Sharing the knowledge of the great Russian piano tradition….to the entire world. Thank you….have just purchased the Fundamentals Book that you recommended…..
Thanks for the feedback! Haha, well....I'm not the first and I'm not the last to do it. And certainly nothing beats this legendary most famous broken string performance from Maestro Horowitz. Epic piece, epic performance! th-cam.com/video/hpfPgwWRU_0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zoyG7urVgJmePqVN It's in the second movement. Around min 12.
Thank you for Part 2! Your tutorials are, by far, the most thorough, helpful and detailed ... right down to what it sounds like when a string breaks LOL. See you in your next lesson!
Thanks for mentioning the closing of the hand after crosses during arpeggios to get to the next position in time in the last video and the angle of the hand in one line to the forearm; importante. Luckily, I needed that info just now. You play very well and you make great videos. Best regards
Thanks Daria, great two part series. I think its a great idea for students to write this up, print it out and have it as a accessible quick guide, as its very easy to over complicate it, and "not see the wood from the trees" at times Some parts I have seen some difference of opinion from other master classes and from my teacher. For example, (no.9, play from the key) in cases of accenting notes, dropping into keys using arm weight on chords, large jumps using an arcing movement etc it seems difficult to stay close to the keys. Mind you the way you demonstrate the thumb staccato using wrist movements is the way I was taught. My teacher says imagine flicking a bug off your wrist lol
Hi, thanks so much for your your feedback! Means a lot! I just wanted to clarify no. 9. Is not how we always play. You are absolutely correct in saying it is not always achievable, and I do not always play like that. What I meant is learn this skill of how to do it, and know when to use it, specifically when playing fast scales or passages and arpeggios. As I have demonstrated. It is not the way to play all the time:) but I think it is a very important skills to conserve energy and minimize extra movement, because often times students do know know how to do it by simply pressing the key without going up first. That's all. Hope it makes sense! Appreciate your feedback, as always! 🙏
Ah ok, that's makes total sense now! thank you I am surprised by your channel! I subscribe to a lot of YT piano channels but yours is particular clear cut and to the point I find, well done. I tell what would be an awesome play list. To run through many of the exercise "Fundamentals of Piano Technique" book or something similar (selected repertoire such as Bach minutes, sonatas, easier Chopin etc) . I find nearly all channels talk about technique as a general concept, but all too often the student looks at it, digests the information but when it comes to practicing these said techniques on the own piece, ........ then think "ok which one do I use here" when in fact as we know its a blend of many techniques. Could call it "Technique in Piano technique via the likes of Hanon, Czerny etc can be quite harmful and ingrain bad habits if one is not shown how to do them correctly. (personal experience of wasting months!)
@CaptainCaveman782 thank you so much for the feedback and video suggestions! I am thinking to make more videos on the Fundamentals Book, but maybe on Patreon instead, since it is a niche topic, that will be very useful for some, but not very interesting for the general audience. But I will take into serious consideration your idea about illustrating the technical aspects of the short easy pieces or exercises, as you suggested! Thank you!
Дарья,я заметил что вы не упоминаете о том,что для того,что бы сохранить wrist and forearm alignment в тот момент, когда руки стремятся к центру клавиатуры,что бы максимально постараться сохранить этот самый alignment, пианист должен отклонить корпус назад,таким образом это позволяет привести локти ближе к телу насколько это возможно без перегиба запястья относительно предплечья,и наоборот - когда руки стремятся в края клавиатуры, пианист подаёт корпус вперед, раздвигая локти,что опять-таки позволяет насколько это возможно анатомично и натурально сохранять одну линию с предплечьем и запястьем,к чему и должен стремиться любой пианист для здоровой и натуральной игры. Ни в коем случае не писал это что бы поучать вас,просто посмотрел какое-то количество ваших видео с ошибками и советами,а вот такого нюанса в ваших видео не услышал,во всяком случаев из того,что посмотрел,вещь эта вроде на поверхности,как и многие,но если кому-то знание этого нюанса поможет играть лучше и избежать напряжения и закрепощения,будет прекрасно,все для людей. P.S. Ваш натуральный цвет волос так прекрасен и так вам идёт,вы разбили мне сердце, когда стали блондинкой.. ;)
Loving this series, thank you so much for providing it! Do you do one off lessons? I think you are an excellent teacher, a lot of these points are being overlooked by others and here you are getting straight to the point, and getting into good reasoning for why you do things the way you do Maybe I'm overthinking this, but one question i had was, say I'm playing F-A-C in left hand and switch to E-Bb-C. What does your gesture look like? Avoiding any strain or tension or risk of overuse is critical to me personally. I noticed my default was to expand open the hand and the other fingers to switch to that C7. But...i think that's just autopilot from another chord switch Other thought i had was "well, maybe that's better than extending ONLY the pinky", maybe that would give less tension, and you could bounce the hand upward more, to give it that tension release people speak of (that whole flowing or painting the keys kind of hand and arm lift flow) Just curious your opinion on this, if any
Hi Shaun, Thank you for leaving a comment and the questions. Perhaps this would be a good question to answer Ina. Q&A style of video , I was thinking to do those once in a while. Yes, I do one off lessons, or "consultations " if you think it would help you, absolutely happy to do it. You can DM me on Instagram. Regarding your question with the chorus switches, I wanted to understand if you are going from FAC to E Bb C with C remaining in the same place (let's say LH thumb, or are you jumping down to C7 chord in the CEGBb position?
