Piano Lesson on How to Start Learning a New Piece

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  • Опубліковано 9 лип 2020
  • Pianist contributor Graham Fitch explains how to tackle a brand-new piece successfully. The video lesson compliments his article inside the June/July issue of Pianist (No 114). www.pianistmagazine.com/store...
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 91

  • @slivertoe
    @slivertoe 4 роки тому +51

    Graham: The pedal is something that we can get too reliant on.
    Me: Busted.

    • @p1anosteve
      @p1anosteve 4 роки тому +2

      Yeah .. I used to do that too but then I realized that it's just another complication you can do without at least until you have the notes secure. Trouble is it takes self discipline and pedal can be too tempting!

    • @michaeltraub3614
      @michaeltraub3614 4 роки тому

      You said nothing about fingering. Admittedly in the chosen pieces the fingering was pretty clear. But what about when it is not so obvious?

    • @deldridg
      @deldridg 2 роки тому

      @@michaeltraub3614 The fingering is essential to work out right at the outset. First cab off the rank, as they say. Sometimes you need to search a bit for scores that have fingering and then you need to make sure your fingers can work with the recommended placements. Good luck!

  • @isostasique
    @isostasique 4 роки тому +18

    Hey!
    We've missed you Graham

  • @emilyhartman8255
    @emilyhartman8255 4 роки тому +54

    This man is just the best - Sir Graham thank you so much. You’ve been a friend to me in spirit in these lonely lockdown months. Truly!

    • @gothamelliott
      @gothamelliott 2 роки тому +2

      Emily, what a beautiful eulogy to Maestro Fitch! He is a fabulous pedagog, and such a pleasant gentleman!

    • @kathleencook3060
      @kathleencook3060 2 роки тому +2

      I agree.

  • @OccasionalNotes
    @OccasionalNotes 3 роки тому +7

    Graham, I am a teacher from Calgary, in the midst of teaching a Pedagogy course. You have been so helpful and I really appreciate your information

  • @Dominique632
    @Dominique632 4 роки тому +13

    This makes me want to go practice

  • @jenniferdsouza7327
    @jenniferdsouza7327 4 роки тому +18

    What a systematic and comprehensive approach Sir Graham. Thank you for this. It's really useful.

  • @profsjp
    @profsjp 4 роки тому +12

    Your analysis, guidance and insights are always truly inspirational. Thank you.

  • @barney6888
    @barney6888 4 роки тому +17

    notes, fingering, timing at the speed of no mistakes is the truth

    • @123Tidyup
      @123Tidyup 3 роки тому

      Oh, yeah! This is what I like about relearning to play in my 70s-- going slowly, one hand, one bar at a time--is the preferred way to learn and practice a new piece. So meditative!!

  • @fionanogawa1730
    @fionanogawa1730 2 роки тому +4

    So encouraging as always! Inspiring, generous and some very valuable technical advice - thank you !

  • @florramirez4521
    @florramirez4521 4 роки тому +5

    Thank you Graham for sharing these videos with everyone. They are so useful!! Kind regards from Argentina

  • @janeroberts633
    @janeroberts633 4 роки тому +4

    This is so useful and constructive, both for my own playing and my teaching. Consistent fingering and de-constructing a piece are both major challenges for some of my pupils...

  • @starros1
    @starros1 2 роки тому +1

    So appreciated the simplicity and clarity in your instruction. It should be a Universal Model for us all. Thank you so much.

  • @LongTran-ws3oi
    @LongTran-ws3oi 4 роки тому +3

    Thank you Sir, that's so much great information

  • @gracelove886
    @gracelove886 4 роки тому +1

    So helpful. Thank you.

  • @janelo369
    @janelo369 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you for your video !
    You have given me a lot of great ideas for learning new pieces .
    This is very useful and helpful !
    Teacher Graham,
    Thank you very much !

  • @chouca8303
    @chouca8303 3 роки тому +1

    Very valuable, clear and enjoyable!

  • @jaigeyer9596
    @jaigeyer9596 3 роки тому +2

    Really appreciated this

  • @alinagomez2773
    @alinagomez2773 2 роки тому

    And thanks to you for teaching us.

  • @duanespooner6649
    @duanespooner6649 4 роки тому +1

    Thank you for this.

  • @domberta550
    @domberta550 3 роки тому

    Many thanks for the excellent pieces of advice.

  • @exjwukmusicalescape9241
    @exjwukmusicalescape9241 4 роки тому +1

    Like Graham’s illustrations about the golfer not just aimlessly striking balls great reminder.

  • @credenza1
    @credenza1 4 роки тому +1

    Very inspirational.

  • @paulofil72
    @paulofil72 4 роки тому +3

    Really useful, as usual.

  • @TrudiL13
    @TrudiL13 2 роки тому

    Excellent advice. Thank you!

  • @scdobserver835
    @scdobserver835 4 роки тому +2

    Great tips!

