What is the best PRACTICING ROUTINE?

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  • Опубліковано 19 чер 2024
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    01:10 Warming up - Stretch
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    14:28 How much time to spend on your main repertoire pieces?
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КОМЕНТАРІ • 59

  • @Valentina-Steinway
    @Valentina-Steinway 5 місяців тому +2

    My practice routines are:
    1) my own technique exercises
    2) scales/arpeggi
    3) J.S. Bach pieces
    4) repertoire

  • @ceccospianojourney7381
    @ceccospianojourney7381 10 місяців тому +4

    Great recommendations. My son, eight yo, on grade 4 ABRMS, follows a very similar pattern, with 50% of his practise time on the actual pieces he's learning. He learns two pieces grade 3 or 1 piece grade 4 in two weeks. Separate hands first week. He practises 1h per day. Same preps for his first recital. Works perfectly well for him. Thanks for sharing.

  • @qazsedcft2162
    @qazsedcft2162 10 місяців тому +23

    Many beginners ask about practice routines and I think it's totally the wrong question to ask. It reminds me of people who go to the gym and just want to phase out and their exercise routine without having to think about it. But that's exactly what you MUST avoid when practicing piano. You should constantly examine, search for solutions, re-evaluate, experiment, and change things around on a regular basis. The key question you should be asking is not what is the best practice routine but what are good practice techniques for solving such and such issues (and Dennis has a lot of great advice in this area). You have to be constantly on the edge trying to find new solutions rather than complacently following a "routine".

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +6

      Age is just a number, routine is just a word😅

    • @raysonjohn1246
      @raysonjohn1246 10 місяців тому +3

      'Repetition is the mother of tuition'

  • @brendamengeling4653
    @brendamengeling4653 10 місяців тому +12

    Thanks! I bought your Advanced Beginner course yesterday, and I’m very glad I did. I already know how to play Burgmuller’s Opus 100, No. 1, so I watched your lessons on it, and I realized how much easier it would have been if I had been able to do the lessons before learning the piece. Piano is my third instrument after violin (years ago) and voice (all my life), so the world of chords and coordinating hands are the most challenging parts for me, and in this video the idea of improvisation was really appealing. I’m really excited for the rest of your course.

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +2

      Thanks for your feedback! Have fun with the course!

  • @annazully2680
    @annazully2680 10 місяців тому +5

    great as always!

  • @amandacolleenhoward
    @amandacolleenhoward 15 днів тому

    Thanks!

  • @sarap6650
    @sarap6650 9 місяців тому +1

    Thank you so much for you videos! They are incredibly helpful

  • @icareg
    @icareg 10 місяців тому +2

    Im at work so ill throw this in my watch later. I subscribed from your previous videos. Thank you very much for your thoughtful and concise practice guides.

  • @nadezdaalyabieva7330
    @nadezdaalyabieva7330 10 місяців тому +3

    Big thanks for these techniques, I realized I overlook many aspects of piano playing, so I will try to bring something new like sightreading into daily routine

  • @marymissmary
    @marymissmary 8 місяців тому

    Thank you for this!

  • @1980subrosa
    @1980subrosa 10 місяців тому +4

    Great videos! Great content, concise and to the point! Thank you for sharing your content!

  • @falstaff63
    @falstaff63 Місяць тому

    I love very much your channel, because you are a great teacher. Everything is very clear. Thanks a lot!

  • @jacobitocrack123
    @jacobitocrack123 7 місяців тому

    Thanks for your tips and recomendations

  • @polonoise
    @polonoise 10 місяців тому +3

    I dont know if it's valid or not but I also just try to have fun. Yes mechanical repetition is neccesary sometimes but I allow myself to just start messing around with basic ideas. Or take repetitions and start adding things on top of it. Take segments of pieces and try to change them, transform or transpose, play them with arpeggios instead of chords or vicersa, invert the melody, etc.

