Secret to Playing FAST Scales - RELAXATION
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- Опубліковано 20 тра 2024
- Once you have started weeding out the tension, use my "Scale Workout Checklist" to ingrain this approach in scale fragments for improvisation, creating faster scales and melodic ideas.
The secret to playing fast scales is not about strength, or even TRYING to play fast. It is about weeding out unnecessary tension. In this simple exercise, I show you how to practice to get smooth, fast scales and melodic lines. This powerful piano practice technique is guaranteed to improve your playing instantly (ok, give it a few tries first), regardless of you level.
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Your video is incredible! Subtle in practise but so amazing! All the instruction I've had, all the slow Hanon and scales (10+ years now) and yet I'm still struggling with playing 'fast'. Assumed with my small hands I would never really have it. Yet after trying your suggestion, within 1 hour I couldn't believe how much faster / smoother I was playing...and more importantly how it was feeling so so different! It's almost like adding in the idea of a 'pre-load' to your finger, in addition to the better sense of finger independence. It's going to take a little bit of re-practising my normal routines to incorporate this...but worth it I'm sure. Will report back! Thx for sharing...watching from North Vancouver, Canada.
That makes me happy that you found it useful! I look forward to hearing how it goes with other material. Happy practicing!
I have huge hands and struggle in the same way. Some of the best piano players I know have small hands.
@@darykinnaman2319 Does size really matter? I've heard Keith Jarrett had a huge hand span. My early teacher, Mary Field, had fairly small hands, but was a formidable bebopper! But in the end, it's all about our awareness, and using what we have to our best ability. Pianist/Harpsichordist Wanda Landowska had serious hand issues (Focal Dystonia), that distorted her fingers. Yet she is considered among the greatest in her field. Thanks for watching!
@@Dharmajazz Size does matter !! also when playing the Piano (pun intended)😉I have kinda big hands, chubby fingers but about avg. reach. can max reach the 13'th comfortable. Recently watched a video about how many Pianists would have a much easier time learning new pieces if you could get a custom made Piano with slightly narrower keys so we all could comfortable reach 14. Was kinda interesting with an interview with a guy that actually did make custom made Piano Keybeds in his business in his spare time.
@@mrdali67 I did see an article about alternate scale (size) keyboards. Something about the "tyranny" of the modern pianoforte dimensions. But alas, we have what we have. Thanks for chiming in.
Also love that you said to turn off video if you already had the technique. Acknowledging a range of watchers and humility.
Just trying to be respectful of other folks time. So much YT content now! Thanks for watching.
Being a beginner, I've found this to be tremendously helpful in building a strong foundation. So glad I found your channel, thank you!
My pleasure! You can't go wrong with solid fundamentals. It's surprising that so many players - even at more advanced levels - neglect cleaning up such fundamental skills. Congrats on your piano journey. Thanks for watching.
I'm laughing, because that's me when I play a note, a pinky pops up lol. Your exactly right.
I came here trying to learn to play fast scales with sharps and regular keys. This has been very helpful, thank you for the lesson. I'm sure all of us watching, appreciate your help🙏😀
Thanks for watching - I'm glad to know you found it useful. Yeah, the "errant pinkie" syndrome. It's pretty common, but so easy to clean up. Let me know if there's another topic you'd like to see a post about. Happy practicing!
Me too now i can stop crying in a corner all nite🤣🤣🤣
This is a great video and is such an important aspect of playing to look over. We should only have tension in our chords from time to time not our hands!!
This is very basic but imperative to teach from the beginning!! I’m super strict about that with my students 👍
Great exercise! Do you know Czeslaw Marek „Lehre des Klavierspiels „ (I don’t know if there is an english edition available). In chapter VIII he teaches the exercise in four movements. 1. lift up the finger 2. relax the muscles and let the finger drop on the key without pressing down 3. press down the key very slowly so that the piano doesn’t generates any sound 4. relax the muscles again but don’t lift the finger active, just let the key move it up. The hardest challenge here is 2. and 4. where you only have to relax the finger and not moving it actively. While doing so be careful to have all the other fingers resting relaxed on the keys. This will improve your control on every finger!
Thanks for watching. I'm not familiar with Marek, but the concept is familiar. I'll look for his exercises. Thanks for the tip.
Very good, well presented, clear. The art in teaching is inspiring a student to go give it a try that instant!