  • @tatianamendoncastudio
    @tatianamendoncastudio 4 роки тому +2

    Thank you!

  • @sebastiantaylor9929
    @sebastiantaylor9929 3 роки тому +1

    Very good advice in this Graham, this inspired me to give Arabesque a try and I'm glad I did - it really is a pretty piece.

  • @vanessapalmer9714
    @vanessapalmer9714 Рік тому +1

    Thank you for your video which I found very useful and you explained everything so well. I’m hoping I will find more of your videos. I have subscribed so hopefully there will be more I can watch and learn.

  • @audreyt.5587
    @audreyt.5587 3 роки тому

    Thank you!!!!! This helps me and thank you for that.

  • @zita-lein
    @zita-lein 3 роки тому

    Marvelous!

  • @ScruffyTubbles
    @ScruffyTubbles 2 роки тому +1

    Just brilliant Graham and the Gkuck piece is beautiful. I am VERY happy to pay each month for "The Pianist" and have done for a couple of years. Long may it and your advice and short tutorials continue.

  • @andrevicente5995
    @andrevicente5995 2 роки тому

    Impeccable as usual

  • @chainanalyst639
    @chainanalyst639 4 роки тому +1

    Great Stuff!!!

  • @DenZhdanovPianist
    @DenZhdanovPianist 4 роки тому

    Rock-solid approach and explanation!

  • @kathleencook3060
    @kathleencook3060 2 роки тому +1

    Brilliant. I need to take it much more slowly.
    I live the concept of studying the piece from several perspectives before touching the piano.
    I live the concept of the planned stop.
    Will be giving it all a go.
    Thank you sim much
    You play so Beautifully.

  • @mog2910
    @mog2910 Рік тому

    This is gold 🎉

  • @lpa9974
    @lpa9974 3 роки тому

    I have just found you-Thank you so much for this video series. It is very enlightening! Take care.

  • @secretmission7607
    @secretmission7607 4 роки тому +1

    Very helpful video. Like the loud shirt, too!

  • @geopalmer6346
    @geopalmer6346 4 роки тому +2

    Inspirational

  • @i.norman
    @i.norman 3 роки тому

    Thanks !!

  • @billligon4005
    @billligon4005 3 роки тому +1

    When this 'madness' is over you must have a MasterClass in person, somewhere wonderful.

  • @TheSIGHTREADINGProject
    @TheSIGHTREADINGProject 4 роки тому +17

    Thanks - ABRSM new syllabus about to wear us all out!
    I like the idea delaying going to the piano. This will be the first time I try it when my book arrives

    • @tatianamendoncastudio
      @tatianamendoncastudio 4 роки тому

      I have compared the new syllabus yesterday and didn’t find the selection on my level much better than the 2019-2020 syllabus.

  • @breezybird403
    @breezybird403 4 роки тому

    I am starting the Brahms intermezzo op 118 #2. This is so helpful! XOXO

  • @johnpickering4579
    @johnpickering4579 4 роки тому +1

    Good ideas about controlled stops as practice scaffolding

  • @RanBlakePiano
    @RanBlakePiano 3 роки тому

    So fine !

  • @oiva.siltamaki.
    @oiva.siltamaki. 9 місяців тому

    Great!💯🙋‍♂️

  • @sublibrarian
    @sublibrarian 2 роки тому

    Just excellent. My teacher would agree with nearly everything.

  • @pericologan
    @pericologan 2 роки тому

    Thank you very much for sharing your musical wisdom! I would really appreciate if we could see your performance from up above to clarify better your musical ideas. Kind regards.

  • @tomarmstrong1281
    @tomarmstrong1281 2 місяці тому

    Excellent advice; it ought to be evident that the would-be pianist must be prepared to devote time, effort and patient application.

  • @NicoleRetuta
    @NicoleRetuta 4 роки тому +2

    Just in time! I’m learning a new piece. :D

    • @WingSun
      @WingSun 4 роки тому +1

      Same for me ! Are you learning bass ? D.504 ? 2SetViolin?

    • @NicoleRetuta
      @NicoleRetuta 4 роки тому

      @@WingSun Hi! A piece from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (Polonaise BWV Anh. 119) and a piece from the grade 3 ABRSM exam book.
      Lol! I'm a subscriber to those two channels. They're awesome! :D

  • @bme7491
    @bme7491 4 роки тому +3

    I'm still struggling with Czerny's Etudes de Mecanisme.

  • @gobaby2263
    @gobaby2263 4 роки тому +1

    I am a follower of pianosecrets and he said this exact same thing on his Arabesque tutorial. Lol

  • @pwnedshift1
    @pwnedshift1 3 роки тому

    where do you buy your shirts?
    great lesson btw

  • @donnythedealer9110
    @donnythedealer9110 3 роки тому +2

    What is the name of the piece played in the intro?