I never saw a string break in a piano video! Guitar yes, piano no. Where are you doing this? In a practice room at a conservatory? They should probably have that piano checked out and tuned, and any others they have! Great video set, thanks.
Hi, thank you for your comment! Haha, yes. You are correct. In our Mead Witter School of Music practice rooms the pianos are not very good to begin with, old and beat up, and with so much practicing on them every day they are in poor health:( the technician will have to replace the string. 😕 but breaking a string on a piano is not uncommon. Even on a new pianos it happens.
Hi, I'm trying to learn a Rachmaninoff Prelude which is pretty difficult for me - do you think it's better to learn to play it while reading the music, or to learn to play it from memory?
In the beginning it's always good to refer to the score as much as possible, to make sure you don't miss any details. But as you get more and more familiar with the piece, memorizing it helps you play with more ease and confidence, as you don't need to look up from your hands anymore, so you can achieve better accuracy of playing and be more involved in the moment, without the distraction of the score. If you know what I mean:) in the end, I can't imagine having to play any of his preludes with the score. Just because of how technically challenging his pieces are. Hope this helps!
the timestamp index in the "more" is nice, except it isnt practical. If instead of "secret 6" it said "alignment" or something, it would be easy to skip in future. Even having watched the whole video nobody will remember what the numbers were after even a week
Excellent point, well taken. I thought about it. However, decided against it for a reason: It won't be a "secret", if I reveal it right away, I wanted to keep the suspense😄. otherwise you can just read it in the description box and might not watch the video. haha. This is why I give the text box in the video for the duration of each point, so you can navigate easily between them. Hope it makes sense!👩🏼🏫🎹
Sharing the knowledge of the great Russian piano tradition….to the entire world. Thank you….have just purchased the Fundamentals Book that you recommended…..
5:05 LOL !! i’ve watched countless piano videos and never ever seen this happen ! Daria you are too strong :D (jokes aside, thank you for the video !)
Thanks for the feedback! Haha, well....I'm not the first and I'm not the last to do it. And certainly nothing beats this legendary most famous broken string performance from Maestro Horowitz. Epic piece, epic performance!
th-cam.com/video/hpfPgwWRU_0/w-d-xo.htmlsi=zoyG7urVgJmePqVN
It's in the second movement. Around min 12.
Excellent information. Thank you.
I'm glad it was helpful!:)
Thank you for Part 2! Your tutorials are, by far, the most thorough, helpful and detailed ... right down to what it sounds like when a string breaks LOL. See you in your next lesson!
Thank you very much for sharing your feedback with me! I'm very glad you like these videos!😃🎹
Thanks for mentioning the closing of the hand after crosses during arpeggios to get to the next position in time in the last video and the angle of the hand in one line to the forearm; importante. Luckily, I needed that info just now. You play very well and you make great videos. Best regards
There is so much positive energy coming from you Daria! Thanks for tips :)
Thanks Daria, great two part series. I think its a great idea for students to write this up, print it out and have it as a accessible quick guide, as its very easy to over complicate it, and "not see the wood from the trees" at times
Some parts I have seen some difference of opinion from other master classes and from my teacher. For example, (no.9, play from the key) in cases of accenting notes, dropping into keys using arm weight on chords, large jumps using an arcing movement etc it seems difficult to stay close to the keys. Mind you the way you demonstrate the thumb staccato using wrist movements is the way I was taught. My teacher says imagine flicking a bug off your wrist lol
Hi, thanks so much for your your feedback! Means a lot!
I just wanted to clarify no. 9. Is not how we always play. You are absolutely correct in saying it is not always achievable, and I do not always play like that. What I meant is learn this skill of how to do it, and know when to use it, specifically when playing fast scales or passages and arpeggios. As I have demonstrated. It is not the way to play all the time:) but I think it is a very important skills to conserve energy and minimize extra movement, because often times students do know know how to do it by simply pressing the key without going up first. That's all. Hope it makes sense!
Appreciate your feedback, as always!
🙏
Ah ok, that's makes total sense now! thank you
I am surprised by your channel! I subscribe to a lot of YT piano channels but yours is particular clear cut and to the point I find, well done.
I tell what would be an awesome play list. To run through many of the exercise "Fundamentals of Piano Technique" book or something similar (selected repertoire such as Bach minutes, sonatas, easier Chopin etc) . I find nearly all channels talk about technique as a general concept, but all too often the student looks at it, digests the information but when it comes to practicing these said techniques on the own piece, ........ then think "ok which one do I use here" when in fact as we know its a blend of many techniques. Could call it "Technique in
Piano technique via the likes of Hanon, Czerny etc can be quite harmful and ingrain bad habits if one is not shown how to do them correctly. (personal experience of wasting months!)
