I'm currently practicing a piece with a trill, and I think for me the bigger challenge is not the trilling action per se, but rather integrating the trill into the piece; in other words, fitting the trill into the time allowed based on the tempo of the piece and the duration of the note that has the trill.
There must be thousands of videos on TH-cam about executing trills, and I've seen many of them, but this is the first one (finally!) that actually shows you how to really execute them. Now all that's missing is practice. Thank you so much.
You know what's funny? My teacher made me practice trills for 2 minutes every 40 minutes, timed with a stop watch, every session, using the 4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5 fingers on both my hands. Over the years, it made those 2 fingers a lot stronger.
As a someone who had three different electric pianos, from my experience I must say that unfortunately some keyboards are just very bad, which can also result in a problems with trill technique. So, at least when buying digital piano, try to consult some piano teacher for recommendation. Nowadays, there are digital pianos with very good piano action that are not expensive.
@@Sayuku_P I haven't tried it, so I can only guess. But, since it's Yamaha, it's not their cheapest range, and it has quite good reviews, I believe that it's good choice. Especially for beginners.
@@fortissimoX If the keyboard specifically doesn't advertise triple sensors, it's not good for trills etc. since you need to lift the key completely before re-engaging it... And triple sensor keybeds are really expensive in comparison and usually only in high end models that are meant for serious musicians.
Jason, I am totally a beginner. Although I had wished for playing piano, I never gave a thought to it seriously. After following and watching all of your videos and the videos of Pianote channel, I bought a keyboard Casio CTS 300. After all, that's the only keyboard I can afford. Now as a beginner who knows nothing, your tutorial videos are so helpful and discovering of what to learn and practice. Thank you so much.
Hi. I'm self-taught pianist and had difficulty with thrills in Chopin's Nocturne and it was such a nightmare 😫 ! Following these exercises I have progressed at this a lot and I'm pretty excited about that. Thanks man. This is a great great video to learn thrills 😊.
@@anav5555 I’m an intermediate (and older). But I’ve been working on the ornaments for weeks. It help to look at various videos of people who play it like you would like (I’m partial to Jacob’s Piano). I’m getting close, so the rather prosaic advice from me is keep keeping on and you’ll get there.
I may be getting ahead of myself but what is the difference between a trill vs a turn (sideways S notation aka gruppetto)? Found in Beethoven's Sonata in C Minor (Pathetique).
Thank you so much for these tips! I am playing a duet right now that starts off with two trills, and it sounds so much better now! But I don't know if I could ever get as good as this guy, no matter how much I practice.
Thanks for this video. One problem I have is executing trills musically while the left hand maintains the rhythm. Trills speed up and slow down, but the left hand has to stay steady. I practice this by having the left hand go with a metronome while the right hand goes free with the trill, but would love hear any advice you have about this. Another video maybe?
Hi! I had 3 years of piano lessons as a kid. Now, almost 30 years later I'm picking it up again. It's amazing how much the brain can store after so many years. How do you feel about learning with an app? Any recommendations?
Great! Tips for trilling with the left hand? That same Mozart piece has a descending left-hand trill that introduces the second theme. It always gives me hardship.
I have discovered a few trills in Bach's Prelude in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier. There are two trills on white keys in the B or 2nd section, but I also found 2 trills between a black and white key (Ab to G) in the 1st section.
Got a new perspective after watching the video. I never taught much of trills, I find that it’s easier if I relax, don’t think of it, just get it done. The piece you were playing gets tricky when the left hand comes in. I can do it only without thinking. Gets messed up when I tense up. As a child, I remembered I was very good with Mozart trills. Now, I’m more conscious, not so good. I’ve never thought of trills (3 points) like what you said in the video. So, thanks for the new perspective. I’m a nervous player, that’s a problem especially in exams.
I have some work and lots of practice to do, but I now can start.. I found your tutorial because I am learning that piece - Piano Sonata in C major - Mozart. Perfect, thank you!
