Thanks Daria, your videos are awesome and go much more in depth than any other TH-cam tutors I have seen so far. I appreciate the level of detail and the love you put in your work. It is funny that we need a foreign language to communicate when we don't. Cheers.
thank you very much for your comment! I appreciate your feedback. 🙏🏻Feel free to comment in Russian, I use both languages equally well:) Happy new year!
After watching so many short videos & nothing working out for me i decided to watch this 26mins video.. This is a breakthrough video for me.. Guys just sit in front of a piano & follow the instructions.. Love you Daria u are an blessing to me in understanding arm weight & relaxation techniques.. God bless u from Goa, India...
Daria, your channel is really GREAT! This is what I've been looking for. Going in depth and showing the fundamentals in piano playing the way you do is just awesome. Truly inspiring. Recently I got my digital piano so now I can follow along with your lessons. Thank you.
Hi, thank you so much for your feedback and for the compliments to my work! It is very gratifying to read that my videos are helping you learn to play piano. I wish you the best of luck with your piano studies, and thank you for watching!🙏
Thanks, even though for someone like me level zero ( never have piano teacher before) I benefited by your explanation throughly and patiently with details. Thanks again for your insight that really encourages me because I can’t read notes only play by ear.
Hi! So sorry for my belated reply. Each week my reply response varies, depending on my schedule, but I reply eventually!:) I am very happy that my advice can help piano learners like you, who do not have a teacher, but who are musical and want to continue learning! Playing by ear is the most authentically musical thing one can do, so it is a great approach to take, and requires certain talent to be able to do, so it's wonderful you can do that!! Of course, learning how to read music can help you learn pieces faster, but it is not necessary. Best of luck with your piano journey! I hope my future videos will help you along!👍🎹👩🏫
thanks for those videos, and you deserve 1000 likes from me. more things are changed after watching your tutorials, they are so easy to understand them. my teacher didnt teach me like you. thank you again.
Hi Daria. I have listened entirely. Thank you for the quality of your instructions. As a teacher, I like listening to my peers to compare their teaching to mine, in terms of gestures and explanations. I think we Always learn from each other. I didnt know the Gnesina exercice, thats cool to know. Thks :)
Oh, thank you so much for investing time into listening to the whole thing!🙏 I appreciate it! Yes, I also often watch other teachers tutorials to observe and learn some new things from them. Do you have any tutorials on youtube?
@@Dariafortepiano I am almost sure you know Josh Wright Channel. He is fantastic. After listening to the very beginning of your video on what you call "true legato", it really questionned me because this is a question i tried to find an answer to with my former teachers. One of them totally join you on the fact that the Keys must not 'overleap' on each other, but i think that this is important to distinguish that legato from the cantabile touch. I once found a video on TH-cam putting in words what i questionned to myself. Do you know Arie Vardi ? I find that he explains perfeclty that touch, what he calls the cantabile touch. th-cam.com/video/yQ1SN2VXKOI/w-d-xo.html Also, what you call True Legato is called by Graham Fitch "default legato" (i like this term) th-cam.com/video/-gUUUeLrBVQ/w-d-xo.html. As for the cantabile touch, he explains that the attack of the new sound is masked by the reminiscence of the new sound". This is so beautifully said. Also, check this video on the symetrical inversion used by Hamelin which corresponds to what you evoke when you talk about the E major Scale. There are two axes of the keyboard: the D and the G#. th-cam.com/video/xXPkDvUKz_Y/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/iMLVzWInJu0/w-d-xo.html :))
@@BenSadounJeremie wow! Thank os much for all this valuable info!! I read briefly, but will look into it in details in the near future! Appreciate it!🙏🎹👍
@@Dariafortepiano :-) ! I'm so looking forward to scales part 3 - I'm sure there will be some delectable tips and examples there as well - although you've set the bar really high with what you covered in this session :-) Again - VERY helpful of you to identify the specific Hanon exercises which are most beneficial, and to point out how several of them are not especially applicable. This should help a lot of people make their practice time much more efficient and productive! Starting at 22:41 I see you're using a technique that I found helpful, which is to slightly rotate the arm and lead slightly with the wrist in the direction of the scale. This places the knuckles of the second and third fingers over or even beyond the thumb and ready for the transfer of weight to the next keys so that it reduces the amount of turning and "whipping" motion. For example, using the right hand ascending - C, D, E, F, G, A ... - when the thumb is playing the F, the knuckles of the second and third fingers are already over - or even past the thumb and are ready for the transfer of weight to G and A rather than lagging behind and still over the D and E. Do you find practicing scales in thirds, sixths, and tenths to be helpful? I'm really enjoying how comprehensive and concise your presentations are!