This was exactly what I was looking for! I also play drums and guitar and it's very easy to forget concepts that help me play faster on them. They are all related to relaxing and having no tension. I subscribed and printed off your e book. Thanks so much for labeling all the fingering for the scales.
Thanks for watching! I was talking with two drummer/teacher friends about teaching/lessons and we all agreed: the best focus is on fundamentals! One of them shared about going to a lesson with some famous drummer (Peter Erskine or ?), expecting to get some inside 'Ninja' skills, but all they talked about was stick control! I show this exercise to even advanced pianists and many of them struggle with it at first. You can't go wrong with fundamentals.
My DAD💔 bought me up as an embryo. Home was always filled with music. (I’ve never met a bigger fan, but he’s mates we’re all the same. My first gig l was 3yrs old, & Hearing DAVE BRUBECK. He taught me chopsticks on the stage! ( no people)! So, it ended up that EUGENE ‘the Senator’ WRIGHT is my Godfather. 🫢 Absolutely amazing upbringing. I miss you DAD 💔 But ‘UNC’is there. with you too!! ✨❤️🥰😘😘😘😘😘
Thanks for sharing your experience. I like the tone of your voice and the peaceful way you express everything. I really enjoyed it! These are apparently simple ideas, but very powerful to avoid bad habits. Keep it up! 😀
Glad you enjoyed my video. Yes, "simple" is frequently the best approach. Thanks for watching.
Besides being an amazing musician you are also an amazing teacher! For some who play at such a high skill level it's difficult for them to break down something as simple as a five note chromatic pattern and apply methodology to it. That exercise is great for anyone at any level. Keep on sharing your amazing videos with us you have a gift and a gentle way about you.
Thanks! This video seems to have really resonated with folks. I've got more in the works. Thanks for watching.
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This is exactly what my piano instructor teaches. Great job!
Thanks for the affirmation - yeah, as I was shown, it's from a Russian Conservatory type approach. Powerful tools!
What an amazing and helpful lesson.
I’ve only been doing this a few days now in all keys, I too have shovels for hands and of course finding problems between the black keys…this video not only helps with the strength and accuracy in my fingers, but I’m now managing in between the blacks with less double notes.
I thank you sir for this great lesson…much appreciated👍
Apologies for the late response - glad you found it useful. How has your progress been these past few months?
This is exactly what I was looking for! Thank you so much for this!!!!!
I'm glad you find it useful. It's so simple, yet so powerful in helping clean things up. Thanks for watching.
That’s perfect, thank you so much for this video
This has significantly improved my piano riffs exponentially, and i thought my 16th notes were already fast! Thank you for the tips!
Glad it worked! Thanks for watching.
Thank you for this incredibly helpful video. I though. I also really liked the camera angles and how you explained moving the finger from the knuckle joint and your little bird beak analogy. Thank you also for discussing using The Black Keys and not getting stuck in the "Canyon" . These are extremely important details. Thank you thank you thank you!
My pleasure - glad you found it useful. That "bird beak" finger angle is something I've stumbled on quite recently, and it really affects my tone! Thanks for watching.
"I find that the trick of playing fast tempos or fast streams of notes with good time is to play very
lightly with a feathery touch on the piano (or any instrument). It's also helpful to eliminate all
"frantic" (extra) motions from the body as these detract from the flow." - Chick Corea
Yep, Chic was not wrong. Sometimes though, we need to play very fast with a steely, hard tone when the music requires it. For that, it is helpful to train the hands/fingers to operate with relaxation and independence. That's the aim of this video. (The relaxation/independence, not the "steely" part.)
yeh, also work on fav licks or fast runs or sequences and have them ready miliseconds before the changes they will be played over.. workout especially fingerings for them.
Thanks for sharing! Could you provide a reference to the source of that quote? I want to check out the full version if possible
@@csm-csm chapter 4 making time, being a musician, a work in progress.
Dear Dharmajazz, I'd like to thank you so much for this video. I'm not a pianist or keyboardist but a guitar player, but I was struggling for a long time with this issue. I can play just about any chord comfortably and relaxed, but scale runs made my muscles very tight and consequently it sounded not that good and it was harder to play. Today I focused on relaxing all my muscles and it made a huge difference. Playing anything feels and sounds so much more natural and comes a little easier too. This is such an essential component of playing that often gets overlooked. I certainly wish I knew about it sooner!