These are great tips. When i did classics i somehow had problems with triplets but trills were ok. Holding hands low is a great tip. My teacher told me this and my fingers would be not flexible if i did not keep my hand down. Thanks i am learning alot to improve my technique
I play easy listening music mainly now but the trills, arpegios etc and all your good exercises have motivated me alot and these extras enhance technique.
Thanks so much Jazer! I’ve been playing for decades and can still learn things from you. And trills are definitely a weak spot of mine. I would love to hear discussion of more ornaments also. 😍
Great video! After only 10 minutes of praciticing these exercises i was able to play a greatly superior and more controled trill on lower dynamics (all of this applied for a performance of the nocturne n2). Still a long way to go on these trills but with these tips, that road will sure be shorter :)
Great vid Jazer, especially the extreme close-ups! Could you possibly do a How to Trill part 2 with explanations of the Baroque trills like we see in the Bach inventions? I'm working on Invention No. 9 but leaving all the trills out for now...
I used to live in Sydney and I recall ur accent in Australia. but it is more than that. you r pretty nice and positive in teaching. my problem is I wonder when I had do the ones you said in your improvisation video. please respond x
Oh this is perfect. I'm playing Venetianisches Gondellied for one of my pieces in my last year of highschool. There's a very very long trill on C# and the notes are easy to play but I was struggling with making it sound even.
I have been wanting trill help because I'm working on Nocturne in c# minor, so this was good timing. It would be great if you could offer some tips for the scales at the end (not sure what to call them). I am not at the level where I can play them fast enough, and probably it's just a matter of time and work. I really love that piece and would like to be able to play it well!
Thank you for such an informative video on executing a trill. However, I need to see you take it one step further….many times I just see a single note with a tr~~~~~ by it. So what notes are you suppose to trill with the single note? Do I go one whole step up, down, half step up or down, or trill with an octave, or trill to the next displayed note? Thanx for any insight into this!
Jazer how long did it take you to learn to play so well? You and Kaleb Brasee are so great on the piano. The movement of yours and Kaleb hands are simple beautiful. I wish I could develop that talent.
Hi Jazer, thanks for your video! the first two days when I practised I felt unsure as my wrist got really tense that I had to rest for a whole day without playing. My wrist easily gets tensed anyway. But after 1 week I could really saw the progress day after day and every day I could play trill for a little bit longer and more evener without feeling any discomfort. It is not perfect now but I will keep practising. Your method is working!
One thing that I’ve noticed about myself after I watched this and paid attention was, I slide to the edge of the keys, I feel like it requires less effort down there, I suppose. I never realized I do it until I paid attention, but it works for me!
I actively avoid trills! Will need to try and follow some of the ideas in this video. I often think it’s my piano not helping too. Do you think you can still trill as well on an entry level digital piano? My Roland FP30 keys don’t seem to have a lot of bounce.
I have a Yamaha GDX 320, and my trills doesn't sound that great there, but once I got to play in a more advanced piano my trills sound way better and are a lot easier to do.
I play on a Roland FP30 as well. As this is my only piano encounter I do not know how good/bad it is for trill playing. However, I notice that if I set the piano to the second default the trills sound better. Also it may depend on the key touch setting as I feel that the trills tend to be easier to play at a certain setting, but then it could be my imagination. One FP30 thing I don’t like is the noise it makes when the keys rise back up to the felts after they have been played, not on the trills but just normal playing. Do others have the same noise problem?
Omg I was stuck on trills on sonata in c major by mozart and I search how to do a long trill, and you're giving an example using the same peice lol. I mean, its quite a popular peice given to students, but still, what a coincidence 🙉 Great video, helped a lot 👍
Jazer, thank you for this very well presented trill instructional video. You nailed it perfectly and it is very helpful to me and I’m sure countless others. Thumbs up Sir and I subscribed. Thanks!!
man i was complaining out loud about how i can't do the piano fluttery thing and then TH-cam's like "hey man, check this good shit out". thank you, i have learnted do trill. thamk for knowledges
Good explanation for single note trills. But how you do trill a 1-3 chord? I ask because Strauss' Beautiful Blue Danube has it in one of the melodies. Thanks.