Thanks for this Daria, have to say I learned some poor technique whilst teaching myself. I really appreciate the time stamps and thought put into this video. Hope to see your channel grow more in the future.
Thank you very much for your feedback! I'm very glad my videos are helpful and appreciated by the audience!!🙏 I hope I can continue helping you and others to improve their piano playing experience, including reevaluating and reshaping one's technique. The tough reality is , no matter how musical one is, without the technique we are unable to fulfill our musical vision. So it is extremely important to master it properly. Best fo luck! 👍🎹👩🏫
Hi, sorry for taking so long to respond! Don't worry, this exercise requires training. It is not easy on the first try, because it involves stretching. Any exercise involving a certain type of stretch takes time to develop that flexibility and be comfortable with it . Very small steps at a time, in order to avoid injury. Starting with once a day, just to get used to that motion.. I coudnt do it so easily on the first try either, and it's normal. And honestly, it is really not necessary to go that far with the thumb, so don't need to practice it too much. It is occasionally useful for some tricky positional changes in passages, but overall not necessary for easier repertoire. Just going over and under 3 and 4 is enough. I just showed the full exercise since it is in the book, but it's definitely extra curriculum 😄👩🏫🎹👍
Thank you so much for such detailed and thoughtful tutorial, you are spilling the 💎 here. Am I right in saying that the wrist must be stable throughout the scale, positioned just below the knuckles? In your Hanon thumb exercise demo it is a bit higher. Please consider creating a patreon account, I'd be happy to support your channel with a ☕🍪
Thank you Michail, for your kind support and patreon suggestion! I appreciate it very much!! I will make an account soon, when I have a few more videos published:) Regarding the wrist position, I might have shown an exaggerated upward wrist just to illustrate the high thumb position better, otherwise more difficult to see. Generally, yes., your wrist should be vertically stable ( I say vertically, because horizontal movement towards the direction of the notes is actually quite natural and helpful. ) , and yes,, slightly below the knuckles. Although there are exceptions, sometimes we have to go a bit higher,, sometimes lower.. depending on the technical demand of each particular musical moment.. the bottom line is to achieve the most comfortable playing position, which will yield the most results with minimal struggle/effort. :) slight deviation up or down with wrist is normal, as long as it is not excessive. 👍👩🏫
@@Dariafortepiano thanks for the reply, apologies for the nuance questions, it's just there is so much information out there . There is a technique taught by some prominent pedagogues whereby one is transferring his/her hand in a kinda circular motion, with the wrist going down with the thumb and raising back up again. It then goes on saying that at speed this motion is invisible, but still there 🤔 Your approach is much more favourable. Patreon should incentivize to publish new videos, so don't wait! ☝
Great video Daria, just wondering how state keyboard working out for you. Also I'm having a tough time getting that particular keyboard how do you feel about the YC88.
Hi! Thank you for your comment! Sorry for the belated reply! I am very happy with keyboard, I can accomplish a lot of sound details and nuances with it, and it feels very comfortable for my fingers. To be honest , I have not tried the YD 88, so can't say anything about it, sorry!
