it's simply an interval. A chord needs at least three notes.
I can think of plenty of examples where I would argue that because of the context of what comes before & after, 2 notes could function very much as a chord.
Regardless, on a piano, it's very easy to just stick the pedal down, and then playing 2 notes in one hand after playing other notes would absolutely fit your definition of a chord- or the other hand could supply the other notes for this definition-
But isn't this nitpicking anyway? For the purposes of this tutorial does this definition actually really matter? And having given this a quick Google, it seems not all sources are agreed on your definition anyway