Here are the time stamps for the video to help you navigate and reference the different sections: 00:45 -- Rhythms and Accenting 02:50 -- Why Rhythms and Accenting are Effective 03:44 -- Organizing Hand Positions 04:15 -- Blocking 05:43 -- Micro-Adjustments and Relaxation 06:29 -- Elbow Movement 08:34 -- Kill Two Birds w/ One Stone 09:00 -- Teeter-Totter 10:09 -- Looping 10:45 -- Repeating Notes
Is it possible to use mobile cash transfer to buy the modified chopin etudes? I find it easier from where I am, Kenya. Thanks for the great insights, I'd love to work on a good piano technique at the same time with harmonic vocabulary.
You're right to mention that keeping things interesting is good for practice. Not only does it help with motivation but also being interested generates dopamine, which helps you learn faster.
Thank you for this. I've been in a rut about practicing. I'm at this weird stage with piano where people who don't play think I'm pretty good but any musician would know better. I know a few tricks but overall I have so much to learn. I'm writing this after watching this video and then being inspired to play for over an hour! I'm happy right now, so thanks! I discovered your channel recently, this is prob the 4th or 5th vid I've watched. Let me give a compliment I haven't seen mentioned. It's not even about your piano skills or video format. It's actually your voice, it's easy to listen to while you teach :) Thanks again!
I play guitar my hands in fifties got too stiff, I cpuld get no feel into my playing , I git this tip off another guitarist , he pours a cap of olive oil , & a cap of vinegar in his ears , oil lubes skin, & acts as your mucus would , vinegar / acid breaks down calcium in skin , ears is entry , I tried it, thinking hes bonkers, worked freed up hands , improved my playing , watch this mighy buy a piano now
@@Marcus538 cool life hack for guitar piano players, I use a fretboard lube/cleaner GHS fast fret on my synthesizer keyboards just like I do on my guitars to keep them just slightly slick (but not too much) so I can move faster with less friction. It definitely works wonders on both instruments.
@Alejandro Gjezi yeah my left hand extension is comfortably from Do to Fa whereas right hand from Do to Mi; rachmaninoff would cover 2 octaves instead LOL
Of all the pianists I have ever watched, you have the lightest touch by far. You use exactly the amount of energy to create the sound you want, and not one iota more. I'm not good at all, intermediate at best, but this is so helpful to me. When I used to practice a lot, I would injure myself. Avoiding injury is paramount for me.
Hi Nahre I'm a professional pianist/keyboard player from Chicago, been performing for over 40 years now. I just wanted to tell you how great and informative your videos are, I've learned a lot from you. These are the best I've seen, thank you so much! And BTW, you are a very fine pianist indeed!
My piano teacher told me to check out some Chopin etudes. She said that the 12th - Revolutionary (!!!) etude is not that impossible to play. I am stressed. I cannot play that. I am a 17-year-old girl who has played the piano for 11 years, but somehow still can't play well. So I am now panicking and watching every video I can find about arpeggios. But this whole (preposterous) situation brought me to your channel! At least something good has come out of this! (sorry if my English isn't perfect, I am from Latvia)
I love how you teach people how to practice, rather than what to practice. It's like that old saying "Give them a fish, and they will have a meal for a day. Teach them how to fish, and they will have a meal for a lifetime." People don't do this enough, and that's why I have found your videos so helpful. No matter how basic the material, I'm still able to take away new habits to develop. Keep up the good work!
Thank you. The urge to binge watch is being replaced with the need to be logical, methodical and practical with all of this incredible information and creativity you're sharing with the world.
The section on Elbow movement actually blew me away, I have actually not had that explained to me yet, and it makes so much sense when I think back to my past struggles with arpeggios.
This is so mesmerising... even for an intermediate blues-rock guitarist who can just about play a major chord on th piano... thanks for producing so many beautiful videos. All the best!
This is the best lesson ever. I’m just starting Chopin op. 10 no. 1 and needed a template. Your approach is more accessible than Paul Barton’s and I really learned a lot.