Hi! Thank you for your comment! Sorry for the belated reply! I am very happy with keyboard, I can accomplish a lot of sound details and nuances with it, and it feels very comfortable for my fingers. To be honest , I have not tried the YD 88, so can't say anything about it, sorry!
Hi, great question! I can't give you a yes or no kind of answer here, so I'll elaborate a little bit🤓 depending on your repertoire and on the way you approach and structure your practice time 2 hrs may be just enough for you. Supposing your pieces are not too long or you are working only 2-4 pieces at a time. And depending whether or not you dedicate part of your practice for technical exercises or if you prefer to learn technique directly through repertoire pieces. ( for example at this stage of my musical journey I dedicate 30 min for technical exercises everyday, so that adds 30 min to my practice time, beyond learning repertoire, but not everyone does that, and not always) If you have diverse repertoire, where you can spend perhaps half time (1hr) on virtuosic technical pieces and half time on slower cantabile pieces , let's day roughly 30 min per piece , that way 2 hours is enough to keep steady and well rounded musical and technical development. Gives enough physical training for your fingers and musical training for your ears. But that implies intense concentration for the full duration of practice:) some days you might need more practice time to facilitate faster memorization of a piece, or more time to practice technical passages of your growing repertoire. But this is a good general estimate:) Sorry for the long answer 😅
Hi Daria - what do you think about making a TH-cam video together a comparison between the yamaha cfx and the bosendorfer of your yamaha p515 with the sk-shiguru and the ex grands of kawai on my Kawai MP7se digital piano? you play on your piano and send me the midi file so i"ll play the same melody on my keyboard and both of us use the comparison on our channels?
Hi Tamir, sounds interesting! thanks for the idea! So you are able to reproduce my midi file on your machine? that's fun! I am not sure if I am planing on making this type of comparison video for my channel, but it could be helpful for others, why not:) you can do it first though on yours. I'm still working on a couple of other tutorials for the moment. What type of piece/pieces would you like me to record? like 1 slow and one fast contrasting, full or could be excerpts of a longer piece? I am happy to share my recording with you.
We can use slow piece with the most dynamic curve so the viewer can constraint on the piano sound and complexity difference of the piano sound and less the piece it self. Or mybe two defferent pieces one fast and one deep and slow. I will change the piano sound in the Middle of the piece from one piano to another so it will be easier to recognize the sound defference of each piano sound.. What i"ll need from you is : video ( of you playing (record while playing via midi and then). Two separate audio clips of each piano sound recorded from the same "video" midi file. And i"ll take it from there. So one Video. One midi file. Two audio files. Im trusting youre judgment wich piece to choose. This is my email : tamir@rafael2.co.il
Got it! I have a piece in mind that could work. Chooinetude no 3 op 10. It has slow and fast sections., mainly quiet and repeats a lot, so the same section can be heard on different instruments to compare. But i might need a couple of weeks to finish the piece. If you can wait that long that's great. If not, then I can think of something else that's easier and I won't need to learn so long:)
Hi! Thanks for the question! To be honest, im not familiar with the differences in harmonic language , so to speak, that is associated with rock muaic that sets it apart from the classical music harmonies...so I'm not sure if I can give you a comprehensive answer there. But what I can say is that harmonic minor is different from natural only by the inclusion of the raised 7th scale degree ( in A minor it will be G sharp instead of G natural). That makes the dominant chord be Major instead of Minor.. ( the 5th scale degree triad will be EG#B, instead of EGB, creating more tension from dominant to tonic , G# is closer to A then G naturals, so sounds more like it wants to resolve there. (scale degree 1, in a minor it is note A) In classical music the dominant is most commonly major, however the minor dominant chords are often used to add different unexpected color to the harmony. So both are used. Also the 7th scale degree chord will also change from natural minor to harmonic minor. So basically harmonic minor is more aggressive sounding in a way. So depending on what type of dominant chords are used in rock music you ca decide what type of minor scales are more useful for you:) but I always practice all 3 types: harmonic, natural and melodic. 👍👩🏫🎹
So the arm SHOULD be heavy? How to you play fast quiet passages with a heavy arm and fingers transferring all thag weight? Never had a teacher explain this to me.
