Yeah .. I used to do that too but then I realized that it's just another complication you can do without at least until you have the notes secure. Trouble is it takes self discipline and pedal can be too tempting!
@@michaeltraub3614 The fingering is essential to work out right at the outset. First cab off the rank, as they say. Sometimes you need to search a bit for scores that have fingering and then you need to make sure your fingers can work with the recommended placements. Good luck!
This is so useful and constructive, both for my own playing and my teaching. Consistent fingering and de-constructing a piece are both major challenges for some of my pupils...
Thank you for your video which I found very useful and you explained everything so well. I’m hoping I will find more of your videos. I have subscribed so hopefully there will be more I can watch and learn.
Just brilliant Graham and the Gkuck piece is beautiful. I am VERY happy to pay each month for "The Pianist" and have done for a couple of years. Long may it and your advice and short tutorials continue.
Brilliant. I need to take it much more slowly. I live the concept of studying the piece from several perspectives before touching the piano. I live the concept of the planned stop. Will be giving it all a go. Thank you sim much You play so Beautifully.
Thank you for your video ! You have given me a lot of great ideas for learning new pieces . This is very useful and helpful ! Teacher Graham, Thank you very much !
Oh, yeah! This is what I like about relearning to play in my 70s-- going slowly, one hand, one bar at a time--is the preferred way to learn and practice a new piece. So meditative!!
Thanks - ABRSM new syllabus about to wear us all out! I like the idea delaying going to the piano. This will be the first time I try it when my book arrives
Thank you very much for sharing your musical wisdom! I would really appreciate if we could see your performance from up above to clarify better your musical ideas. Kind regards.
@@WingSun Hi! A piece from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (Polonaise BWV Anh. 119) and a piece from the grade 3 ABRSM exam book. Lol! I'm a subscriber to those two channels. They're awesome! :D
Sir When you play looking at musical score, I don’t know if the score is shown at bottom without obtrusion so that we understand the locational point of note that is being played. If that would be possible, I think it will be better for a person like me !
💥 I wish I could afford purchasing a good piano 🎹 like those. The piano sound is half the success of a recording or a concert. No matter how good is a performer, if the piano is terrible, or poorly recorded, it would be a disaster. There are hundreds of excellent recordings of the same piece you can choose on music platforms. Now we choose for the sound quality, among the outstanding pianists. Those recorded by Deutsche Gramophon and other excellent studios gets on top. People don't like bad recordings. So, besides being a good pianist, it's not sufficient for success. You need to be backup by an excellent instrument. All the greatest pianists in the world are supported by great piano manufacturers. It's like the horse and the horseman. Pianists have a great disadvantage over other instruments. The flautist can carry an excellent flute along, but most pianists depends on what they have to play. 🎉❤
Nice,but if I am such a beginner lacking enough theory to see all those chords or building blocks? And on top of that the fingers,notes and rhythm just are not there because I am a beginner … What is the solution,what do I or my teachers do wrong here that I am always in this situation ?
awesome, Having just this problem now..stuck in the beginning of the piece, and can't coordinate the fingering.. like the analogy at the end about the golfer.
Maybe memorse one bar of the LH to the downbeat of next measure. Then the right hand, just memorise it. Then play hands together. This solidifies hand coordination. If you are very advanced you can work backwards. The last bar of the passage memorise H S, then play together, then learn the preceding bar.
I was wondering if maybe in another video we would be able to see your true process in which you apply your knowledge to playing a piece that you have never played before, rather than playing a piece you and many others already know.
I am a beginner pianist. Nevertheless, your brilliant analysis is the same methodology I could use to learn a simple beginner piece such as Claire De Lune or Tempest. I've got so much to look forward to. Thank you 👍
The video here seemed to lose cohesion after 8:14 when he abruptly changes away from the first piece and jumps into something alien and unfamiliar. If he had just stayed with the first piece and kept it all the way through it would have been more helpful.