You're an amazing teacher. I've learned a lot of new techniques from you and also learned how to play things I already know much more efficiently. Great work.
Hey, Jazer. An example of a song with a trill using white and black notes is the Beatles' In My Life. It's really hard because the fingering would have be 4 and 3 because of the quick notes that precede it!
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Could you do all 5 trill levels?
Definitely not but something I’m working on.
What about a 3-note trill? (Eg. 1 and 3 + octave notes, either 1 and 3 come together or 3 and octave) How to practice it?
Nah, but I'll practice every day so I can become a ling ling
In on vacation and i want to play piano but im home in 2 days :(
Not yet--but that's what practice is for!
Perfect timing! I’m learning Chopin’s Nocturne in C Sharp minor, which I definitely need to master trills for!
I'm learning Chopin nocturne in e flat major.
@@akshitsharma8475 that’s what I am working on now!
@@elaina6868 nice! hope you can play it fully.
i'm playing it too! How is it going?
same reason i came here
Piano sonata no.16 in C major. U can always tell the energy in Mozart.
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wtf lmao, mozart energetic...
Yeah definitely k545
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I'm currently practicing a piece with a trill, and I think for me the bigger challenge is not the trilling action per se, but rather integrating the trill into the piece; in other words, fitting the trill into the time allowed based on the tempo of the piece and the duration of the note that has the trill.
Exactly. Transitioning out of a trill seems like jumping off a moving merry-go-round. I would like some guidance on that too.
Josh Wright also talked about rotating the hand when trilling. He said a good trill has a mix of finger movement and rotation.
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Do you have the link of that video?
it looks like you trill with the tips of the finger, no pianist explains that. i tried that and its a world of difference
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There must be thousands of videos on TH-cam about executing trills, and I've seen many of them, but this is the first one (finally!) that actually shows you how to really execute them. Now all that's missing is practice. Thank you so much.
Perfect timing because I'm gonna need to do some trilling today.
You know what's funny? My teacher made me practice trills for 2 minutes every 40 minutes, timed with a stop watch, every session, using the 4-5-4-5-4-5-4-5 fingers on both my hands. Over the years, it made those 2 fingers a lot stronger.
Perfect timing.
Today I encountered a trill in a piece and didn't even know what it was🙊. This definitely helped.
Me too. I just guess and it was right though.... with few extra tips ! 🤣❤
As a someone who had three different electric pianos, from my experience I must say that unfortunately some keyboards are just very bad, which can also result in a problems with trill technique. So, at least when buying digital piano, try to consult some piano teacher for recommendation. Nowadays, there are digital pianos with very good piano action that are not expensive.
Would you recommend the YDP-164?
@@Sayuku_P I haven't tried it, so I can only guess. But, since it's Yamaha, it's not their cheapest range, and it has quite good reviews, I believe that it's good choice. Especially for beginners.
@@fortissimoX If the keyboard specifically doesn't advertise triple sensors, it's not good for trills etc. since you need to lift the key completely before re-engaging it...
And triple sensor keybeds are really expensive in comparison and usually only in high end models that are meant for serious musicians.
@@Mtaalas Thanks for pointing that out! I believe that is very important information regarding this video.
Thoughts on CTX 700?
Content suggestion: please dedicate videos playing a complete piece
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@@RellyRoblox they have no vids tho.
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@@LetFenrirSoloHer they can also make it private or unlist it and just share the link
Jason, I am totally a beginner. Although I had wished for playing piano, I never gave a thought to it seriously. After following and watching all of your videos and the videos of Pianote channel, I bought a keyboard Casio CTS 300. After all, that's the only keyboard I can afford. Now as a beginner who knows nothing, your tutorial videos are so helpful and discovering of what to learn and practice. Thank you so much.
