The Thumb Tapping Exercise - Improve Scale Speed & Fluidity

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Thanks so much for mentioning my little scales exercise! So glad you found it helpful and effective as well. :) And congrats on all your amazing videos once again!

[@barbarawallace7563]

Can you tell me the composer of the intermezzo he is showing here? I couldn't quite understand what he said. It's very beautiful, and I would like to find it. TIA.

[@piaanders4995]

@@barbarawallace7563 Intermezzo no. 1 in e minor by Manuel Ponce 😊

[@chutton988]

You are so great Danae! And good work Josh! Both of you are so impressive

[@PianoMan333]

Didn't expect to hear you play music from Breath of the Wild haha. Great video, thanks!

[@carlosazambujayt]

Josh Wright and Danae Dörken - what a glorious mix! 😁You two are the best, thank you so much. 👍👏👏👏

[@peforce]

Thank you, Josh. Very helpful. For those who want to check the channel, her name is Danae Dörken

[@alexgoriatchenkov]

Great exercise explanation for sure!

[@inter-dimensionallizard1028]

You uploaded this just as I was watching Danae's scales video. Lucky me.

[@Zergbit]

Yes! Pedal cam, as a self-taught intermediate player pedaling is one aspect that is just hard to learn. Not every piece has pedal notations as even if it does its not always easy to tell how exactly it should be done. Thanks for this addition hoping is in more future videos.

[@kimw491]

This looks a great tip - I'm looking forward to trying it out! Thanks, Josh and Danae!

[@Elijah24553]

I've played breath of the wild to. The music in it is overall pretty minimalistic, but the major themes it does have are very well composed.

[@gervasiomontenegro569]

Danae Dorken's channel is great

[@Dan-pq1tp]

Thanks Josh

[@pfannekuchen-heinz5428]

Something very similar helped me immensly with the Chopin waltz in A minor to get the Section in bar 22 (3/5) so much smoother. Will definitly try this out, when the next opportunity presents itself.

[@jackschieferdecker2019]

Cheers Josh, thanks! I’ll try this in practice today

[@levipiano3263]

thank you Josh Wright, you aree a truee inspiration

[@captivator13]

Many thanks brother Josh,
Sam 🎵

[@sipatean]

Thank you so much Josh, I've learned a lot from your videos.

[@Mr3kiwis]

Thank you, I'll show this to my daughter who's just working on getting her scales up to speed for her exam in a couple of weeks :)

[@editzoneeditzone8439]

Sir.. i need fingring speed Technics & hand, finger motion Technics, tutorial sir . Please to make the video

[@Mercy_Pants]

Amazing video! Side note… I see why people choose Steinway.

[@surajrao1136]

Hello Josh! I have a problem. While playing the piano i have observed that i am flexing my middle and index fingers curved and upward when i hit a key with my ring finger. This happens especially in the left hand. This induces tension in my left hand's fingers. Can you please advice on how to correct this problem? Thank you for your tutorials. Regards!

[@editzoneeditzone8439]

Sir i need fingring speed technics & hand motion Technics tutorial.. please make the video sir..

[@joshwrightpiano]

I have covered this extensively on this channel and in the ProPractice Technique Series

[@evariste78]

What Intermezzo is he talking about at 0:42?

[@Nola1222Piano]

I was wondering this too

[@EdmundHeng80]

Intermezzo No 1 by Manuel Ponce. Here's the imslp link imslp.org/wiki/Intermezzo_No.1_(Ponce%2C_Manuel)

[@ginabisaillon2894]

Waaayyy too advanced for me!

[@levipiano3263]

Josh can you please do a tutorial of how to interpret the pieces visually i mean how to move and express feelings by body language if that makes a sense, because sometimes when i see pianists , they havee a great musical interpretation but their movement are kindaa not that good visually i mean you will enjoy the music by your ears but it doesn't much with your eyes , i dont know if i can get you the idea xD but i didnt find any tutorial on this subject...

[@EdmundHeng80]

Hi Levi, I'm not Josh, but all bodily movement should be natural. You can't fake or force it. Looking good visually means absolutely nothing to a musician. =D

[@levipiano3263]

@@EdmundHeng80 thank you so much for replying , i agree with youu totally , but sometimes when playing in front of non musicians , what encourage them to start playing music is what they feel from hearing and "seeing" , of course i dont mean we should fake or add some extra unnecessary body movements because everyone has its own , but i asked for some suggestions of movements that may link what we are trying to interpret musically...

[@joshwrightpiano]

I recently covered a similar question in the VIP MasterClass series. My general advice is to not use unnecessary movement.

[@elbertpratt4719]

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