Yes, the arm should always be heavy, manjng relaxed, so the weight can be smoothly and freely transfered from one finger to the next, without any of it being suspended in the arm, which will in turn lead to tension and pain in the forearm and other areas. For a quite fast sound fingers should be light, and very strong, so they go into the key slowly, which creates quite sound, rather than a fast stroke, which creates a loud sound. Fingers need to be trained very very well, to be able to play fast quiet passages. But the arm should always be relaxed. Otherwise proper weight transfer is simply not possible to achieve. I have a video on quiet, vs loud sound. Feel free to watch that if you are interested. I will eventually make videos of fundamentals of weight transfer, but it will take some time.
Hi Robert, I truly appreciate your message! Thank you very much for this "push"! Honestly, I have been hit with "nothing I make is good enough to post " perfectionist wave this past month, ( sometimes I look at my previous work and it just seems so embarrassing to have posted that.. haha..) and I really need to stop stalling and post something NOW. I discarded many of previously made material, reevaluating my approach.. but I'm recording something new today and tomorrow. So will be new video about fingering in a couple of days! Thanks so much for your patience and support of .y channel!!🙏👩🏫🎹
@@Dariafortepiano yeah,fingering would be great,I’m getting better,but I can improve,nothing good enough to post?that’s laughable,your a pro,I think you might be a little too critical on yourself,if that’s your thinking?ok Daria,I’ll be here waiting,bye.
Some of the remarks, that “pop up” sometimes, are using dark red letters on black background. These are difficult to read. Please consider this when creating new videos in the future. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for the suggestion! Funny enough, someone has suggested to not use white, because keys are white, so I chose dark orange. I guess it is not the best either....maybe light blue then?🤔 need to get better at these editorial things😄 thanks for the feedback 🙏
Thank you very much for the suggestion! 👍🏻 Added to my list of future videos! I would love to make this one, because it is such a fundamentally important part of piano playing, which should not be overlooked. 🎹👩🏻🏫
@@Dariafortepiano GOD BLESS YOU SO MUCH IN JESUS NAME AMEN🙏🏽❤️ AND IM SO EXCITED, SEEN YOUR OTHER VIDEOS AND YOUR UNIQUE,THE SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL AND YOUR PLAYING IS A STORY ITS BEAUTIFUL 🎼❤️
Thanks Daria, your videos are awesome and go much more in depth than any other TH-cam tutors I have seen so far. I appreciate the level of detail and the love you put in your work. It is funny that we need a foreign language to communicate when we don't. Cheers.
thank you very much for your comment! I appreciate your feedback. 🙏🏻Feel free to comment in Russian, I use both languages equally well:) Happy new year!
After watching so many short videos & nothing working out for me i decided to watch this 26mins video.. This is a breakthrough video for me.. Guys just sit in front of a piano & follow the instructions.. Love you Daria u are an blessing to me in understanding arm weight & relaxation techniques.. God bless u from Goa, India...
Thank you so much! I'm very glad you found my video to be so helpful!😀
Daria, your channel is really GREAT! This is what I've been looking for. Going in depth and showing the fundamentals in piano playing the way you do is just awesome. Truly inspiring. Recently I got my digital piano so now I can follow along with your lessons. Thank you.
Hi, thank you so much for your feedback and for the compliments to my work! It is very gratifying to read that my videos are helping you learn to play piano. I wish you the best of luck with your piano studies, and thank you for watching!🙏
Thanks, even though for someone like me level zero ( never have piano teacher before) I benefited by your explanation throughly and patiently with details. Thanks again for your insight that really encourages me because I can’t read notes only play by ear.