I know what piece you’re playing! It’s Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major by Mozart and I absolutely LOVE that piece so much.
Hi. I'm self-taught pianist and had difficulty with thrills in Chopin's Nocturne and it was such a nightmare 😫 ! Following these exercises I have progressed at this a lot and I'm pretty excited about that. Thanks man. This is a great great video to learn thrills 😊.
Haha! Thats exacty the piece I came here for 😆Good luck!!
@@pavlovshackmapguides3674 same 😭 nocturne in e minor for me
@owen calder I just finished the first page today, keep at it mg 🙏
No. 20 in C# minor, beautiful piece, hell on the right wrist though
I’m a beginner. Never heard of trilling. Just learned a new piano technique. Very cool!
It would be great to have a video on ornaments and other similar-to-trills fast movements
I could really use some tips on that as well. I'm playing River Flows in You by Yiruma and I'm struggling with the ornaments
Ornaments would be nice.
@@anav5555 I’m an intermediate (and older). But I’ve been working on the ornaments for weeks. It help to look at various videos of people who play it like you would like (I’m partial to Jacob’s Piano). I’m getting close, so the rather prosaic advice from me is keep keeping on and you’ll get there.
@@pooledeutube Thanks for the advice!
I may be getting ahead of myself but what is the difference between a trill vs a turn (sideways S notation aka gruppetto)? Found in Beethoven's Sonata in C Minor (Pathetique).
I've been paying long time and this is the first time anyone has given me a useful explanation instead of 'just trill'. Going to try this tomorrow.
The piece is- Piano Sonata no.16 in C-major, K-545,1st Movement. By Mozart.
I swear: I am now going to once and for all get my trills sorted out. Thank you Jazer. Great lesson.
Bro check: Did you ? 😐
Thank you so much for these tips! I am playing a duet right now that starts off with two trills, and it sounds so much better now! But I don't know if I could ever get as good as this guy, no matter how much I practice.
Wow! What a trilling tute!
Soon you'll hit 200k!!
Thanks for this video. One problem I have is executing trills musically while the left hand maintains the rhythm. Trills speed up and slow down, but the left hand has to stay steady. I practice this by having the left hand go with a metronome while the right hand goes free with the trill, but would love hear any advice you have about this. Another video maybe?
Trills with ease. This sure is welcome.
Thank you! ❤🎹
Hi! I had 3 years of piano lessons as a kid. Now, almost 30 years later I'm picking it up again. It's amazing how much the brain can store after so many years.
How do you feel about learning with an app? Any recommendations?
Great! Tips for trilling with the left hand? That same Mozart piece has a descending left-hand trill that introduces the second theme. It always gives me hardship.
I have discovered a few trills in Bach's Prelude in C Minor from The Well-Tempered Clavier. There are two trills on white keys in the B or 2nd section, but I also found 2 trills between a black and white key (Ab to G) in the 1st section.
Got a new perspective after watching the video. I never taught much of trills, I find that it’s easier if I relax, don’t think of it, just get it done. The piece you were playing gets tricky when the left hand comes in. I can do it only without thinking. Gets messed up when I tense up. As a child, I remembered I was very good with Mozart trills. Now, I’m more conscious, not so good. I’ve never thought of trills (3 points) like what you said in the video. So, thanks for the new perspective. I’m a nervous player, that’s a problem especially in exams.
Mozart - Piano Sonata No. 16 in C Major, K.545
I have some work and lots of practice to do, but I now can start.. I found your tutorial because I am learning that piece - Piano Sonata in C major - Mozart. Perfect, thank you!
These are great tips. When i did classics i somehow had problems with triplets but trills were ok. Holding hands low is a great tip. My teacher told me this and my fingers would be not flexible if i did not keep my hand down. Thanks i am learning alot to improve my technique
I play easy listening music mainly now but the trills, arpegios etc and all your good exercises have motivated me alot and these extras enhance technique.