Thanks for your comment. Yeah, turns out this is a universal challenge, regardless of instrument. As you can see in the comments, addressing the factor of tension/relaxation has value for all musicians. I'm glad you found it helpful. Thanks for watching, and let me know if there's a musical topic you'd like to see a post about.
It's so true about the tensions in the hands that slow down the movements. This is very similar to recreative tennis players. No matter how long they've played tennis, if the body is not relaxed it takes away part of the main source of power coming from the legs. I've thought about using this principle of playing tennis to apply to piano but didn't know how to. This video will be my bible. Thanks so much
Thanks for your comment, Tom. I've been pondering how the concept of "relaxation" can apply to so many areas of our lives. Good luck with your tennis skills! And thanks for watching.
Thank you so much for this! Being one that doesn’t have time for lessons and limited practice time, I appreciate any bit of worthwhile advice that can help improve my playing. Definitely subscribed!
Thanks for the sub. Did you get the Scale Workout Checklist? There are a bunch of simple concepts like this one that can save us lots of time and improve the efficiency of our practice - I'm working on more posts. Thanks for watching!
I loved your video. Over the years, I've developed teaching techniques that parallel your ideas! I'm thrilled to have that confirmation. I play/teach the violin/viola and I can tell you that your ideas transfer to other instruments as well.
(As an aside, one of the most valuable classes I enrolled in during my last year at the University of North Texas was jazz improv. I was surrounded by keyboard, brass, woodwind, and percussion artists who inspired me in so many ways. To a person, they could all play fast - which pushed me [or pulled me] to do the same. I experimented with ways to eliminate tension. I could tell you stories!)
Thanks for your wonderful video!
Thanks, George. Several instrumentalists have also made similar comments about the universality of the approach. And kudos for digging into improv'! I meet so many string players who can otherwise play well, but don't improv' one bit. Thanks for watching.
What a great video!
Thanks for sharing. Not all piano teachers are revealing this secrets. You're one of a kind! 👍👍👍. REAL teacher teaches technique! You're one of them!
Thanks for the kind words. My goal is simply to be helpful - glad you found some value in the video. Thanks for watching.
Dharmajazz, thanks for educating us in your unique and creative way.
Trying to bring some light to the topic. Thanks for watching.
diggin' the whole ambiance and smoothness of your teaching/technique style.. gnarly stuff dude..
Thanks. I've always thought "gnarly" applies to Prokofiev and the real knuckle-buster stuff - Rachmaninov, etc - but I appreciate the thought. This particular exercise is surprisingly challenging though. Let me know if you any questions or comments about your piano journey, and thanks for watching.
Perfect!! I’m 55 and when I was about 15 or 16, I somehow by sheer dumb luck figured this out. My piano teacher (who was my dad) always had tight fingers, and he was stunned the day I figured this out because suddenly I was playing speedy lines way faster than he ever could. I knew what was going on, but I couldn’t explain it to him. Ever since then I’ve never been able to teach people what they were doing wrong. I could see their fingers were tight, but I couldn’t find a way to help them loosen up. I’m going to send them to this video. Thank you!!!
Thanks for sharing that. It's amazingly simple, but, as you've found, leads to immediate results. Thanks for watching!
Thank you. That few minutes was brilliant. My fingers are normally heavy on the keys, even slapping at them. Your advice is very sound and I will use it starting now. Please do more on this very topic. I subscribed, thumbs up, and rang the bell.
Glad you found it useful - thanks for watching!
This is a fantastic video and has all the most important lessons my piano teacher from college tried to help me with, coming from self taught, I had picked up all sorts of bad habits. In fact I should say the battle against tension and unnecessary movement it's true with all instruments, and for typists too.
Thanks for the feedback, Joshua. Yeah, a lot of other instrumentalists have confirmed the importance of relaxation. Typists! Of course. Thanks for watching.
Wow, I think this lesson exactly what I've been looking for. I'm going to try these exercises! Four years into learning piano, I hope I can fix this problem.
I teach this as the first lesson at the keyboard for all my new students. Happy practicing!
@@stevesnelling7615 I’m 6 months into lessons and my teacher is the same. However, 6 months in I still have tense thumbs. It’s incredibly frustrating.
Thank you for the lesson,
Your video help me so much.
Thanks for sharing!
so good. i really like all the techniques and the reasons he explains why we should do that techniques
The proof is in giving it a try. Everyone who has worked with the concept a bit reports that it helps. It's so simple, yet so effective. Thanks for watching.