I haven’t practiced classical in years but I remember what I had trouble with. This is really well thought out, so I may go back to it in the near future. I love the amount of thought here, particularly involving issues like where your elbows are so you don’t run into problems with hand positions.
Before I've seen this, I was kind of intimidated with arpeggio-heavy pieces like Chopin's and I thought I'd just focus on something else with my piano playing and repertoire. Watched this and it really opened my mind into how to play arpeggios effectively. I'm watching this video on repeat, every time I practice Op. 10 No. 1. I'm gaining more muscle memory and it feels great to be able to start studying this piece (and hopefully play and master it earlier than I think)!
Wow I've been searching for something to take my technique to the next level and your channel is legit worth millions of dollars in terms of the educational content being provided here. You're an amazing teacher
You are an excellent teacher! Yes, an excellent pianists, but the manner you simplify complex concepts is also an additional rare trait. Thanks for sharing your gifts of music and teaching. I can only hope thousands of pre-college students are getting their inspiration and insights from your videos. While I can attempt to improve at the age of 44 and 20 years away from the piano, it would sure be nice to be 13 again with all the great material you present.
The Algorithm blessed me with this video and now I'm a subscriber lol. I played the organ when I was a child but I've been playing guitar for the last 40 years. The pandemic made me decide to level up my skills. I can't wait to apply these concepts to my guitar practice. ❤️🙏🏾🤘🏾
You are such a tremendous help. I never had a piano teacher growing up but I always loved the instrument. Years of practice with bad technique is a lot to unlearn. Learning good practice techniques is made easier by your excellent video production. Thanks for making these videos!
Ooh that teeter tottering/oscillating technique was so cool, I love that idea about adapting to make practice more interesting. Thank you for your videos, I'm going to keep practicing
Lucky you! I never had a teacher who explained such a methodical approach to technically tricky passages. Would have made life easier for sure. Glad we have ppl like Nahre sharing these invaluable Hacks.
Awesome video. I like the idea of blocking. I've been stuck at advanced intermediate for my whole life not knowing how to take my playing to the next level, however after watching this I now know how to go about tackling more advanced pieces instead of just turning the page to find a piece I think I can play!
I knew it, Rhythms and Accents, queues for our brains to go ah ha now the finger or foot goes here, now do this and this. Next queue then this. That is practice. Thank you for helping me understand how Piano is played at such a high level.
Thank you so much for these videos Nahre. I'm a self taught pianist who's fallen in love with the art and the music, and videos like these are INCREDIBLY useful for someone like me who most definitely not afford to pay for a piano teacher. With these, I can use these exercises to better develop my technique and build myself as a musician and gain new found insight on piano playing in general. Bless your heart
Thank you very much you help me to understand better and how to break up my arpeggios. I had no idea about Chopin's exercise book thank you very much for everything. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.!
I've come to these very techniques practicing arpeggios, grouping and accenting notes. As an amateur, I'm very happy to find support for my own discoveries in many of your videos. This video was particularly stunning for me, since I exersise arpeggios exactly the same way.
Excellent tutorial on practicing in general! And good advice for breaking up arpeggios with rhythms and blocking based upon the hand positions. This former piano teacher 100% approves.
I've been watching your entire video collection and it's all outstanding. This video in particular is great because mastering the blocking, rhythm, and hand position practicing techniques is the secret to help pianists play advanced arpeggio pieces VERY QUICKLY.
I am a singer and Music Education major, and I love piano and theory but I just cant get my hands to move! My brajn is very logistical and so FINALLY I have found someone talking about the MECHANICAL things like hand positions and how to block for practicing! I feel so much more motivated and dread learning much less now! Cant wait to binge your videos.
Scales and Arpeggios are my way of relaxing after long days of work nasties. Thanks for the practice tips, as i can get in to a rut from time to time, and sometimes i don't feel the progress. Chopin is Dope.