No. Jump in and transpose passages. Getting into the composer's mind/intent?!? The suggestion shows lack of philosophy and psychology. Form and shape?!? Much too general at first. They are of no help with memorizing details. Much more useful is to look at functional Harmony. Mortimer Adler in _how to read a book_ shows an approach to entering a work of literature. There are many parallels with music. Generalities are from aristotelian tradition. Music does not benefit from such an approach. Be precise. Look at detail. Remember the lesson of Art and fear: quantity Trump's quality at first.
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This man is just the best - Sir Graham thank you so much. You’ve been a friend to me in spirit in these lonely lockdown months. Truly!
Emily, what a beautiful eulogy to Maestro Fitch! He is a fabulous pedagog, and such a pleasant gentleman!
I agree.
Graham, I am a teacher from Calgary, in the midst of teaching a Pedagogy course. You have been so helpful and I really appreciate your information
Hey!
We've missed you Graham
What a systematic and comprehensive approach Sir Graham. Thank you for this. It's really useful.
This makes me want to go practice
Graham: The pedal is something that we can get too reliant on.
Me: Busted.
Yeah .. I used to do that too but then I realized that it's just another complication you can do without at least until you have the notes secure. Trouble is it takes self discipline and pedal can be too tempting!
You said nothing about fingering. Admittedly in the chosen pieces the fingering was pretty clear. But what about when it is not so obvious?
@@michaeltraub3614 The fingering is essential to work out right at the outset. First cab off the rank, as they say. Sometimes you need to search a bit for scores that have fingering and then you need to make sure your fingers can work with the recommended placements. Good luck!
Your analysis, guidance and insights are always truly inspirational. Thank you.
This is so useful and constructive, both for my own playing and my teaching. Consistent fingering and de-constructing a piece are both major challenges for some of my pupils...
Thank you Graham for sharing these videos with everyone. They are so useful!! Kind regards from Argentina
So encouraging as always! Inspiring, generous and some very valuable technical advice - thank you !
So appreciated the simplicity and clarity in your instruction. It should be a Universal Model for us all. Thank you so much.
Like Graham’s illustrations about the golfer not just aimlessly striking balls great reminder.
Thank you for your video which I found very useful and you explained everything so well. I’m hoping I will find more of your videos. I have subscribed so hopefully there will be more I can watch and learn.
Thank you Sir, that's so much great information
Just brilliant Graham and the Gkuck piece is beautiful. I am VERY happy to pay each month for "The Pianist" and have done for a couple of years. Long may it and your advice and short tutorials continue.
Brilliant. I need to take it much more slowly.
I live the concept of studying the piece from several perspectives before touching the piano.
I live the concept of the planned stop.
Will be giving it all a go.
Thank you sim much
You play so Beautifully.
Thank you for your video !
You have given me a lot of great ideas for learning new pieces .
This is very useful and helpful !
Teacher Graham,
Thank you very much !
notes, fingering, timing at the speed of no mistakes is the truth
Oh, yeah! This is what I like about relearning to play in my 70s-- going slowly, one hand, one bar at a time--is the preferred way to learn and practice a new piece. So meditative!!
And thanks to you for teaching us.
Very valuable, clear and enjoyable!
Thanks - ABRSM new syllabus about to wear us all out!
I like the idea delaying going to the piano. This will be the first time I try it when my book arrives
I have compared the new syllabus yesterday and didn’t find the selection on my level much better than the 2019-2020 syllabus.
Really appreciated this
Very good advice in this Graham, this inspired me to give Arabesque a try and I'm glad I did - it really is a pretty piece.
Really useful, as usual.
Many thanks for the excellent pieces of advice.
Excellent advice. Thank you!
Very helpful video. Like the loud shirt, too!
Thank you!!!!! This helps me and thank you for that.
Thank you very much for sharing your musical wisdom! I would really appreciate if we could see your performance from up above to clarify better your musical ideas. Kind regards.
So helpful. Thank you.
Great tips!
Very inspirational.
Rock-solid approach and explanation!
Thank you for this.
Good ideas about controlled stops as practice scaffolding
I have just found you-Thank you so much for this video series. It is very enlightening! Take care.
Impeccable as usual
I am starting the Brahms intermezzo op 118 #2. This is so helpful! XOXO
Thank you!
Great Stuff!!!
This is gold 🎉
When this 'madness' is over you must have a MasterClass in person, somewhere wonderful.