Hi! So sorry for my belated reply. Each week my reply response varies, depending on my schedule, but I reply eventually!:)
I am very happy that my advice can help piano learners like you, who do not have a teacher, but who are musical and want to continue learning! Playing by ear is the most authentically musical thing one can do, so it is a great approach to take, and requires certain talent to be able to do, so it's wonderful you can do that!! Of course, learning how to read music can help you learn pieces faster, but it is not necessary. Best of luck with your piano journey! I hope my future videos will help you along!👍🎹👩🏫
Who dares to dislike these beautiful videos?
🙏🤗
Never had clear about how to practice scales.
Thank you!
My pleasure to help, when I can! So glad you liked the video! Cheers! and happy new Year! 🥳
thanks for those videos, and you deserve 1000 likes from me. more things are changed after watching your tutorials, they are so easy to understand them. my teacher didnt teach me like you.
thank you again.
Thank you!🙏😊
Very thorough and educational, appreciate it a lot :)
Glad you enjoyed it! thanks for leaving a comment!🙏🏻
Awesome! Thank you!
Hi Daria. I have listened entirely. Thank you for the quality of your instructions. As a teacher, I like listening to my peers to compare their teaching to mine, in terms of gestures and explanations. I think we Always learn from each other. I didnt know the Gnesina exercice, thats cool to know. Thks :)
Oh, thank you so much for investing time into listening to the whole thing!🙏 I appreciate it! Yes, I also often watch other teachers tutorials to observe and learn some new things from them. Do you have any tutorials on youtube?
@@Dariafortepiano I am almost sure you know Josh Wright Channel. He is fantastic.
After listening to the very beginning of your video on what you call "true legato", it really questionned me because this is a question i tried to find an answer to with my former teachers. One of them totally join you on the fact that the Keys must not 'overleap' on each other, but i think that this is important to distinguish that legato from the cantabile touch. I once found a video on TH-cam putting in words what i questionned to myself. Do you know Arie Vardi ? I find that he explains perfeclty that touch, what he calls the cantabile touch. th-cam.com/video/yQ1SN2VXKOI/w-d-xo.html
Also, what you call True Legato is called by Graham Fitch "default legato" (i like this term) th-cam.com/video/-gUUUeLrBVQ/w-d-xo.html. As for the cantabile touch, he explains that the attack of the new sound is masked by the reminiscence of the new sound". This is so beautifully said.
Also, check this video on the symetrical inversion used by Hamelin which corresponds to what you evoke when you talk about the E major Scale. There are two axes of the keyboard: the D and the G#.
th-cam.com/video/xXPkDvUKz_Y/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/iMLVzWInJu0/w-d-xo.html
:))
@@BenSadounJeremie wow! Thank os much for all this valuable info!! I read briefly, but will look into it in details in the near future! Appreciate it!🙏🎹👍
@@Dariafortepiano You're welcome dear Daria !
Thx Daria, good stuff,like how you go into intricate detail,great explanation of technique.
Thank you so much for the feedback Robert! Appreciate it!🙏
sawWEEET! - been waiting for this !
It is, of course, TRÈS EXCELLENTE!
Thank you for this!
Haha, thank you😊 followed your suggestion! still one more chapter on scales left in my plans. Then moving on to a different topic😄🎹👍
@@Dariafortepiano :-) ! I'm so looking forward to scales part 3 - I'm sure there will be some delectable tips and examples there as well - although you've set the bar really high with what you covered in this session :-)
Again - VERY helpful of you to identify the specific Hanon exercises which are most beneficial, and to point out how several of them are not especially applicable. This should help a lot of people make their practice time much more efficient and productive!
Starting at 22:41 I see you're using a technique that I found helpful, which is to slightly rotate the arm and lead slightly with the wrist in the direction of the scale. This places the knuckles of the second and third fingers over or even beyond the thumb and ready for the transfer of weight to the next keys so that it reduces the amount of turning and "whipping" motion. For example, using the right hand ascending - C, D, E, F, G, A ... - when the thumb is playing the F, the knuckles of the second and third fingers are already over - or even past the thumb and are ready for the transfer of weight to G and A rather than lagging behind and still over the D and E.