  • @muraliram8802
    @muraliram8802 2 роки тому

    Sir When you play looking at musical score, I don’t know if the score is shown at bottom without obtrusion so that we understand the locational point of note that is being played. If that would be possible, I think it will be better for a person like me !

  • @MySecretJourney
    @MySecretJourney 4 роки тому +1

    Hi where do you have the sheet music for Orfeo? You seem to be in a different key with base then the original which sounds amazing

    • @jackiew7246
      @jackiew7246 3 роки тому

      Sounds like he said it’s a Siloti arrangement.

  • @sergiobravo252
    @sergiobravo252 Рік тому

    Do you start HT in the video , no HS ?

  • @DihelsonMendonca
    @DihelsonMendonca Місяць тому +1

    💥 I wish I could afford purchasing a good piano 🎹 like those. The piano sound is half the success of a recording or a concert. No matter how good is a performer, if the piano is terrible, or poorly recorded, it would be a disaster. There are hundreds of excellent recordings of the same piece you can choose on music platforms. Now we choose for the sound quality, among the outstanding pianists. Those recorded by Deutsche Gramophon and other excellent studios gets on top. People don't like bad recordings. So, besides being a good pianist, it's not sufficient for success. You need to be backup by an excellent instrument. All the greatest pianists in the world are supported by great piano manufacturers. It's like the horse and the horseman. Pianists have a great disadvantage over other instruments. The flautist can carry an excellent flute along, but most pianists depends on what they have to play. 🎉❤

  • @rwharrington87
    @rwharrington87 2 роки тому

    What song is in the intro?

  • @emiliandarie7277
    @emiliandarie7277 2 роки тому

    Nice,but if I am such a beginner lacking enough theory to see all those chords or building blocks?
    And on top of that the fingers,notes and rhythm just are not there because I am a beginner …
    What is the solution,what do I or my teachers do wrong here that I am always in this situation ?

  • @audreyschley8517
    @audreyschley8517 4 роки тому +1

    awesome, Having just this problem now..stuck in the beginning of the piece, and can't coordinate the fingering.. like the analogy at the end about the golfer.

    • @breezybird403
      @breezybird403 4 роки тому

      Maybe memorse one bar of the LH to the downbeat of next measure. Then the right hand, just memorise it. Then play hands together. This solidifies hand coordination. If you are very advanced you can work backwards. The last bar of the passage memorise H S, then play together, then learn the preceding bar.

  • @rts4097
    @rts4097 4 роки тому +1

    What’s the name of the piece in the beginning because that’s basically what I’ll learn after this video

    • @AdamSowinski
      @AdamSowinski 4 роки тому

      I’d like to know that as well.

    • @danhuyle
      @danhuyle 4 роки тому

      On this video 0:37

    • @GOLTSYNTH
      @GOLTSYNTH 4 роки тому +4

      GLUCK MELODIE from ORFEO ed EURIDICE

  • @kofiLjunggren
    @kofiLjunggren 4 роки тому +1

    Piece name at the beginning?

    • @jackiew7246
      @jackiew7246 3 роки тому +1

      Glück/Siloti melody from Orpheus

  • @tedzhang4168
    @tedzhang4168 4 роки тому +1

    First to comment!!

  • @musiclive-punarjanmam-Studio
    @musiclive-punarjanmam-Studio 4 роки тому +2

    Sir dialog over,few study🙏

  • @zacharyslotkin4275
    @zacharyslotkin4275 2 роки тому

    I was wondering if maybe in another video we would be able to see your true process in which you apply your knowledge to playing a piece that you have never played before, rather than playing a piece you and many others already know.

  • @hornet224
    @hornet224 4 роки тому +1

    I am a beginner pianist. Nevertheless, your brilliant analysis is the same methodology I could use to learn a simple beginner piece such as Claire De Lune or Tempest. I've got so much to look forward to. Thank you 👍

    • @donnythedealer9110
      @donnythedealer9110 3 роки тому

      I thought Clare de Lune was an ABRSM grade 8 piece, hats off and good work to you if you can play it.

    • @fanofstanchinsky2967
      @fanofstanchinsky2967 3 роки тому

      Tempest Sonata? I wouldn’t define that as beginner

    • @jackiew7246
      @jackiew7246 3 роки тому +1

      Neither of those are beginner pieces.

  • @jnelnormeda4292
    @jnelnormeda4292 Рік тому

    I'm always comforted when it's not that 145 or Taco Bell

    • @jnelnormeda4292
      @jnelnormeda4292 Рік тому

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    • @jnelnormeda4292
      @jnelnormeda4292 Рік тому

      Voice to text is hilarious

  • @vitalityedge9406
    @vitalityedge9406 2 роки тому

    pp radar

  • @OldCanadianguy953
    @OldCanadianguy953 29 днів тому

    The video here seemed to lose cohesion after 8:14 when he abruptly changes away from the first piece and jumps into something alien and unfamiliar. If he had just stayed with the first piece and kept it all the way through it would have been more helpful.