  • @janicestubblefield-tave229
    @janicestubblefield-tave229 10 місяців тому +1

    Great video. I just bought your new course, thank you! I have not been practising at all (and no teacher) so I hope this gets me going again with good (and fun) habits.

  • @MusikArtStory
    @MusikArtStory 10 місяців тому +4

    Hi Denis! Your videos are beneficial and full of great tips and explanations. I purchased your Hanon technique exercises last year and referred to them often. I was thrilled to hear you made a course for Late-Beginners. I just bought it! These videos and courses are so invaluable. I appreciate your hard work and dedication to making it accessible to us. Thank you!

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +2

      Thank you very much for your feedback! Have a great time with piano playing!☺️

  • @yjh5220
    @yjh5220 10 місяців тому +3

    Astounding🎉

  • @streyycat667
    @streyycat667 10 місяців тому

    Thanks for this! I like the emphasis on warmup, and appreciate you listing all the other areas of daily practice, including one or two I used to separate out (which meant they too often were skipped). In contrast I have trouble getting all those other areas into only 50% of my practice time! But I’m a re-starter not a new beginner so I know from long-ago experience how important this is. Your summary of it was helpful.
    I looked at the ear training course and it has the homework assignments and sound files so you can test yourself, check your dictation, etc. but i don’t see actual course content. Am I overlooking it?

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +3

      Thanks for a feedback and sharing your thoughts!
      Another style is doing some activities 1-2 times per week but longer.
      That’s the course content as far as I understand, you just listen to files, write down or play it, and check yourself with a book.

  • @ann.k3
    @ann.k3 9 місяців тому +1

    Thanks for all you teach! It's a bit expensive for me now in Ukraine buy your course, but really thanks for give such good advices here on UA-cam!

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  9 місяців тому +1

      I often do 50% time-limited discounts on the newly published courses, stay tuned!

  • @hippophile
    @hippophile 10 місяців тому

    warm up chords: Rachmaninoff Op2#3 played slowly? I do like exercises that are also parts of actual music :))

  • @bluepearl4806
    @bluepearl4806 10 місяців тому

    Hi Denis thank you so much for every video I try not to miss even a single video of you!!!🙏🙏🙏🙏 In one of your videos would you mind telling us how was your hand recovery what kind of treatment did you get to recovery what kind of physiotherapy you had for your hand after you got injury? I have carpal tunnel and I am applying all kinds of modern techniques nice gantle warm up routine. Noting seems to work...I am going to get an other treatment on September but this time physiotherapy will be included. If you don't mind telling us the process of your hand recovery I would be grateful. But if you would mind I understand you deeply. Thank you very much for every knowledge you give us and for all your wonderful videos🙏🙏🙏💐🌺💐🌺💞

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому

      Sorry to hear about your situation! But I did have only muscle issues, so my experience would not be very helpful for you! I hope you’ll find a great doctor who will help you!🤞

    • @bluepearl4806
      @bluepearl4806 10 місяців тому

      @@DenZhdanovPianist Thank you very much for your good wishes dear Denis🙏💐🌺 But carpal tunnel is e muscle issue you know. If something worked for you that would inspire me too. Recovery has a spiritual or belief part you know. But thank you very much anyway🙏💐🌺 I will do my best👍🏻

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +1

      Oh really, as far as I am informed, a carpal syndrome is a neurological disorder involving the median nerve. Unfortunately, each issue needs a specific treatment, but I’ll think about making a video sharing my experience, of course!

