Trying to learn Bach’s Where Sheep May Safely Graze transcribed for solo piano by Egan Petri. The beautiful melody in the 4th line is in the “bottom” note of the chord, sometimes it’s in the middle note of the chord. How do I practice that?? Sometimes it sounds better to leave out the other notes in the chord, is that what we do?
Hi Bill - I'll put that question in my new video queue because voicing is a good topic... this might not speak to your exact question but generally a very effective technique with voicing problems such as this is to isolate a single instant in time and figure out what it feels like to bring that note out. For instance in this case if you have a note in the right hand with the thumb that should sound louder, you will often be doing a "drop" on a particular chord but the thumb must accelerate faster on the key so that it sounds louder. The biggest mistake I see people make trying to do this is they will try to "just do it". . . say several bars . . . instead of just sitting on one chord and seeing what that feels like to bring out an individual note. Unless you already know what it feels like to voice a single chord, you will find that trying to grab several measures only leads to tension and frustration. You have to teach your body what it feels like to voice one particular note out, and then you can start stringing them together into an entire line. It's easier said than done... I hope that makes some sense over text a little bit?
It seems to me that your method that you show is good only for pianists who are close to professionals and who have very well developed all joints and muscles involved in arm movement. What's good about the arm swing? ( because it does not remove the clamp, there will be no overstrain ) if a beginner will force himself to play immediately as you write it his hands will very quickly get tired and overstrain and it can even cause injury.
The videos I think makes more sense from the side like this because it's regarding the technical hand rotation/position to control the pattern. The pattern itself is G-D-B-D or 1-5-3-5 .
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Trying to learn Bach’s Where Sheep May Safely Graze transcribed for solo piano by Egan Petri. The beautiful melody in the 4th line is in the “bottom” note of the chord, sometimes it’s in the middle note of the chord. How do I practice that?? Sometimes it sounds better to leave out the other notes in the chord, is that what we do?
Hi Bill - I'll put that question in my new video queue because voicing is a good topic... this might not speak to your exact question but generally a very effective technique with voicing problems such as this is to isolate a single instant in time and figure out what it feels like to bring that note out. For instance in this case if you have a note in the right hand with the thumb that should sound louder, you will often be doing a "drop" on a particular chord but the thumb must accelerate faster on the key so that it sounds louder. The biggest mistake I see people make trying to do this is they will try to "just do it". . . say several bars . . . instead of just sitting on one chord and seeing what that feels like to bring out an individual note. Unless you already know what it feels like to voice a single chord, you will find that trying to grab several measures only leads to tension and frustration. You have to teach your body what it feels like to voice one particular note out, and then you can start stringing them together into an entire line. It's easier said than done... I hope that makes some sense over text a little bit?
It seems to me that your method that you show is good only for pianists who are close to professionals and who have very well developed all joints and muscles involved in arm movement. What's good about the arm swing? ( because it does not remove the clamp, there will be no overstrain ) if a beginner will force himself to play immediately as you write it his hands will very quickly get tired and overstrain and it can even cause injury.
I have a problem i cannit see what you are doing because the camera its not straight to the piano i cannot see from above
The videos I think makes more sense from the side like this because it's regarding the technical hand rotation/position to control the pattern. The pattern itself is G-D-B-D or 1-5-3-5 .
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