Do you find practicing scales in thirds, sixths, and tenths to be helpful?
I'm really enjoying how comprehensive and concise your presentations are!
Thanks for this Daria, have to say I learned some poor technique whilst teaching myself. I really appreciate the time stamps and thought put into this video. Hope to see your channel grow more in the future.
Thank you very much for your feedback! I'm very glad my videos are helpful and appreciated by the audience!!🙏 I hope I can continue helping you and others to improve their piano playing experience, including reevaluating and reshaping one's technique. The tough reality is , no matter how musical one is, without the technique we are unable to fulfill our musical vision. So it is extremely important to master it properly. Best fo luck! 👍🎹👩🏫
Good lesson, thanks
Glad you liked!👍
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Thanks.
Thanks so much for the comment! Will fix ! 👍
hi Daria valuable material as always. I’m already practising
So glad to hear that you found it useful!! 👩🏫🎹👍happy practicing!
@@Dariafortepiano One thing I noticed is that your body too moves same direction of the hands. It’s worth to mention I believe.
Valuable lessons 🙏🏽 , Thank You 🙏🏽 , Daria
You are so welcome, Clyde! As always , grateful for your feedback and support!🙏 Hope you are well!
And it’s very affective that you feature an overview angle as well ... 🙏🏽
Thank you for the important comment!!🙂
Thanks 🌹 Lady❤️🎹🎹🎹👍🥳🥳 Saludos desde 🇪🇨😉
😊 thank you!👩🏫🎹👍
Ouch...I can't move my thumb past my fourth finger much less the key after it as you do at 18:45.
Hi, sorry for taking so long to respond! Don't worry, this exercise requires training. It is not easy on the first try, because it involves stretching. Any exercise involving a certain type of stretch takes time to develop that flexibility and be comfortable with it . Very small steps at a time, in order to avoid injury. Starting with once a day, just to get used to that motion.. I coudnt do it so easily on the first try either, and it's normal. And honestly, it is really not necessary to go that far with the thumb, so don't need to practice it too much. It is occasionally useful for some tricky positional changes in passages, but overall not necessary for easier repertoire. Just going over and under 3 and 4 is enough. I just showed the full exercise since it is in the book, but it's definitely extra curriculum 😄👩🏫🎹👍
@@Dariafortepiano I'll keep at it.
Thank you so much for such detailed and thoughtful tutorial, you are spilling the 💎 here. Am I right in saying that the wrist must be stable throughout the scale, positioned just below the knuckles? In your Hanon thumb exercise demo it is a bit higher. Please consider creating a patreon account, I'd be happy to support your channel with a ☕🍪
Thank you Michail, for your kind support and patreon suggestion! I appreciate it very much!! I will make an account soon, when I have a few more videos published:)
Regarding the wrist position, I might have shown an exaggerated upward wrist just to illustrate the high thumb position better, otherwise more difficult to see. Generally, yes., your wrist should be vertically stable ( I say vertically, because horizontal movement towards the direction of the notes is actually quite natural and helpful. ) , and yes,, slightly below the knuckles. Although there are exceptions, sometimes we have to go a bit higher,, sometimes lower.. depending on the technical demand of each particular musical moment.. the bottom line is to achieve the most comfortable playing position, which will yield the most results with minimal struggle/effort. :) slight deviation up or down with wrist is normal, as long as it is not excessive. 👍👩🏫
@@Dariafortepiano thanks for the reply, apologies for the nuance questions, it's just there is so much information out there . There is a technique taught by some prominent pedagogues whereby one is transferring his/her hand in a kinda circular motion, with the wrist going down with the thumb and raising back up again. It then goes on saying that at speed this motion is invisible, but still there 🤔 Your approach is much more favourable. Patreon should incentivize to publish new videos, so don't wait! ☝
Great video Daria, just wondering how state keyboard working out for you. Also I'm having a tough time getting that particular keyboard how do you feel about the YC88.