The trill at the end is absolutely AMAZING I’m so excited for rare Wooper
Thanks so much Jazer! I’ve been playing for decades and can still learn things from you. And trills are definitely a weak spot of mine. I would love to hear discussion of more ornaments also. 😍
Great video! After only 10 minutes of praciticing these exercises i was able to play a greatly superior and more controled trill on lower dynamics (all of this applied for a performance of the nocturne n2).
Still a long way to go on these trills but with these tips, that road will sure be shorter :)
Oddly enough, trills was a thing I could do almost perfectly from the first time I tried it
Thank you! This was really helpful. Go Mozart!
Great vid Jazer, especially the extreme close-ups! Could you possibly do a How to Trill part 2 with explanations of the Baroque trills like we see in the Bach inventions? I'm working on Invention No. 9 but leaving all the trills out for now...
KV 545 of course 😀. I’m actually learning this at the moment, so your lecture comes in very helpful. Thx. a lot.
My favorite teacher！
You really are a good teacher and have a easy english so it's very pleasent to listen to your videos
amazing way of showing me, thank you, keep your fingers right on the keys is the advise i really needed.
you are just SUPER a Teacher thanks
You are a gifted pianist and excellent teacher
the low wrist and stay glued trick works well for me, thanks!
Thanks for the tips, mate! P.S. "This composer" was Mozart and the piece was his Sonata in C Major, K. 545.
He knows
I love your lessons, Jazer! Thank you.
Piano trills are completely different from woodwind trills. I really appreciate these tips. Thanks!
I used to live in Sydney and I recall ur accent in Australia. but it is more than that. you r pretty nice and positive in teaching. my problem is I wonder when I had do the ones you said in your improvisation video. please respond x
Oh this is perfect. I'm playing Venetianisches Gondellied for one of my pieces in my last year of highschool. There's a very very long trill on C# and the notes are easy to play but I was struggling with making it sound even.
Very helpful. Thank you!
I have been wanting trill help because I'm working on Nocturne in c# minor, so this was good timing. It would be great if you could offer some tips for the scales at the end (not sure what to call them). I am not at the level where I can play them fast enough, and probably it's just a matter of time and work. I really love that piece and would like to be able to play it well!
Thank you for such an informative video on executing a trill. However, I need to see you take it one step further….many times I just see a single note with a tr~~~~~ by it. So what notes are you suppose to trill with the single note? Do I go one whole step up, down, half step up or down, or trill with an octave, or trill to the next displayed note? Thanx for any insight into this!
Nice drills techniques pls will you provide more drills and fills techniques
I really needed this!
Appreciate this very much. Any ideas as double third trills? Thanks.
MOZART!!!!! I'm playing this piece - thank you so much, this was so useful!!
Jazer how long did it take you to learn to play so well? You and Kaleb Brasee are so great on the piano. The movement of yours and Kaleb hands are simple beautiful. I wish I could develop that talent.
Hi Jazer, thanks for your video! the first two days when I practised I felt unsure as my wrist got really tense that I had to rest for a whole day without playing. My wrist easily gets tensed anyway. But after 1 week I could really saw the progress day after day and every day I could play trill for a little bit longer and more evener without feeling any discomfort. It is not perfect now but I will keep practising. Your method is working!
Your videos are always so helpful. Life changing really. You are such a good teacher! Thank you!
One thing that I’ve noticed about myself after I watched this and paid attention was, I slide to the edge of the keys, I feel like it requires less effort down there, I suppose. I never realized I do it until I paid attention, but it works for me!
Love this piece from Mozart, I've played it when I was a child :)
First comm! Love your vids 🥰
Great teaching ! Thank you ! Blues players trill on E to C for example , fingers 1 and 5 .
You’re a good teacher!
Thank you for this clear explanation and for the great tips!
Thanks for your sharing of your trill which helps a lots
Simple but effective lesson👍my trill improved TY
Very thrilling tutorial!
