How I Warm Up at the Piano
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 16 มิ.ย. 2024
- Well I finally got through moving and am happy to be back, this time sharing my pre-practice warm-up! This routine has never been more vital to me than now, for I couldn't practice throughout the moving process and so my technique has suffered quite a bit. With careful daily practice and warming up, I'll get it back!🎹❤️😀
Chapters:
0:00 Welcome & Opening Remarks
6:21 Floor Exercises (Arching/Curling Back)
7:36 Floor Exercises (Squats)
8:42 Floor Exercises (Upper Body Stretches)
12:33 Floor Exercises (Wrist Maintenance)
13:37 Floor Exercises (Shoulders & Neck)
14:00 Floor Exercises (Lower Body Stretches)
17:22 At the Piano (Wrist Exercises)
23:47 At the Piano (Dohnányi Exercises)
29:39 At the Piano (Scales in Double 3rds)
31:45 At the Piano (A Word on Staccatos, the Hand Toss & Use of the Body)
37:04 Wrap-Up
Resources Mentioned:
Essential Finger Exercises - by Ernö Dohnányi: www.amazon.ca/Essential-Finge...
Rational Principles of Piano Technique - by Alfred Cortot: www.amazon.ca/Rational-Princi...
Leschetizky's Fundamental Principles of Piano Technique - by Marie Prentner: www.amazon.ca/Leschetizkys-Fu...
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Can't wait for the 2nd part. You are a very nice person, Penny!
Thank you so much!😊Practicing is coming along well and today I worked on a Prelude & Fugue which I hope to have as a video for next week. We shall see how things go!🎹
Good to see professional musicians are hard working to stay on their level - keep it up Penny. I do practice a lot of chords and finger isolation at the piano (as a bass player), of course I do balance on a Slack-Rack for the inner core muscles and do Forrest Yoga hand stretching (opening with the other hand the finger movement radius in the negative range - soft and with a 5 sec. pause for the muscle relaxation). My best wishes from Berlin, Germany.
Oh how interesting, thanks so much for sharing your exercises! I had not heard of them and it’s refreshing to hear of other musicians’ routines for keeping healthy. Greetings back to you from Fort Erie, Canada!🍁🎹
So glad you have landed and returned to videography! I too think double thirds are an indispensable exercise; they wake up my whole hand and my brain, and they were the most efficient route to getting past my perennial old problem of chord tones not sounding together.
Thank you so much! I can’t tell you how happy I am to be back!🥰 Yes, double thirds scales are great for exactly the reasons you said, plus they are especially useful for Bach players as the added note in each hand is a bit like voicing and makes one have to listen and work a bit harder than in a regular scale. They feel quite satisfying to play, like you’ve really gotten a nice workout!😀
Sooooo good to see you back!! You sound happy and settled. Looks like the piano is in a very nice location in your new home!! Could you give us a tour of your new digs some time soon? Loved this video and seeing your warm up process!
Thank you, Roseanne! I am so relieved and content, comfy and happy!🥰🎹I sort of “styled” another room upstairs to look nice on camera for any videos where I’m talking about things away from the piano, so at some point that will be seen. I call it my listening room but it’s really a man cave for a girl.😅
Exercises are so important. I remember when practising guitar if I didn't do hand stretches and drills, I'd have a stiff painful hand afterwards
Agreed! Anything’s worth doing, that makes one able to practice longer and more at ease!🎹💯✅
Good morning, Penny! Great to see you! Loved the arched room entry! Love listening to you! Waterfall away! 💦
Oh thank you so much!!💛 Looking for a place that would look nice on camera and not present me with backlight issues was a bit of a nightmare. It would have been much easier to find a place as a non-TH-camr!😅
So happy that you found a new place, all the best from Dresden, Germany!
Oh how nice! Thank you so much! Greetings back at you from Canada! 🍁
I love the finger exercises - so robust and invigorating - would love to hear your whole practice session of the Dohnányi ❤
Thank you!!❤
I'm so glad you're back, Penny! Your new home looks beautiful and so glad you are getting back in form -very wise insights into the physical challenges of playing piano 🥰 (I am just a former child player and sometime 'piano Mom', but I really admire your talent, knowledge and interpretations.)
Thank you so much, Marie! It’s a house from the turn of the century and while I’m not exactly a white walls kind of gal, I am really happy with my new space!🏡🎹😊
Welcome back! Settle in nicely and keep posting 😃
Thank you so much!! Indeed, I will do just that!😀💜🎹
Congrats on your move to a new home. Thanks for the good videos!
Thank you, John!!😀
So happy you are back, really valuable lessons❤
Thank you so much!💛
welcome back! glad you’re settled in the new place. thanks for the valuable info on your routine :)
Thank you, Caleb! It's great to be back at my piano again!❤🎹
Welcome back!!! 💙
Thank you, it’s good to be back!!💙
Привет. Очень рад видеть вас 👌
Thank you, Volodia! I’m very happy to be back!😊🎹🏡
You are amazing Penny! Great content!
Thank you so much, Mardi!😀🎹
YEAAA PENNY IS BACKKK & thanks for uploading a video on warm ups. I also struggle with it. It’s been worse because I cut my finger recently on my left hand and not practicing makes me sad :/
Thank you, Jason!🎹✨ I’m sorry to hear about your left hand. It’s a real bummer when these things happen. Ask me how I know..😅 Heal soon and happy practicing!
@@pennyplaysbach I wonder how! Hahaha but please keep it up the content!
Muy interesantes todos esos ejercicios Penny realmente tocar el piano requiere de técnica y trabajo constante y se obtienen buenos resultados y se nota en seguida aunque solo hagas unas simples escalas.Me alegro de que ya estés ubicada en tu nuevo hogar.Si, yo solia practicar Hanonn y actualmente lo hacem mis alumnos ,creo que es muy interesante junto con las escalas y arpegios típicos,movimientos contrarios,arpegios quebrados etc.
Thank you, Mary! It’s so true, with technique it’s use it or lose it! Having not been able to play for so long what with moving and all, I was reminded of how good piano playing is for one’s health. I can’t think of any other activity that demands such physicality from the hands. It’s such good exercise on top of the music being a comfort. My circulation and dexterity are all better off because of playing piano!🥰
You can use that fingering for all major scales, even F major or f# major?
There's a different fingering for those keys. The fingering I showed in the video (p. 61 of Marie Prentner's book on Leschetizky's teaching) works for the double thirds scale fingerings for the keys of C, G, D, A, E, and B-major. Folks can view the other fingerings online, as it's available at this link: archive.org/details/leschetizkysfund0000pren/page/60/mode/2up 🎹
Very valuable question, Thanks @pablobear4241
Merci, eh.
I’ve done yoga daily for over 50 years, and start with the Sun Salutation.
You might be interested in my video of exercises to stabilise and strengthen the low back. Because of my own shoulder problems, there are also techniques for shoulders and hands.
Oh My Aching Bach
Thank you, Lawrence! Indeed, physical activity is a must when learning to play the piano. I believe it was Vladimir Horowitz who said that "if I don't walk, my fingers can't run." 😀
Thanks!
Thank you so much, Gary!💙
Thanks!
Oh my goodness, thank you, Gary!!😀🎹