Appreciating the mini keys on my reface (DX). My old fingers do not stretch as much as they used to. Thanks so much from a "getting back into it" musician.
One of the many things that strikes me in your incomparably wonderful videos is that piano players won the damn repertoire lottery, and as guitar player this really pisses me off! Thanks again Nahre for sharing
Hello , I just discovered your channel tonight and I've only seen two videos as an aspiring pianist, (will watch man many more) but I am extremely impressed, you are very insightful and I am very thankful I found your channel, so helpful. THANK YOU, a very great mentor!!!!!
This is an effective way to practice. Something simple such as changing the rhythm itself and using syncopation to accent off beats in an arpeggio forces your hand and fingers to strengthen in places you wouldn't get just practicing a straight even rhythm.
Here are the time stamps for the video to help you navigate and reference the different sections:
00:45 -- Rhythms and Accenting
02:50 -- Why Rhythms and Accenting are Effective
03:44 -- Organizing Hand Positions
04:15 -- Blocking
05:43 -- Micro-Adjustments and Relaxation
06:29 -- Elbow Movement
08:34 -- Kill Two Birds w/ One Stone
09:00 -- Teeter-Totter
10:09 -- Looping
10:45 -- Repeating Notes
Great video! The very first music that opens the video? Your piece? :00-:08
and at 11:03-end!
Please tutorial Czerny Op.365 Etude 15 And 20
Is it possible to use mobile cash transfer to buy the modified chopin etudes? I find it easier from where I am, Kenya. Thanks for the great insights, I'd love to work on a good piano technique at the same time with harmonic vocabulary.
@@EldenKellyMusic chopin etude op.10 no.1.... Super great. piece, as long as you don't play it too evenly! Careful about wanting to play "evenly"
Love this! I’ve been waiting for your arp video!!
Thank you Rick!!
You're right to mention that keeping things interesting is good for practice. Not only does it help with motivation but also being interested generates dopamine, which helps you learn faster.
spacebiggles 😀 thanks for the comment!
wtf ahahah
awesome! Thanks for this comment :D Somehow I knew this but had to read it like this.
Great point.
Thank you for this. I've been in a rut about practicing. I'm at this weird stage with piano where people who don't play think I'm pretty good but any musician would know better. I know a few tricks but overall I have so much to learn. I'm writing this after watching this video and then being inspired to play for over an hour! I'm happy right now, so thanks! I discovered your channel recently, this is prob the 4th or 5th vid I've watched. Let me give a compliment I haven't seen mentioned. It's not even about your piano skills or video format. It's actually your voice, it's easy to listen to while you teach :) Thanks again!
I play guitar my hands in fifties got too stiff, I cpuld get no feel into my playing , I git this tip off another guitarist , he pours a cap of olive oil , & a cap of vinegar in his ears , oil lubes skin, & acts as your mucus would , vinegar / acid breaks down calcium in skin , ears is entry , I tried it, thinking hes bonkers, worked freed up hands , improved my playing , watch this mighy buy a piano now
@@Marcus538 😳
This is exactly where I’m at the moment😅. Only found out about her videos recently so hopefully it helps out
Don't feel too bad almost everyone is at this stage. I'm sure nahre sol feels like this despite being in the top 1% of players if not higher.
@@Marcus538 cool life hack for guitar piano players, I use a fretboard lube/cleaner GHS fast fret on my synthesizer keyboards just like I do on my guitars to keep them just slightly slick (but not too much) so I can move faster with less friction. It definitely works wonders on both instruments.
4:05 "Unless you're Rachmaninoff, that whole stretch is not a hand position" 😂😂😂
Liszt
Alexander Radetsky have you seen “Igudesman and Joo Rachmaninoff had big hands” classy stuff 😂
@Alejandro Gjezi yeah my left hand extension is comfortably from Do to Fa whereas right hand from Do to Mi; rachmaninoff would cover 2 octaves instead LOL
@Alejandro Gjezi damn he has some true tentacles doesn't he
its only a 10th
Your videos are always so organized and helpful. The high production value of each video deserves so much more recognition.