I actively avoid trills! Will need to try and follow some of the ideas in this video. I often think it’s my piano not helping too. Do you think you can still trill as well on an entry level digital piano? My Roland FP30 keys don’t seem to have a lot of bounce.
I have a Yamaha GDX 320, and my trills doesn't sound that great there, but once I got to play in a more advanced piano my trills sound way better and are a lot easier to do.
Ditto that FP 30🤪
I play on a Roland FP30 as well. As this is my only piano encounter I do not know how good/bad it is for trill playing. However, I notice that if I set the piano to the second default the trills sound better. Also it may depend on the key touch setting as I feel that the trills tend to be easier to play at a certain setting, but then it could be my imagination. One FP30 thing I don’t like is the noise it makes when the keys rise back up to the felts after they have been played, not on the trills but just normal playing. Do others have the same noise problem?
Entry-level digital pianos just are not good for trilling, because they don't have any bounce :/
(I have a cheap-ass Casio lol)
Omg I was stuck on trills on sonata in c major by mozart and I search how to do a long trill, and you're giving an example using the same peice lol. I mean, its quite a popular peice given to students, but still, what a coincidence 🙉
Great video, helped a lot 👍
Thanks for all the good info! But in the excercises, what's the purpose of starting and ending with the key pressed down?
Jazer, thank you for this very well presented trill instructional video. You nailed it perfectly and it is very helpful to me and I’m sure countless others. Thumbs up Sir and I subscribed. Thanks!!
This Technical I want to learn so far, Thank U very much Yr channel very useful, and U very thoughtful + Friendly
Thanks great teaching from Jamaica 🇯🇲
But when a note in sheet music is marked as a trill, do you play it and the note a semi-tone above it or the marked note and the semi-tone below it?
Thank you, I have been playing for years, and always struggle with trills!
What is the 2nd piece you play briefly at the end? So beautiful...
Perfect video on trills for beginners like me. Can you make a video on entire set if ornamentations sir. It will be really helpful for us. 😊
Thank you, very useful!
I looked up this video and you were playing the exact song I'm trying to learn! What a coincidence!
Very helpful, many thanks Jazer
Beautiful trills , i love this piece..
I didn't know what a trill was until I saw this video. Thanks, I shall surely try and start using them in songs.
Another excellent tutorial, Jazer. I found it to be very trilling. 😂😂
Great video and suggestions. I'm a beginner and this was so helpful. You just got a new subscriber😊
man i was complaining out loud about how i can't do the piano fluttery thing and then TH-cam's like "hey man, check this good shit out".
thank you, i have learnted do trill. thamk for knowledges
Thanks a lot for sharing this technique. :)
Can you do a same tutorial for legato?
currently practicing this piece
Thanks so much! This really will help my practice. Trills are so clumsy for me.
so much knowledge !! thanks for these gold tips Jazer :)
I played this Mozart piece for my 4th grade AMEB exam- looking back, it seems quite hard for grade 4! Especially because of the trills!
Thanks! I’m going to use these tips for a Bach piece that I’m currently playing 😁
Vrey helpfull sir. Thanks for new exercise. . . . !
Good explanation for single note trills. But how you do trill a 1-3 chord?
I ask because Strauss' Beautiful Blue Danube has it in one of the melodies. Thanks.
... Thanks for da practice, mate!
Mozart piano Sonata no 16. J'apprends cette pièce à la moment et cette vidéo est parfait pour moi!
You're an amazing teacher. I've learned a lot of new techniques from you and also learned how to play things I already know much more efficiently. Great work.
Hey, Jazer. An example of a song with a trill using white and black notes is the Beatles' In My Life. It's really hard because the fingering would have be 4 and 3 because of the quick notes that precede it!
Thank you so munch for your tips and exercices. They are so helpful to improve my technique and the resulting performance.
OMG I just starten learning this piece (yesterday) and I wondered how in the world I am going to do that. Thanks to God you heard my wishes.