How to Make Your Melody Sound Better (With ONE Practice Method)
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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.
But….how the heck do you practice voicing?
Especially when there’s a lot going on in both hands and it seems IMPOSSIBLE to voice the melody?
I’m sure you’ve experienced this phenomenon where you tell your hands to ‘voice the melody’ and your hands in response…
Do nothing different.
(silly hands)!
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 practice voicing so that your melody sounds beautiful, 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 melody sound better with ONE practice method by watching today’s short tutorial.
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I just learned to write down the fingerings first 😅 but this does make sense so I will try to follow the method.
Nice!
I love this video.I have heard most of the ideas before (from a proficient friend as I don't have lessons), but you really explained it well and emphasised where to put in the hard yards. Trying this out on Rachmaninoff Op23#6 - it looks perfect for that!
Thanks for saying so! I’m excited for you to put them into practice!
Discipline ad patience is the key!
Thanks so much for excellent video!
So encouraging!
You’re welcome! And exactly!
Always love your videos Ashlee. There are always some gems that improve my piano plaing.
Thanks so much for saying so!
Pretty! Love this tip.
If my piano teacher would have been as sweet and beautiful as Ashley, I would probably be a master pianist. Thank you for the videos Ashley :-)
I have a question about the first step where you play the melody in a non-final fingering with multiple fingers.
What do you think about playing the melody with only 1 finger (eg the index finger) instead of multiple fingers?
Would this help even more in solidifying and internalizing the melody?
Because playing the melody with multiple fingers poses the risk of playing "mindlessly" from muscle memory too early. (Yes, i know, one should never play mindlessly...😊)
Playing with only one finger somehow forces you more to listen at what you are playing and thus being more consciousnessly aware of what you are playing.
This is at least what i experience.
Would be happy to hear your opinion on that matter 🙂
Yes absolutely! I think of that as taking it even one step “pre this” and that would be highly effective, especially in a piece like the one i use to demonstrate. Great idea!
First loss by. Schumann is a nice early intermediate piece to do this way
Absolutely!
it's a beautiful piece!
Foreign lands and peoples is a good intermediate piece to practice this way.
Definitely!
Definitely!
This is the first time I’ve ever heard of these instructions and I wonder why because they seem to make a lot of sense. It’s like you’re putting piano playing under a microscope to see the tiniest details of playing and then add a magnifying glass to be able to learn from them. I think that makes sense?
Yes exactly! And it’s really helpful when you have a lot of things going on in addition to your melody ✅
@@AshleeYoungMusicStudio That too! 😆
my fingers dont fit inbetween the black keys, is this a problem?
You can curve your finger or fingers away from the black keys when needed so they don't get tangled pressing on them unintentionally.
Yes! Listen to the other comment reply ✅
I'm just an amateur, but I don't see the value of step one. It seems to be useless effort to learn with one set of fingers. Then UNLEARN that to learn a new set of fingers. Better method would seem to be to listen to a recording to get the melody in your head. Then try to replicate that melody with the correct fingers.
I don't know of any other skill that would be taught your way. Is playing melody on the piano such a unique skill that it lends itself to this method?
You’re not “learning” it with random fingers. This video is actually meant for later in the process when you know the piece pretty well and you’re looking for a higher level of musicality. You already know the fingering at that stage and allowing yourself the freedom (very temporarily) to play with any fingers lets you prioritize musicality for a short time to get your hands and ears to be able to work together faster. You don’t stay on this step long, just long enough to get the shape you want. Then you go to step 2. However, skipping step one will often mean that you don’t quite ever reach the level of musicality, that you desire. Being able to play with lovely phrasing and dynamics often requires a little time and space to experiment to get the sound you want. Step one gives you the time to do that without having your entire brain focused on playing it “right”