The Chopin Method: Piano lesson 3. The hand and the keyboard. Part one.
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- Опубліковано 12 бер 2023
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In this session, we will explore the human carpal features that determine a pianist hand, from the wrist to the tip of the fingers. We will observe the structure of major arches (wrist, knuckles, fingers) to address one of Chopin's remarkable finding: the natural hand position to play with ease and a beautiful sound.
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Very good structure to explaining. and the explanations put together very cohesively. Amazingly done. learning with you is pleasure
Thank you Dmking. Very kind of you!
Beautiful. Thanks for this Caludio, amazing work.
Thank you Marcos!
Another video, another banger.
Thanks Mr. Pyrus!
I think you need to take into consideration tendons and ligaments, for example, middle finger and ring finger actually have same tendon attachment, hence alternation between those two are the hardest. Also, I am a classical guitar player, an insight for hands are that there are flexor muscles and extensor muscles, sometimes one tend to overdevelop the flexor muscles, to the extend that the natural "spring" of the hand once you relax is compromised. For guitarist, we are encouraged to practice Rasgueado which uses extensively the extensor muscle, just to build the balance.
Hi Peter. If you go back to some of our earlier videos, you will see plenty of tendons and ligaments. Still, more to come in the future. Best!
Wonderful collection of information and nicely put into the lessons. Thank you so much!
I just wish I could easily understand what the narrator is saying. Comforting tone of voice but not easy to catch the words. If not the transcript I would have to guess most of it.
incredible video
Thank you bho.
Gracias😊
De nada Susana.
Hello! Thanks for the video; your expertise that can clearly be noticed and is very useful to everyone that is learning the piano, at any level. I have a question: are there additional lessons on Patreon?
Thank you Gabriele. I publish these videos on Patreon one or two months in advance. So yes, Session 4 is already available there! Best!
@@thechopinmethod7257 I really thank you. I have suffered my whole pianist life (9 years!) of pain in the tendons of my hand, particularly when playing Chopin. I couldn't guess what they were caused by, being 19 years old and having no one in my family suffering from these pains. Your videos led me (and my teacher) to rethink the technique of playing the piano; I now hope to finish Chopin's second Scherzo without any pain, and it seems that I am on the right track to do so. His third ballade took me out last year. Your videos have really really helped me, and I really want to thank you and your outstanding work.
Dear Gabriele. You comment is very gratifying. Chopin was by far the most ergonomic piano composer, for which I tend to think that if a piece seems uncomfortable, the problem is in one's technique. He also asked students to stop doing whatever causes pain. Unless there is an underlying condition, pain while learning a piano piece means that a pianist is doing something kinetically unhealthy, and doing it persistently. Fortunately, technique can be learned. By understanding and correcting a posture, a pianist's talent seems to be unleashed incrementally. I am glad is working for you!
sin palabras después de ver los videos el día de hoy, ya que serán de gran ayuda para practicar y mejorar aspectos que a veces parecen obvios.
no pude pasar por alto la mención a Claudio Arrau en uno de los videos anteriores, saludos desde Chile :D
las guias de Chopin estaran en español en algun sitio? (no pregunto por los videos, ya que así están bastante bien, sobre todo para internacionalizar el contenido y hacerlo mas accesible para la mayor cantidad de personas)
Hola Miguel. Los bosquejos de Chopin fueron escritos originalmente en francés, y lamentablemente no conozco una traducción al castellano. Si Ud. me permite un consejo, yo sugiero obtener una compilación como la de Eigeldinger en francés, y luego comparar el escrito con traducciones que puedan existir. Cada palabra cuenta en su significado, y considerando el nivel técnico pianístico del que estamos hablando, una palabra mal entendida puede ser palabra muerta, o peor, malentendida. Gracias por comentar Miguel.
@@thechopinmethod7257 gracias por el consejo, lo buscaré :D
To see the complexity of the human hand structure then say its a work of evolution is something unfathomable to me, great information none the less.
Do you have any tips for when your doing arpeggios for Etude op 10 no.1 in C-major?
Yes indeed! The plan is to make a whole video on this étude. Many things to say!
This etude is played with a different fingering.
Hello, I’ve been playing piano since I was 4 years old and trained for professional competition. I don’t if it was because of my wrong hand posture that I learned from long time ago but now I’m 16 and I have to stop because of pain in my opponens digiti minimi (pain in the fleshy pad of the hand near the little finger). I also feel that my 5th finger is the weakest and the mcp joint get pressed down. Not only that, I have pain throughout my back and shoulder whenever I have negative thinking. This has hindered me from playing piano especially with Chopin and Rachmaninov pieces. Please help me with your advice so I can start to get back with piano as soon as possible
Thank you
Hello. Thank you for asking and sharing your experience. Growing up with bad habits at the piano is a common and disabling thing. Trying to repair the wrong requires that the pianist go back to study at extremely slow speeds and with intense concentration. Most importantly, the pianist must know what is he/she is doing. In the case of your 5th finger for example, is imperative to know its correct biomechanics on the keys. So I truly hope that the research and the knowledge shown in this YT channel will help you. It can be done at any age.
@@thechopinmethod7257 thank you so much for your reply, I will try my best to correct it!
What was the piece at the end of the video?
Hi Lincoln. It is a fragment of the Étude Op 25 Nº11 in a minor. Cheers!
Etude in a minor op. 25 no. 11
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Thank you for these videos.
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