Thank you so much 😊😊😊
Of all the pianists I have ever watched, you have the lightest touch by far. You use exactly the amount of energy to create the sound you want, and not one iota more.
I'm not good at all, intermediate at best, but this is so helpful to me. When I used to practice a lot, I would injure myself. Avoiding injury is paramount for me.
Have you figured out how to play without injury now?
Hi Nahre
I'm a professional pianist/keyboard player from Chicago, been performing for over 40 years now. I just wanted to tell you how great and informative your videos are, I've learned a lot from you. These are the best I've seen, thank you so much! And BTW, you are a very fine pianist indeed!
My piano teacher told me to check out some Chopin etudes. She said that the 12th - Revolutionary (!!!) etude is not that impossible to play. I am stressed. I cannot play that. I am a 17-year-old girl who has played the piano for 11 years, but somehow still can't play well. So I am now panicking and watching every video I can find about arpeggios. But this whole (preposterous) situation brought me to your channel! At least something good has come out of this! (sorry if my English isn't perfect, I am from Latvia)
wow we really have everything in common, same..but lets work hard so we can reach a level worth all these years.good luck!
@@lingling40hour haha, i did learn it in the end! You can do it! It’s possible!
Arpeggios have been the bane of my piano playing for decades!
I love how you teach people how to practice, rather than what to practice. It's like that old saying "Give them a fish, and they will have a meal for a day. Teach them how to fish, and they will have a meal for a lifetime." People don't do this enough, and that's why I have found your videos so helpful. No matter how basic the material, I'm still able to take away new habits to develop. Keep up the good work!
I think this lady is the best piano teacher on the net.
Thank you. The urge to binge watch is being replaced with the need to be logical, methodical and practical with all of this incredible information and creativity you're sharing with the world.
Some great ideas here and Bobby was clearly very impressed which is the main thing.
rodgrego yes Bobby approved 😂
The section on Elbow movement actually blew me away, I have actually not had that explained to me yet, and it makes so much sense when I think back to my past struggles with arpeggios.
Glad to be of help!!
Thank you. You are not arrogant as many.
You are the best teacher I could find on UA-cam after 2 years
This is so mesmerising... even for an intermediate blues-rock guitarist who can just about play a major chord on th piano... thanks for producing so many beautiful videos. All the best!
Thank you!! That is so cool to hear :)
This is the best lesson ever. I’m just starting Chopin op. 10 no. 1 and needed a template. Your approach is more accessible than Paul Barton’s and I really learned a lot.
I just realised there is a dog on the floor looking up like “my mommy is a genius pianist”
You're a beautiful soul playing in a beautiful way -- and you're a great teacher for these old fingers. Many thanks
4:04 "Unless you're Rachmaninoff, that whole stretch is not a hand position" love it
I haven’t practiced classical in years but I remember what I had trouble with. This is really well thought out, so I may go back to it in the near future. I love the amount of thought here, particularly involving issues like where your elbows are so you don’t run into problems with hand positions.
Before I've seen this, I was kind of intimidated with arpeggio-heavy pieces like Chopin's and I thought I'd just focus on something else with my piano playing and repertoire. Watched this and it really opened my mind into how to play arpeggios effectively. I'm watching this video on repeat, every time I practice Op. 10 No. 1. I'm gaining more muscle memory and it feels great to be able to start studying this piece (and hopefully play and master it earlier than I think)!
Ageed! She focuses on things that my previous teacher didn't even consider, and helps a lot in thinking out of the box in piano!
Wow I've been searching for something to take my technique to the next level and your channel is legit worth millions of dollars in terms of the educational content being provided here. You're an amazing teacher
Thank you so much! Means a lot to me! :))
Practicing with rhythms is exactly what unlocked arpeggios and scales in intervals on saxophone for me in college. Totally cross-applicable!
This is the way my teacher in undergrad taught me technique: prax in rhythms, plus you have reminded me of some groupings etc. he taught me~SPOT ON!