Just excellent. My teacher would agree with nearly everything.
Marvelous!
I'm still struggling with Czerny's Etudes de Mecanisme.
Inspirational
Just in time! I’m learning a new piece. :D
Same for me ! Are you learning bass ? D.504 ? 2SetViolin?
@@WingSun Hi! A piece from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (Polonaise BWV Anh. 119) and a piece from the grade 3 ABRSM exam book.
Lol! I'm a subscriber to those two channels. They're awesome! :D
Thanks !!
What is the name of the piece played in the intro?
Excellent advice; it ought to be evident that the would-be pianist must be prepared to devote time, effort and patient application.
Hi where do you have the sheet music for Orfeo? You seem to be in a different key with base then the original which sounds amazing
Sounds like he said it’s a Siloti arrangement.
Great!💯🙋♂️
Do you start HT in the video , no HS ?
I am a follower of pianosecrets and he said this exact same thing on his Arabesque tutorial. Lol
Sir When you play looking at musical score, I don’t know if the score is shown at bottom without obtrusion so that we understand the locational point of note that is being played. If that would be possible, I think it will be better for a person like me !
So fine !
where do you buy your shirts?
great lesson btw
💥 I wish I could afford purchasing a good piano 🎹 like those. The piano sound is half the success of a recording or a concert. No matter how good is a performer, if the piano is terrible, or poorly recorded, it would be a disaster. There are hundreds of excellent recordings of the same piece you can choose on music platforms. Now we choose for the sound quality, among the outstanding pianists. Those recorded by Deutsche Gramophon and other excellent studios gets on top. People don't like bad recordings. So, besides being a good pianist, it's not sufficient for success. You need to be backup by an excellent instrument. All the greatest pianists in the world are supported by great piano manufacturers. It's like the horse and the horseman. Pianists have a great disadvantage over other instruments. The flautist can carry an excellent flute along, but most pianists depends on what they have to play. 🎉❤
Nice,but if I am such a beginner lacking enough theory to see all those chords or building blocks?
And on top of that the fingers,notes and rhythm just are not there because I am a beginner …
What is the solution,what do I or my teachers do wrong here that I am always in this situation ?
What’s the name of the piece in the beginning because that’s basically what I’ll learn after this video
I’d like to know that as well.
On this video 0:37
GLUCK MELODIE from ORFEO ed EURIDICE
awesome, Having just this problem now..stuck in the beginning of the piece, and can't coordinate the fingering.. like the analogy at the end about the golfer.
Maybe memorse one bar of the LH to the downbeat of next measure. Then the right hand, just memorise it. Then play hands together. This solidifies hand coordination. If you are very advanced you can work backwards. The last bar of the passage memorise H S, then play together, then learn the preceding bar.
Piece name at the beginning?
Glück/Siloti melody from Orpheus
What song is in the intro?
Also want to know
Intro song anyone?
I was wondering if maybe in another video we would be able to see your true process in which you apply your knowledge to playing a piece that you have never played before, rather than playing a piece you and many others already know.
Sir dialog over,few study🙏
I am a beginner pianist. Nevertheless, your brilliant analysis is the same methodology I could use to learn a simple beginner piece such as Claire De Lune or Tempest. I've got so much to look forward to. Thank you 👍
I thought Clare de Lune was an ABRSM grade 8 piece, hats off and good work to you if you can play it.
Tempest Sonata? I wouldn’t define that as beginner
Neither of those are beginner pieces.
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The video here seemed to lose cohesion after 8:14 when he abruptly changes away from the first piece and jumps into something alien and unfamiliar. If he had just stayed with the first piece and kept it all the way through it would have been more helpful.
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No. Jump in and transpose passages. Getting into the composer's mind/intent?!? The suggestion shows lack of philosophy and psychology. Form and shape?!? Much too general at first. They are of no help with memorizing details. Much more useful is to look at functional Harmony. Mortimer Adler in _how to read a book_ shows an approach to entering a work of literature. There are many parallels with music. Generalities are from aristotelian tradition. Music does not benefit from such an approach. Be precise. Look at detail. Remember the lesson of Art and fear: quantity Trump's quality at first.