Great Video. Coming back to the piano after nearly 30-years, and it's been a slow process. Will definitely try your technique. Thanks for sharing.
Let me know how it's been going with your return to piano. Would love to hear how the relaxation technique has helped. Thanks for watching.
This is very helpful, thanks!
Very useful and in-depth as it can get in a short lesson 🙏🏼🙏🏼
Thanks - it could have been shorter if I didn't tend to ramble so much 😊 but some things benefit from deeper explanation. Thanks for watching.
Thank you! I'll try that method! It looks natural
So glad my first piano teacher was a pianist for a symphony. Won’t say which one. But from the beginning he stressed the importance of correct finger and hand position. And how to use them correctly. Time to watch something else.
Thank you thank you thank you! I have always said to myself that there was something wrong with my fingers - they just don't flow like great musicians like yourself. I always thought I was too tense in my posture & hands - so seeing your video - I now have some hope! Will practice faithfully these exercises. Bless you!
Happy to offer the encouragement. Remember to start these exercises slowly and be sure to stay as relaxed as possible. Speed always comes with repetition, so just make sure the mechanics are clean before letting it pick up speed. Also, make sure to only do the initial preparatory "finger lift" exercises in small doses, and just until you have the finger isolation consistently. Then let that go. (Mission accomplished.) Happy practicing!
Wonderful~
Thank you.
Beautiful video, great share, super nice demo.
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Thanks for your kind words. I viewed some of your videos - what a lovely channel you have! Thanks for watching.
Nice video, I’ve been out of touch with piano for awhile but hope to get back to it soon. Gonna use this exercises along with others to beef myself up on the keys. Maybe I’ll be as fast as Jordan Rudess then lol
You're a fantastic teacher. Round of applause.
That's very kind. Please let me know if there is a topic on which you'd like to see a video-maybe I'd have something to offer. Thanks for watching.
Fascinating! Thank you!
Most welcome. So simple, yet such a powerful concept. Thanks for watching.
Very Nice!!!
You're doing Your Gift so amazingly Bro! Thank You!
Appreciate the comment - and thanks for watching.
Good video 👍. Definitely going to try this and the Marek version.
Great serious practice advise...thx from a senior beginner!
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Megtiszteltetés számomra. Köszönöm, hogy megnézted a videót // It's my honor. Thanks for watching the video.
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Thank you!
Awesome video. I am 70 and have just started learning to play the Piano Keyboard. I will definitely do the finger exercises as explained. Subscribed the channel. Many thanks for the video 🙏
Excellent! The important factor is relaxation. Check back for a video I'm posting soon on using the idea of gravity and weight to help get a more relaxed, richer tone. Thanks for watching.
Excellent, thanks!
This was a REALLY helpful video, thanks a TON!!
I'm glad you found it useful. Check out some of my other vids - feel free to let me know how they work for you, I value feedback.
Thank you Sir! I learned the up beat ready ing of the finger to hit the next note. And the exercises tips are great.. Will definitely use .thank you
glad you found it useful. Remember, this exaggerated "lift" in this exercise is about learning finger relaxation and independence. Once you feel progress with that, make sure to stay relaxed as you play your other exercises and pieces. Thanks for watching!
Thanks
Great tutorial. I will try it
amazing thank you !
Excellent video. Thanks for sharing.
Thanks! It does seem to resonate with a lot of folks. It's often the simplest things... and thanks for watching.
So useful. Thank you!
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching.
Great lesson from a natural teacher. Thanks for sharing; hope to see more of your work sson.
Thanks for the comments. I've got several things ready to edit, and tons more content in the wings! Please click the bell for notifications for new posts. Thanks for watching.
Mant Thanks, Best "Dharma Talk" I've Heard........
Funny, I've found meditation is like this too: relaxation, weeding out the tension, not grasping with the mind, is important. Thanks for watching.
Works, thank you so much!!! All the best!
Thanks for watching - glad it worked for you. Feel free to let me know how it goes with other material. Happy practicing!
@@Dharmajazz Thanks ! Finally the answer ! 😊
Thank you for the insight
My pleasure. I've got a new post almost ready on getting healthy tone. Please check back. Thanks for watching.
Thank you so much! This also helped with guitar and violin
That's what my guitar teacher friend says! He calls them "fly away fingers." That's before applying a relaxation exercise like the one in the video. Thanks for watching.