ALSO, he would have me use passages from rep I was working on to use as exercises~
You are an excellent teacher! Yes, an excellent pianists, but the manner you simplify complex concepts is also an additional rare trait. Thanks for sharing your gifts of music and teaching. I can only hope thousands of pre-college students are getting their inspiration and insights from your videos. While I can attempt to improve at the age of 44 and 20 years away from the piano, it would sure be nice to be 13 again with all the great material you present.
The Algorithm blessed me with this video and now I'm a subscriber lol. I played the organ when I was a child but I've been playing guitar for the last 40 years. The pandemic made me decide to level up my skills. I can't wait to apply these concepts to my guitar practice. ❤️🙏🏾🤘🏾
Excellent piano tutorial. Thank you.
You are such a tremendous help. I never had a piano teacher growing up but I always loved the instrument. Years of practice with bad technique is a lot to unlearn. Learning good practice techniques is made easier by your excellent video production. Thanks for making these videos!
Ooh that teeter tottering/oscillating technique was so cool, I love that idea about adapting to make practice more interesting. Thank you for your videos, I'm going to keep practicing
1:07 Dog joined the chat
5:50 Dog left the chat
Rama S N lol
I don't get it
I though the dog was apart of the towel.
I don't think I've ever learned so much in 10 minutes of my life. hoenstly.This is quite incredible
Your videos and playing are incredibly inspirational. I am starting to practice and play again after 10 years. Thank you. Thank you. Thank you.
OMG I came here because I wanted to learn arpeggios for the waterfall etude and your playing it :))
Thanks,am going to practice it
Amazing method
My last teacher used to teach me similar techniques.
We need more videos like this one
I'll buy that book as soon as possible!!
Lucky you! I never had a teacher who explained such a methodical approach to technically tricky passages. Would have made life easier for sure. Glad we have ppl like Nahre sharing these invaluable Hacks.
1 sec into the video I lost hope 😅. Classical Pianists are something else ! Big respect
Thank you. These are great tips for Ravel as well. I’ve been struggling my way through arpeggios in Jeux d’eau
What a brilliant video.
You're a terrific teacher!
Brilliant pianist , composer & teacher !!!
Me: woah I'm pretty good at arpeggios
UA-cam after recommending this: you sure?
Wouaouww So much musicality and softness 💕 You are the teacher of every musician's dream !!! Thank you so much !! Love from Belgium
I wish you had been my piano teacher, say, 60 years ago. You've really got it!
Awesome video. I like the idea of blocking. I've been stuck at advanced intermediate for my whole life not knowing how to take my playing to the next level, however after watching this I now know how to go about tackling more advanced pieces instead of just turning the page to find a piece I think I can play!
I knew it, Rhythms and Accents, queues for our brains to go ah ha now the finger or foot goes here, now do this and this. Next queue then this. That is practice. Thank you for helping me understand how Piano is played at such a high level.
Thank you so much for these videos Nahre. I'm a self taught pianist who's fallen in love with the art and the music, and videos like these are INCREDIBLY useful for someone like me who most definitely not afford to pay for a piano teacher. With these, I can use these exercises to better develop my technique and build myself as a musician and gain new found insight on piano playing in general. Bless your heart
Finger choreography is my favorite!
Thanks for this, it's nice to review some of these things from a different point of view.
I love the way you make some visual connections.
Thanks Nahre Sol, your videos are a real treasure. Best wishes.
Thank you!!
Your videos are so comprehensive, so great!
Thanks a lot for your helpful videos.
That's interesting with the elbow. My teacher would tell me not to move my elbow and it was way harder. Thanks for the video
Thank you very much you help me to understand better and how to break up my arpeggios. I had no idea about Chopin's exercise book thank you very much for everything. I look forward to seeing more of your videos.!
Your content is TOO GOOD, I hope you find many more viewers and subscribers in the near future because you deserve it!
