That was a great lesson, Josh. I’m learning the Mozart Sonata in a minor K. 310 right now. You just taught me a new way to practice the Alberti bass. Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven works demand an excellent Alberti bass. Thank you. Jim
Yet another great video that demonstrates the process of how to practice the piano. On the surface, the Alberti Bass seems to be a fairly simple mechanism, at least to conceptually understand. Yet, we can get tripped up and not perform with the evenness and texture we imagine. So what do we do? Josh shows once again how to tackle to problem. First, start with a know working state, in this case the trill. Then, add a little bit till we reach our goal. Thanks Josh!
Funny, I searched for the Alberti just because I'm learning that piece right now! VIP student here btw, I think it's great that this classic video from six years ago is here to save the day 😁
Thanks so much for this. Grade 3 student battling with Clementine Sonatine and promised to play the full Fur Elise for my mother and part 2 is killing me!
Hi Josh, Thanks so much for this video. I am struggling with the opening of Grieg's Piano sonata with the extended alberti bass (involving 10th intervals). I do not have large hands but can easily stretch a 9th. Can you advise. Many thanks< Norman (Glasgow:Scotland)
Hi Dr. Wright. I hope you don’t mind my adding my two cents, but I have a had success with the Alberti bass and I think I owe it to a couple of things.
Ooooops. I accidentally hit send. As I was saying I’ve had a great deal of success with your berry base and I owe it to a couple of fine teachers and some things I’ve discovered on my own. When I was in high school preparing to go to college as a piano major had an excellent teacher who had me do all of the major and minor scales, broken chords, arpeggios and the chromatic scale. She also had me go through the Cerney school velocity, Op. 299. That helped some, but I was irritated that quite often one hand was doing nothing while the other hand was really getting a work out. I like the fact that the scales broke records and arpeggios gave both hands equal workouts. Then she started me at the very first of the hand and 60 virtuoso exercises and that rapidly changed my piano playing and got me ready to go to college as a piano major. I like the fact that in every exercise both hands are exercised equally. That to me is a win-win situation. We even completed exercise number 60 in the book which was a tremolo exercise. That is when my Alberti bass started coming together. For anyone who is having trouble getting there I’ll be ready base fast enough I highly recommend mastering that Hanon tremolo exercise number 60. I know how it has become very posh and nose in the air to put down Hanon, but people who are doing that are really losing out on some fine exercises. You show me someone who has mastered the hand and 60 and I will show you a really fine pianist. I have also learned to practice Alberti bass playing three of the notes as appoggiatura notes (grace notes) to the principle note. Using this method will train you to let go of the keyboard and just fly. By the way many years back I got to study with an artist in residence at a university near me. Before our first lesson I asked him what I should bring to the first lesson. He told me to bring two or three pieces from different periods to play for him, and then he said and most important of all please bring your Hanon exercises with you. We really work those hand exercises. I think he had me play them for him in every way possible except for standing on my head. It revolutionized my piano playing. I hope this helps many people, and I hope it helps many people finally realize that Hanon is not a waste of time. It is no more boring than Czerny, Liszt, Cramer, Plaidy, or Pischna, or any of those other finger exercise gurus. I have really strengthen my hands by practicing difficult sections, whether it’s in the left hand or the right hand with the other hand playing the mirror image of Ithaca passage. Good luck, everyone. Happy music making.
That was a great lesson, Josh.
I’m learning the Mozart Sonata in a minor K. 310 right now. You just taught me a new way to practice the Alberti bass.
Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven works demand an excellent Alberti bass.
Thank you.
Jim
Same
I also love how you are accenting your pinky finger. Helps keep. The rhythm and gives it flow. Thank you Josh- I enjoy your timeless tips!
Yet another great video that demonstrates the process of how to practice the piano.
On the surface, the Alberti Bass seems to be a fairly simple mechanism, at least to conceptually understand. Yet, we can get tripped up and not perform with the evenness and texture we imagine. So what do we do?
Josh shows once again how to tackle to problem. First, start with a know working state, in this case the trill. Then, add a little bit till we reach our goal.
Thanks Josh!
Funny, I searched for the Alberti just because I'm learning that piece right now! VIP student here btw, I think it's great that this classic video from six years ago is here to save the day 😁
I cannot thank you enough for this video!!
Thank you, Josh, for posting this link for me!
Thanks so much for this. Grade 3 student battling with Clementine Sonatine and promised to play the full Fur Elise for my mother and part 2 is killing me!
Hi Josh,
Thanks so much for this video. I am struggling with the opening of Grieg's Piano sonata with the extended alberti bass (involving 10th intervals). I do not have large hands but can easily stretch a 9th. Can you advise.
Many thanks<
Norman (Glasgow:Scotland)
Hi Dr. Wright.
I hope you don’t mind my adding my two cents, but I have a had success with the Alberti bass and I think I owe it to a couple of things.
Ooooops.
I accidentally hit send.
As I was saying I’ve had a great deal of success with your berry base and I owe it to a couple of fine teachers and some things I’ve discovered on my own. When I was in high school preparing to go to college as a piano major had an excellent teacher who had me do all of the major and minor scales, broken chords, arpeggios and the chromatic scale.
She also had me go through the Cerney school velocity, Op. 299. That helped some, but I was irritated that quite often one hand was doing nothing while the other hand was really getting a work out.
I like the fact that the scales broke records and arpeggios gave both hands equal workouts.
Then she started me at the very first of the hand and 60 virtuoso exercises and that rapidly changed my piano playing and got me ready to go to college as a piano major. I like the fact that in every exercise both hands are exercised equally. That to me is a win-win situation.
We even completed exercise number 60 in the book which was a tremolo exercise. That is when my Alberti bass started coming together. For anyone who is having trouble getting there I’ll be ready base fast enough I highly recommend mastering that Hanon tremolo exercise number 60.
I know how it has become very posh and nose in the air to put down Hanon, but people who are doing that are really losing out on some fine exercises. You show me someone who has mastered the hand and 60 and I will show you a really fine pianist.
I have also learned to practice Alberti bass playing three of the notes as appoggiatura notes (grace notes) to the principle note.
Using this method will train you to let go of the keyboard and just fly. By the way many years back I got to study with an artist in residence at a university near me.
Before our first lesson I asked him what I should bring to the first lesson. He told me to bring two or three pieces from different periods to play for him, and then he said and most important of all please bring your Hanon exercises with you.
We really work those hand exercises. I think he had me play them for him in every way possible except for standing on my head.
It revolutionized my piano playing.
I hope this helps many people, and I hope it helps many people finally realize that Hanon is not a waste of time.
It is no more boring than Czerny, Liszt, Cramer, Plaidy, or Pischna, or any of those other finger exercise gurus.
I have really strengthen my hands by practicing difficult sections, whether it’s in the left hand or the right hand with the other hand playing the mirror image of Ithaca passage.
Good luck, everyone. Happy music making.
Unfortunately the apple update has affected the app making the video screen too big to view so you have to click on safari.
amigo muy buenos todos tus videos...
Your microphone is my ear drum and the leg of your piano is resting on it.
Good lessons but , we don't see the keyboard enough , thank you for the videos .
Awhh~ i can't see your fingers movement nicely .... pleasee~ redo ~ please!