You're helping so many people who don't have formal teachers and saving our hands from pain later too! :) @@Dharmajazz
Oh yes, finally a piano "TEACHER" !!!!. So many of these piano players dont know how to teach. So glad I found you sir, you have wisdom, calm confidence, you articulate your instructions in a wonderful way, you are great. Have dabbled in piano for over 50 years, even though I am old I want to reach a better level, I will do that by following your lessons.
Appreciate the comments - glad you found the info useful. Feel free to check in with your progress - and thanks for watching!
@@Dharmajazz I have tried to master Oscar Petersen's "night train" for years to no avail, the contra-punctual bars are just too difficult, the great Billy Joel's "root beer rag" is a marvellous piece, but for me, my fingers get tired. Billy is one of the greatest piano rockers of all time, absolutely the best. But of course Art Tatum, Fats Waller were outstanding for their era. I am going to try and study your techniques religiously, you have so much great knowledge and fabulous ability. Oh, not to forget about Joe Haiashi (probably misspelt that), OH the Japanese are such good pianists and composers, could go on and on.
@@paulmurphy3838 Those are ambitious tunes, but you can do it. If you haven't done so already, break down the challenging parts into smaller sections, and practice hands separately, slowy, gradually building up to performance tempo. Play each of those sections to the point of memorization. Then put hands together, again, in sections, slowly at first, then gradually building tempo. Even the thorniest counterpoint can be worked out this way. The key is patience at slow tempos. Happy practicing!
You got it 👏i was studying for 4 years on the highest level classical music conservatory until i changed teacher who learned me These excersis (couldn't do them because of to much tension) .Simpel and so effective 👍
Thanks for your comment. I have shown this to many professional pianists and they have also found it challenging! It's a nearly universal problem. Thanks for watching.
Equal pressure from all fingers is extremely important in the development of technique. Some reasons you see concert artists execute incredibly fast passages is consistent fingering, quiet wrists, 4 octave scales, etc., and focusing on economy of motion. Equal strength in all fingers is very important and a philosophy that should be taught with all students. Fast passages sound uneven and introduce articulations that don't exist in the composition.
Thanks man! I am self taught keyboards and synths I never learned the proper technique but now I've decided it's time to learn the proper way to do it!
Congrat's on expanding your keyboard awareness. This relaxation exercise will help with everything you practice! I've got tons of free content I can share with you if you're interested. Send me a DM or visit my website and use the contact page to let me know what you are interested in and I'd be happy to send you some useful stuff to help you move forward. Thanks for watching.
Fantastic sir
Simple yet SO INTERESTING
Simple is good! Thanks for watching.
Thks so much for this i been learning on simply piano..really been getting back into it..even tho i had since xmas i sing and songwrite so im trying to incorporate it all
Thanks for watching. This simple exercise can help so many things so more smoothly. Happy practicing!
Thank you...
Thanks for sharing Sir.
My pleasure. Thanks for watching! Let me know if there is a topic you would like to see covered - I'll do my best to provide useful content.
Yes ..thx.. it great
I tried your note by note pressing and released muscle tension at the same time..🤙🖖🙌
So glad to hear! Thanks for watching.
this is good🎉✨ and thank you so much for the knowledge❤
My pleasure - thanks for watching.
Not just about relaxing, it’s about training the independence as well.
Which actually comes by relaxing. If you haven’t, study Effortless Mastery.
Works on all instruments. It’s about letting the motion become it’s own source of energy by moving in smooth effortless center of the motion.
I learned about it on piano, first figured it out guitar and bass and discovered the secret on drums and hand drumming.
It’s a well known discipline that goes by various names and methods of discovery and application.
I’m not a believer, I’m a practitioner. I play almost with out any effort for hours on end, without tension in my limbs and without having to think about it. I can think about almost anything including musical strategies while playing furiously.
It feels like I’m almost just willing the motion, and my hands, arms, legs, and feet play by themselves with me simply directing the motion.
The secret of smooth tensionless motion is amazing.
Correct! Independence of motion is the key. Thanks for watching.
@@epiphanydrums5427 A little different for fingerstyle guitar. The fastest players have well trained extensor muscles- the flamenco players are a good example. The rasquedo technique is an example of pushing against the resistance of the strings, not just “relaxing”. The balance of flexors and extensors leads to speed. Of course, this is done without straining.