Hi! Thank you for your comment!
Sorry for the belated reply! I am very happy with keyboard, I can accomplish a lot of sound details and nuances with it, and it feels very comfortable for my fingers. To be honest , I have not tried the YD 88, so can't say anything about it, sorry!
Hi! Thank you for your comment!
Sorry for the belated reply! I am very happy with keyboard, I can accomplish a lot of sound details and nuances with it, and it feels very comfortable for my fingers. To be honest , I have not tried the YD 88, so can't say anything about it, sorry!
Hi, do you think two hours a day is a decent amount of piano practice for someone who aspires to play to an advanced level?
Hi, great question! I can't give you a yes or no kind of answer here, so I'll elaborate a little bit🤓 depending on your repertoire and on the way you approach and structure your practice time 2 hrs may be just enough for you. Supposing your pieces are not too long or you are working only 2-4 pieces at a time. And depending whether or not you dedicate part of your practice for technical exercises or if you prefer to learn technique directly through repertoire pieces. ( for example at this stage of my musical journey I dedicate 30 min for technical exercises everyday, so that adds 30 min to my practice time, beyond learning repertoire, but not everyone does that, and not always) If you have diverse repertoire, where you can spend perhaps half time (1hr) on virtuosic technical pieces and half time on slower cantabile pieces , let's day roughly 30 min per piece , that way 2 hours is enough to keep steady and well rounded musical and technical development. Gives enough physical training for your fingers and musical training for your ears. But that implies intense concentration for the full duration of practice:) some days you might need more practice time to facilitate faster memorization of a piece, or more time to practice technical passages of your growing repertoire. But this is a good general estimate:)
Sorry for the long answer 😅
@@Dariafortepiano Thanks for the detailed reply. Any advice on how to keep up intense concentration and stay motivated?
Hi Daria - what do you think about making a TH-cam video together a comparison between the yamaha cfx and the bosendorfer of your yamaha p515 with the sk-shiguru and the ex grands of kawai on my Kawai MP7se digital piano? you play on your piano and send me the midi file so i"ll play the same melody on my keyboard and both of us use the comparison on our channels?
Hi Tamir, sounds interesting! thanks for the idea! So you are able to reproduce my midi file on your machine? that's fun! I am not sure if I am planing on making this type of comparison video for my channel, but it could be helpful for others, why not:) you can do it first though on yours. I'm still working on a couple of other tutorials for the moment. What type of piece/pieces would you like me to record? like 1 slow and one fast contrasting, full or could be excerpts of a longer piece?
I am happy to share my recording with you.
We can use slow piece with the most dynamic curve so the viewer can constraint on the piano sound and complexity difference of the piano sound and less the piece it self. Or mybe two defferent pieces one fast and one deep and slow.
I will change the piano sound in the Middle of the piece from one piano to another so it will be easier to recognize the sound defference of each piano sound..
What i"ll need from you is : video ( of you playing (record while playing via midi and then). Two separate audio clips of each piano sound recorded from the same "video" midi file.
And i"ll take it from there.
So one Video. One midi file. Two audio files.
Im trusting youre judgment wich piece to choose.
This is my email : tamir@rafael2.co.il
Got it! I have a piece in mind that could work. Chooinetude no 3 op 10. It has slow and fast sections., mainly quiet and repeats a lot, so the same section can be heard on different instruments to compare. But i might need a couple of weeks to finish the piece. If you can wait that long that's great. If not, then I can think of something else that's easier and I won't need to learn so long:)
@@Dariafortepiano i"m with you.
Nothing is urgent. I'll wait. BTW I loved your red shirt at your last video.
Hi, do you think it's better for a rock pianist to practice natural minor scales rather than harmonic minor scales?
