That empty octave was an eureka in my brain! Thanks! (: I always wonder how i play more than one note if the note are too fast, and yes, it can be tired. P.S Im looking on that 6/8 video (:
They should all be on my channel under the videos tab, relatively close together and in order. However, I will probably make a playlist with just that course in order also. Thanks!
Thank you for making these videos! I’ve been trying to play this style in my right hand for almost a year and the way you broke down the steps really helps! What should I do when my fingers are too short to fill in the octave on the main beats? Should I just play an open octave or put three notes in that hand for that main beat? There are plenty of chords and inversions I can play with the filled octave but within the same key there will be quite a few I can’t reach with my middle fingers. It gets confusing trying to remember which filled octaves I can play and can’t! Lol
If your hands are too small to do the Octaves consistently, you can just do the three-note method in the RH an octave higher - what I call in the previous video the “Raised Three” method. I have had students who had very small hands do this. Some recommend some stretching exercises that can improve your RH span; I haven’t looked into those enough to know whether or not they’re safe to recommend. I would caution you to be very careful with such exercises - if done improperly, you could cause more damage than good. Hope that helps!
@@excellenceinchurchmusic3170 thank you for your reply! Yes, this helps clear things up for me. Personally, I don’t want to try any stretching exercises. I’ve seen where my hand span has extended but I truly don’t believe it will get to the point where I can reach those inner notes consistently. Thank you for the advice and the videos!
What if your hands are too small to do this? I can play an octave or I can play the middle voices, however trying to do both, I am incapable to reach it all
I thought I addressed this in the video but it’s been awhile since I made it, so I don’t remember. My usual approach in that case with students is to have them drop the bottom note and just play the top three notes-melody on top (an octave higher than written) and alto and tenor filled in underneath. Hope that helps!
Thank you for taking the time to post this series. Appreciate the way you break it down so it is easily understood.
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That empty octave was an eureka in my brain! Thanks! (: I always wonder how i play more than one note if the note are too fast, and yes, it can be tired.
P.S Im looking on that 6/8 video (:
I have enjoyed these lessons. How may I organize these four parts in such a way that I may listen to them "in order" so I can "refresh" my memory ?
They should all be on my channel under the videos tab, relatively close together and in order. However, I will probably make a playlist with just that course in order also. Thanks!
Thank you for making these videos! I’ve been trying to play this style in my right hand for almost a year and the way you broke down the steps really helps! What should I do when my fingers are too short to fill in the octave on the main beats? Should I just play an open octave or put three notes in that hand for that main beat? There are plenty of chords and inversions I can play with the filled octave but within the same key there will be quite a few I can’t reach with my middle fingers. It gets confusing trying to remember which filled octaves I can play and can’t! Lol
If your hands are too small to do the Octaves consistently, you can just do the three-note method in the RH an octave higher - what I call in the previous video the “Raised Three” method. I have had students who had very small hands do this.
Some recommend some stretching exercises that can improve your RH span; I haven’t looked into those enough to know whether or not they’re safe to recommend. I would caution you to be very careful with such exercises - if done improperly, you could cause more damage than good.
Hope that helps!
@@excellenceinchurchmusic3170 thank you for your reply! Yes, this helps clear things up for me. Personally, I don’t want to try any stretching exercises. I’ve seen where my hand span has extended but I truly don’t believe it will get to the point where I can reach those inner notes consistently. Thank you for the advice and the videos!
What if your hands are too small to do this? I can play an octave or I can play the middle voices, however trying to do both, I am incapable to reach it all
I thought I addressed this in the video but it’s been awhile since I made it, so I don’t remember. My usual approach in that case with students is to have them drop the bottom note and just play the top three notes-melody on top (an octave higher than written) and alto and tenor filled in underneath. Hope that helps!