How to Make Your Left Hand Sound Better (in 1 step)
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I once had a teacher that said that the difference between a good and a great pianist could be summed up in one word:
Voicing.
If you voice your melody, and play it beautifully, that puts you above a lot of piano players.
However, in the process of trying to voice the melody (often in the right hand), a lot of piano players end up just trying to ‘play the accompaniment (or left hand) as quietly as possible,’ with little or no success.
When you tell your left hand to ‘play as quietly as possible,’ you’re not giving it clear directions that are actionable or measurable.
I’m sure you’ve experienced this phenomenon where you tell your left hand to be quiet, and all of a sudden ALL YOU CAN HEAR is the left hand?!
In today’s tutorial, I give you a solution to this problem.
ONE practice method that you can use (that doesn’t take a lot of time) to make your left hand sound significantly better, IN ANY PIECE, regardless of your level.
Once you give this method a try, reply to this email and let me know how it goes - if you do it correctly, I can GUARANTEE your success with it.
Learn how to make your LH sound better in ONE step by watching today’s short tutorial.
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I really appreciate the time you've taken to break it down. This was really informative. Thank you very much
You’re welcome!
Love the close captioning! Strong work,Ashlee.
Thanks!
I really appreciate the pace of this lesson. Great lesson!
I’m glad to hear it! Thanks for saying so 🙏
There was a stark difference in the musicality. Merci for your advice.
Glad you heard it!
Glad you heard it!
Thank You for the many wonderful (UA-cam Shorts) piano tips over the holidays as well as this fabulous full length tutorial on improving the left hand.
Oh my goodness thank you so much! You are very welcome - I hope you enjoy many more! 🙌🏻
Great lesson! You're definitely "digging" deep for material that is relevant to all of us!!! I will say that when I looked @ the markings & dynamics on the piece, I see a slur & a pianissimo with an expressivo!!! Which tells me those particular dynamics were implied. It's just very easy to overlook them when we're trying to "master" a piece!!!🤔🤔🤔 Just my thoughts and again loved the lesson!!!🤘👏👍🙏
Thanks!! And yes yes yes! Sometimes I recommend ignoring the dynamics depending on the goal, artistic preference, if the dynamics were out there by the composer, etc. for the sake of this practice method you’d ignore them ;) then put them back.
So helpful! And inspiring! Thank you, Ashlee!
You’re welcome, I’m glad!
You’re welcome! I’m glad!
A Sincere approach to teaching piano👏
Thank you!
i noticed paul mccartney does his melody on his left hand and his chords on his right. pretty cool. i like things outside the box or folks who dont go by the book and make it work. i did that with drumming. i took no courses or classes, later i found i did things not normal.. but it gave me a way better aptitude for many things by not being taught. sometimes not knowing limitations can be greater than thinking it all has to be a certain way. those that disagree take it up with paul.
I love this! Thanks for sharing!
Great lesson! Some of my favourite pianists are the ones who have a dominant accompanying hand. McCoy Tyner, who played piano with John Coltrane, comes to mind.
Thanks 🎉
Good on you Ashlee!! Lovely to see your videos, cheers!!
Thank you so much and great to have you here!!
As a right-handed player, I concentrate much more on the left hand when practicing. Through timing experiments, I discovered that my left hand is about fifteen percent less competent than the right hand, by almost every measure. So it makes sense to devote more practice time to it.
You are the best❤keep going 😊
Thank you so much for the kind words 🙏 I truly appreciate it and I will!
Nice content , Ashlee! I would also like to point out a method that has helped me in order to accentuate the melody regardless this is on the left or right hand. This is to sing (not loud) the melody while playing so as the brain will know and bring it up. This makes miracles especially on Bach's Fugues
This is a great point! Love it - thanks for sharing!
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I'm 57 and have been playing guitar and bass since I was 10 and with my acoustic next to my piano I've been transferring theory and it's recalling opening up my mind , I'm very obsessive with bass lines because as a bassist for hire I've adapted a hand in glove technique = the chord " mode is the glove and the hand/ fingers are the arpeggiaited key 1 3 and 5 notes that make up a scale series of notes a * fit* in the pockets of the chords itself , with this I'm sounding out diminish Aug and major 7th clusters , with this mind mind even opening up the white and nlacks keys almost caged withing a octave and 9 keys all in the convenient neighboring keys and I'm discovering that if I approach my left hand as bass lines I can invente my patterns that roll back around as a " loop ( hench BASS LINES AS MELODIES ! THANK YOU ! and I'm looking forward to enjoying your channel I'm am Leo Bootes on Facebook I'm a life long Rock and Roll and Blues Musician and a new Jazz & Classical "Nerd Math Head at the moment
So great to get to know you, and I’m glad you are here in the community now! Welcome. It’s great to learn a little bit more about you, and I hope you enjoy more videos!
This is really good advice! Ashlee is obviously a human dynamo, who could easily sell sand to someone dying of thirst-but she always delivers great, usable content that will help people immensely as they strive to improve as musicians. She’s the real deal! I’m no great pianist, but I do muddle along well enough to make a living playing piano, and I ALWAYS find something of value in her videos.
Hahaha thank you! Love your comment here :) I appreciate you taking the time to let me know. You’re awesome!
I'm not clear on what this lesson is though I appreciate your energy and enthusiasm. Is it to simply play the left hand louder or with more dynamics depending what the piece calls for at any given note or phrase?
I’m glad you asked for clarification! It’s actually to take the LH or ANY piece and see if you can make it sound as beautiful as a melody. You won’t perform it this way, but as a practice technique it really makes your brain think at a deeper level and helps you get to know the piece better and develop a lot better control of the LH.
GOOD. Is it possible to gi e us the CDE notations .
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Hi Ashlee...Will the 4 day free course in Jan be recorded? I will be away from home so can't attend but will really like to watch videos after. Thanks and thanks for all of the helpful videos. Happy New Year
Yes! Register anyway and you’ll get the replays!
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Very good tip. Fits my own view - always play music not notes.
EXACTLY
@@AshleeYoungMusicStudio Although slightly different I always keep in mind the Oscar Peterson comment, It don't mean a thing if it ain't got that swing. I am enjoying your charming presentations. I've been piano playing for about 75 years - and still learning.
What song is this? I've heard it and love it
Chopin prelude in E minor!
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I think I play the 😂🥁🎤
I like the speed of your speaking 😀 I thought I had set the speed to double speed 😅
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Much theory...little practice
Works well on Gymnopedie #1
Absolutely!!!