Hi! Thanks for the question! To be honest, im not familiar with the differences in harmonic language , so to speak, that is associated with rock muaic that sets it apart from the classical music harmonies...so I'm not sure if I can give you a comprehensive answer there. But what I can say is that harmonic minor is different from natural only by the inclusion of the raised 7th scale degree ( in A minor it will be G sharp instead of G natural). That makes the dominant chord be Major instead of Minor.. ( the 5th scale degree triad will be EG#B, instead of EGB, creating more tension from dominant to tonic , G# is closer to A then G naturals, so sounds more like it wants to resolve there. (scale degree 1, in a minor it is note A) In classical music the dominant is most commonly major, however the minor dominant chords are often used to add different unexpected color to the harmony. So both are used. Also the 7th scale degree chord will also change from natural minor to harmonic minor. So basically harmonic minor is more aggressive sounding in a way.
So depending on what type of dominant chords are used in rock music you ca decide what type of minor scales are more useful for you:) but I always practice all 3 types: harmonic, natural and melodic. 👍👩🏫🎹
So the arm SHOULD be heavy? How to you play fast quiet passages with a heavy arm and fingers transferring all thag weight? Never had a teacher explain this to me.
Yes, the arm should always be heavy, manjng relaxed, so the weight can be smoothly and freely transfered from one finger to the next, without any of it being suspended in the arm, which will in turn lead to tension and pain in the forearm and other areas. For a quite fast sound fingers should be light, and very strong, so they go into the key slowly, which creates quite sound, rather than a fast stroke, which creates a loud sound. Fingers need to be trained very very well, to be able to play fast quiet passages. But the arm should always be relaxed. Otherwise proper weight transfer is simply not possible to achieve. I have a video on quiet, vs loud sound. Feel free to watch that if you are interested. I will eventually make videos of fundamentals of weight transfer, but it will take some time.
@@Dariafortepiano thank you for the insight. I will try and practice this.
My pleasure, I hope this is helpful! Best of luck!
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Hi Daria,just waiting on your next video?take care.
Hi Robert, I truly appreciate your message! Thank you very much for this "push"! Honestly, I have been hit with "nothing I make is good enough to post " perfectionist wave this past month, ( sometimes I look at my previous work and it just seems so embarrassing to have posted that.. haha..) and I really need to stop stalling and post something NOW. I discarded many of previously made material, reevaluating my approach.. but I'm recording something new today and tomorrow. So will be new video about fingering in a couple of days! Thanks so much for your patience and support of .y channel!!🙏👩🏫🎹
@@Dariafortepiano yeah,fingering would be great,I’m getting better,but I can improve,nothing good enough to post?that’s laughable,your a pro,I think you might be a little too critical on yourself,if that’s your thinking?ok Daria,I’ll be here waiting,bye.
Some of the remarks, that “pop up” sometimes, are using dark red letters on black background. These are difficult to read. Please consider this when creating new videos in the future. Thanks.
Hi, thanks for the suggestion! Funny enough, someone has suggested to not use white, because keys are white, so I chose dark orange. I guess it is not the best either....maybe light blue then?🤔 need to get better at these editorial things😄 thanks for the feedback 🙏
Can you make a video specifically on Weight transfer, Arm weight and good video GOD BLESS IN JESUS NAME AMEN❤️
Thank you very much for the suggestion! 👍🏻 Added to my list of future videos! I would love to make this one, because it is such a fundamentally important part of piano playing, which should not be overlooked. 🎹👩🏻🏫
@@Dariafortepiano GOD BLESS YOU SO MUCH IN JESUS NAME AMEN🙏🏽❤️ AND IM SO EXCITED, SEEN YOUR OTHER VIDEOS AND YOUR UNIQUE,THE SCENERY IS BEAUTIFUL AND YOUR PLAYING IS A STORY ITS BEAUTIFUL 🎼❤️
@@77sincere94 thank you! I'm very humbled by your words 🙏
@@Dariafortepiano your welcome 😁☺️