@CaptainCaveman782 thank you so much for the feedback and video suggestions! I am thinking to make more videos on the
Fundamentals Book, but maybe on Patreon instead, since it is a niche topic, that will be very useful for some, but not very interesting for the general audience.
But I will take into serious consideration your idea about illustrating the technical aspects of the short easy pieces or exercises, as you suggested!
Thank you!
Дарья,я заметил что вы не упоминаете о том,что для того,что бы сохранить wrist and forearm alignment в тот момент, когда руки стремятся к центру клавиатуры,что бы максимально постараться сохранить этот самый alignment, пианист должен отклонить корпус назад,таким образом это позволяет привести локти ближе к телу насколько это возможно без перегиба запястья относительно предплечья,и наоборот - когда руки стремятся в края клавиатуры, пианист подаёт корпус вперед, раздвигая локти,что опять-таки позволяет насколько это возможно анатомично и натурально сохранять одну линию с предплечьем и запястьем,к чему и должен стремиться любой пианист для здоровой и натуральной игры. Ни в коем случае не писал это что бы поучать вас,просто посмотрел какое-то количество ваших видео с ошибками и советами,а вот такого нюанса в ваших видео не услышал,во всяком случаев из того,что посмотрел,вещь эта вроде на поверхности,как и многие,но если кому-то знание этого нюанса поможет играть лучше и избежать напряжения и закрепощения,будет прекрасно,все для людей.
P.S. Ваш натуральный цвет волос так прекрасен и так вам идёт,вы разбили мне сердце, когда стали блондинкой.. ;)
Loving this series, thank you so much for providing it!
Do you do one off lessons? I think you are an excellent teacher, a lot of these points are being overlooked by others and here you are getting straight to the point, and getting into good reasoning for why you do things the way you do
Maybe I'm overthinking this, but one question i had was, say I'm playing F-A-C in left hand and switch to E-Bb-C. What does your gesture look like?
Avoiding any strain or tension or risk of overuse is critical to me personally. I noticed my default was to expand open the hand and the other fingers to switch to that C7. But...i think that's just autopilot from another chord switch
Other thought i had was "well, maybe that's better than extending ONLY the pinky", maybe that would give less tension, and you could bounce the hand upward more, to give it that tension release people speak of (that whole flowing or painting the keys kind of hand and arm lift flow)
Just curious your opinion on this, if any
Hi Shaun,
Thank you for leaving a comment and the questions. Perhaps this would be a good question to answer Ina. Q&A style of video , I was thinking to do those once in a while.
Yes, I do one off lessons, or "consultations " if you think it would help you, absolutely happy to do it. You can DM me on Instagram.
Regarding your question with the chorus switches, I wanted to understand if you are going from FAC to E Bb C with C remaining in the same place (let's say LH thumb, or are you jumping down to C7 chord in the CEGBb position?
Thank you once again ❤🎹🎶
My pleasure!!👍
you are the best...thank you lovely
I never saw a string break in a piano video! Guitar yes, piano no. Where are you doing this? In a practice room at a conservatory? They should probably have that piano checked out and tuned, and any others they have! Great video set, thanks.
Hi, thank you for your comment! Haha, yes. You are correct. In our Mead Witter School of Music practice rooms the pianos are not very good to begin with, old and beat up, and with so much practicing on them every day they are in poor health:( the technician will have to replace the string. 😕 but breaking a string on a piano is not uncommon. Even on a new pianos it happens.
love ❤it！ Thank you so much!
I took the notes, in both my languages Chinese & English 😅.
Aww, I'm so glad it was helpful!! Thank you for your feedback!!🙏🎶
Hi, I'm trying to learn a Rachmaninoff Prelude which is pretty difficult for me - do you think it's better to learn to play it while reading the music, or to learn to play it from memory?
In the beginning it's always good to refer to the score as much as possible, to make sure you don't miss any details. But as you get more and more familiar with the piece, memorizing it helps you play with more ease and confidence, as you don't need to look up from your hands anymore, so you can achieve better accuracy of playing and be more involved in the moment, without the distraction of the score. If you know what I mean:) in the end, I can't imagine having to play any of his preludes with the score. Just because of how technically challenging his pieces are. Hope this helps!
@@Dariafortepiano Yes, it's a helpful answer, thanks.
Extremely helpful, thank you so much! Too bad about the string breaking 😳
the timestamp index in the "more" is nice, except it isnt practical. If instead of "secret 6" it said "alignment" or something, it would be easy to skip in future. Even having watched the whole video nobody will remember what the numbers were after even a week
Excellent point, well taken. I thought about it. However, decided against it for a reason: It won't be a "secret", if I reveal it right away, I wanted to keep the suspense😄. otherwise you can just read it in the description box and might not watch the video. haha.
This is why I give the text box in the video for the duration of each point, so you can navigate easily between them. Hope it makes sense!👩🏼🏫🎹