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@@Dharmajazz Independence of fingers and economy of motion.
Very helpful tips for a beginner such as myself. Thank you kindly!
Yeah, starting with simple foundational concepts like these makes the whole process go more smoothly. Glad you found it useful, and thanks for watching.
Great technique 👌
Great full for the reminder .. great info.
You bet. Thanks for watching. Never can go wrong focusing on the basics.
Wow, this is an amazing tutorial. 👏💥🙏 Thank you so much for sharing your knowledge. I've been playing the piano for almost my entire life (I'm not a professional musician 🤣) and I recognized the technique you talked about earlier in the video, this is how I was actually taught. 😅 After playing the piano for a while I often feel tension in my hand and wrist... I'll keep working with your tutorials. Subscribed and look forward for more videos. 🙏🤩
Thanks - glad it was helpful. Let me know if there is a topic you'd like to see a post on. Thanks for watching!
This was maybe the most valuable video I ever watched at YT. Thank you!!! I have wondered for years why I could not play the piano....... Now I know some.....
I'm glad you found it useful. I watched your video on your channel. It looks like you've done quite a bit of playing already! Thanks for watching.
@@Dharmajazz I am so thankful. I belong to the large herd of people trying to play the piano although we never even saw a teacher one minute. All the best from Sweden!!!
Fantastico!!!
Grazie! Thanks for watching.
Great video. The same principle applies to playing fast runs on the guitar.
Thanks for watching. Yeah, several guitarists have chimed in confirming that. Relaxation is key.
Good stuff. Thank you
Brilliant man, thank you!!
Most welcome. Thanks for watching!
WOW, I will definitely add this to my practice...thank you!
Let me know how it goes! Thanks for watching.
I have to practice it thank God for this amazing talent.Godbless you my new friend
Thanks for watching. Let me know how it goes. Once you have the basic exercise comfortably, notice how it affects your other playing. Happy practicing!
Nice! Thx you
Brilliant. I am new to piano, but play guitar to a fair level. This is the sort of advice I needed to put together the basic building blocks correctly from the outset!
Liked and sub’d. Many thanks
Yeah, it's the first thing I go over with all my new students, regardless of level. It sets up everything that follows. Thanks for watching.
Thank you. It was VERY helpful!!!!!!!!!
Glad to hear it, and thanks for sharing that. I'm kind of amazed at how many people are finding real value in this concept. Thanks for watching!
Thank you so much for your wonderful video!!!😊
Thanks for watching.
This video just got recommended to me, and I can tell it's going to be really helpful. Looking forward to trying it out and focusing on reducing tension while playing string instruments as well. I think I need to make that an overall priority before I develop an injury.
Any thoughts that might be specific to people with small hands? It always seems like a disadvantage.
Amazing!
I will follow up and practice what you instructed sir. Thank you for the help .
It's worth a try. Many people have found this simple practice technique quite useful. Once you begin to weed out the tension, the hands/fingers/wrists can flow much more freely. Good luck, and feel free to share about your experience with the exercise. Thanks for watching.
Amazing lesson. Thank you ❤
I'm glad you enjoyed it. Would you care to share what you noticed when doing the exercise? Thanks for watching.
Thank you very much, very useful for me. I begin to learn piano and keyboard, and your video comes at the very best moment. So I can learn and built GOOD habits from the very beginning. Thank you very much to remind me of practicing slow enough to play exact. My keywords from your video: Relaxed fingers and hands (instead of tension) - slow AND exact practicing - speed comes with repetition.
Yes, you got the important takeaways! Thanks for watching.
Superb advice! Thanks!
Most welcome! Thanks for watching.
Valuable lesson 😊👍🏻🎹🎼
Thanks. It seems to apply to so many instruments too. Thanks for watching.
Thanks❤
You are most welcome! It is such a simple concept, yet so helpful to our whole technique. Thanks for watching.
Thanks a lots ❤❤❤
My pleasure. Thanks for watching.
Excellent. This is a rarity on youtube. Thank you, I needed this clear reminder in working with students. I don't see that the metronome is needed though, I was taught better to internalize rhythm, unless the student has a significant problem
Thanks. Yeah, the metronome here is just to get started with a clear idea of "on-off" for each finger isolation. There are real benefits from working correctly with a metronome, but as I tell all my students: the metronome is a tool, not a crutch! I'll be doing a post on some helpful options for practice with a metronome. Thanks for watching.