    • @bluepearl4806
      @bluepearl4806 10 місяців тому

      @@DenZhdanovPianist Thank you so so much dear Denis🙏🙏🙏💐💐💐🌟🌟🌟You are my kind of idol a kind of hero🌺💐🍀🌺I would find enough courage to heal if watch how you recovered thank you so much🙏🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰💐🍀💞 By the way if I am wrong carpal tunnel is a muscle sequizing the median nerve if that muscle get too thight. That tunnels get nerow and press onto the median nerve. I hope treatment works this time. Thank you so much dear Denis 🙏🙏🙏🥰🥰💐🍀 I wish all the best for you always!!!🌺🌟💞🍀🤗🌟🌺

    • @bluepearl4806
      @bluepearl4806 10 місяців тому

      @@DenZhdanovPianist As a second thought, such a video would harm harm to your positive energy dear Denis I would not like this at all. And besides it may not work for me either..yes my solutions would be different..one of my fingers is broken..I will concentrate on using it more gently. This might solve the half of the problem. Please don't worry about making a video about this🙏🙏🙏🙏I will find a good doctor and I will be ok. I wish all the best for you dear Denis🙏🙏🤗💐💞🍀🌟🌺You are such a great pianist!!💐💐💐💐💞💞💞All your videos changed my piano technique Iitimproved very much already. Thank you for everything🙏🙏💐🌺🌟💞💐🌺🌟🍀💐💞🌺

  • @jackisinforthewin
    @jackisinforthewin 6 місяців тому +1

    Have you heard about task fatigue. If your practice more than 30 minutes the practice quality goes down. So you should practice 30 minutes then take 10 min break than practice 30 mins again

  • @Ruben14Elias
    @Ruben14Elias 10 місяців тому

    @7:39 I got sold! do you teach jazz?

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +1

      No, I am a classically trained pianist, and despite I have interest in jazz, I teach only areas of my best expertise.

  • @razielakos1
    @razielakos1 8 місяців тому +1

    Mister Denis i want you to ask you something. Since you started playing the piano have you ever made your wrists getting any pain? Is this normal for a pianist to develop pain in wrists? I m encounter this problem and i don't really know if should stop playing the piano. I know well that its some kind of bad technic but i really want to ask a good pianist if this was a problem as well during your young period of learning the piano.

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  8 місяців тому +1

      No, pains are not normal and usually point on a not healthy playing habits. I have many videos on this topic on this channel, you may start here:
      ua-cam.com/video/QD9QcmlygKo/v-deo.htmlsi=hreEmAt2BX2H_xkW

    • @razielakos1
      @razielakos1 8 місяців тому +1

      @@DenZhdanovPianist thank you very much.

  • @nickpollockpiano
    @nickpollockpiano Місяць тому

    Do you call a dominant 7 chord a major-minor chord in ukraine?

  • @user-lk3oo5uq4z
    @user-lk3oo5uq4z 9 місяців тому

    was repertoire mentioned? Actually learning a piece?

  • @vincentmaloney5835
    @vincentmaloney5835 8 місяців тому

    You started talking about sightreading and then...до, ре ми, до, ре, до. Тhe answer will be: соль, фа, ми, ре до! LOL

  • @user-tq4de3tf4h
    @user-tq4de3tf4h 3 місяці тому

    CDECDC is a good joke

  • @velcroman11
    @velcroman11 10 місяців тому +1

    I absolutely disagree with you. Beginners want to do well but they don’t have the first idea as how much time would be the minimum amount of time to spend practicing so that they will see improvement. I hope you are not a teacher.

    • @DenZhdanovPianist
      @DenZhdanovPianist  10 місяців тому +14

      So what exactly in this video is contradicting to this claim that you think you have to absolutely disagree?

    • @DimitriMarmarashviliMarmaSan
      @DimitriMarmarashviliMarmaSan 10 місяців тому +5

      It buffles me how someone might not be able to see the expertise Denis has over what he teaches.

    • @piano_man3404
      @piano_man3404 7 місяців тому +2

      What a silly comment velcroman11. I play professionally and imo this man has great content.

  • @mitchnew3037
    @mitchnew3037 6 місяців тому

    OH MY GOODNESS!!!! This is a life changing video! Thank you so much,Mr Zhdanov 🫶🏻🫶🏻