I've come to these very techniques practicing arpeggios, grouping and accenting notes. As an amateur, I'm very happy to find support for my own discoveries in many of your videos. This video was particularly stunning for me, since I exersise arpeggios exactly the same way.
Awesome!!! Love this!!! Thanks a lot! Great work.
I just discovered your channel and already addicted to it...very helpful for beginners like me..awesome channel.😍
Excellent tutorial on practicing in general! And good advice for breaking up arpeggios with rhythms and blocking based upon the hand positions. This former piano teacher 100% approves.
Wonderful explanation. Even a novice can learn through these lessons.
Thank you for taking the time to post.
Kind regards
LM
Hi Nahre. Thanks so much for these priceless tutorials!
Also, how do you make it look so easy and graceful!
I've been watching your entire video collection and it's all outstanding.
This video in particular is great because mastering the blocking, rhythm, and hand position practicing techniques is the secret to help pianists play advanced arpeggio pieces VERY QUICKLY.
A big Thank you from Germany
🥰 Thank you for this teaching.
Very helpful.
Greeting from Netherland.
Good job. The Best!
Excellent ideas. Thanks.
Wow - that high Eb has some next level sustain.
these tips are so helpful
I'm here for Moonlight Sonata 3rd Movement
I'm aware that it's Broken chords but I'll apply these.
Great videos!! Thankyou!
Your fingers always gave me satisfaction. It's like a dancing on the keyboard. Thank you.
Thank you!! 😊😊😊
Thanks a lot! I think i was thinking about playing piano again i'll surely check this out!
I am a singer and Music Education major, and I love piano and theory but I just cant get my hands to move! My brajn is very logistical and so FINALLY I have found someone talking about the MECHANICAL things like hand positions and how to block for practicing!
I feel so much more motivated and dread learning much less now! Cant wait to binge your videos.
So so awesome!! I hope you find the videos helpful!! 😊🙏
Great tips and you can easily transfer them to other instruments
You help alot of musician ... thank you~☆
Scales and Arpeggios are my way of relaxing after long days of work nasties. Thanks for the practice tips, as i can get in to a rut from time to time, and sometimes i don't feel the progress. Chopin is Dope.
I love this chanel! (Aunque no entienda muy bien ingles y no pueda tocar nada de lo que ella toca)
Nicely done. Thnx.
Appreciating the mini keys on my reface (DX). My old fingers do not stretch as much as they used to. Thanks so much from a "getting back into it" musician.
Your arpeggios are beautiful! Thank you so much for the practice tips!
You are wonderful and so very creative. Your little dog is so beautiful!!!
One of the many things that strikes me in your incomparably wonderful videos is that piano players won the damn repertoire lottery, and as guitar player this really pisses me off! Thanks again Nahre for sharing
Thank you so much for taking time to share your methods and advice with everyone, you’ve helped me immensely!
Need this for my fav song
When you said "unless you're Rachmaninoff" i looked up his hand span..
He could get to the 13th.
..
But very nice video again, thank you so much :))
Thanks naresol
Hello , I just discovered your channel tonight and I've only seen two videos as an aspiring pianist, (will watch man many more) but I am extremely impressed, you are very insightful and I am very thankful I found your channel, so helpful. THANK YOU, a very great mentor!!!!!
Thank you!! 😊🙏 Welcome to the little tribe 🙋🐶
You are AMAZING!!! Just this.
Amazing Chops ! Great Lesson, Thank You Cya
Thanks for another great video!
I am learning this piece so this was helpful
Yes....Nahre....very helpful....these ideas are the difference between Good or Great players...Thank You for all of you time......ron
Hi Ron, thank you :)))
omg what a wonderful music channel you have !!!!
I love your videos! They're broken down so well and great for someone like me who's getting back into playing piano.
excellent! thank you
This is an effective way to practice. Something simple such as changing the rhythm itself and using syncopation to accent off beats in an arpeggio forces your hand and fingers to strengthen in places you wouldn't get just practicing a straight even rhythm.
Thanks this I am looking for