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In this video I discuss how to practice scales with forearm rotation gesture. This is the 3rd video in this series on how to practice piano scales.
Forearm rotation is a concept that many pianists overlook in their studies and i believe it is essential to building a virtuosic technique. I used to have a LOT of tension in my playing and struggled to play freely until i was taught by my current teacher to use rotation in my playing. Though rotation was not the only factor that helped me, it certainly was a HUGE help.
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What scale practice ideas/tips have been the most effective for you?
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These are great! My piano teachers had me practice scales but they never taught me HOW to practice scales. Thank you for the helpful info!
Using these tips I practice every scale in contrary motion in 3 octaves, then 5 octaves in parallel motion an 8va apart. The first 8va in quarter notes, 2nd in 8ths notes, etc. The fifth scale in 5 octaves is in quintuplets at the same tempo I started with. With your methods many of my scales are exceeding 300 bpm with good, sometimes excellent clarity, depending on the scale. I do the same with arpeggios off the root of the key I am working in.
might be one of the most important piano videos that I've ever watched
It’s very interesting the way you explained. Is it Alexander techniques?
I wonder why you don't have more views and subs, you definitely deserve it!
Thank you very much!
Luv your no-nonsense style, straight to the point and no metaphors, too. Excellent!
I'm 59, and four years into teaching myself to play. Reading practice is coming on, but scales hurt my fingers, so very interested in this Taubmanesque approach.
Thank you! I'm glad you found the video helpful, that makes me very happy.
The 3-part series on how to practice scales are super helpful and really helped me to clear up my confusion of whether to use full arm weight when playing scales. I've been searching for this topic and could not find clear answers. Thank you very much!
Fantastic, thank you Craig. I like the slow motion practice, it already helping me a lot
Thank you so much for this, Craig! This was super useful and the best explanation I've seen (and the overhead camera really sets your videos apart from others on YT and makes your motions super clear!).
Thank you Chris!!
This seriously helped me improved 😭😭!!! I’m starting to feel the difference between using forearm vs wrist, and forearm definitely feels a lot more smooth
Excellent explanation! Thank you!
Excellent presentation. Thank You
Glad it was helpful!
Great video, thanks for sharing!
You're welcome!
Thank you. Great tips 👍
great vid! best thumb vid on ytube - ive watched em all
Never thought of playing that way. That's really cool.
Glad it was helpful
Great video, thank you
Very useful! Thank you
You're welcome!
Wonderful explanation!! Thanks!
Thank you and you're welcome!
Great stuff! Really helps, thank you!
You are very welcome, thanks for watching!
Thanks this was pretty useful!
You're welcome! Glad it could help!
Are you using the Taubman method?
I'm from Indonesia. Thanks for tutorial very helpfull 🤗🙏🙏
This is fantastic lesson man. Thank you so much! One thing I want to ask is inside the video you talked is the upward motion of rotating to the right, but haven't mentioned the downward motion of coming down from the scale. I have a lot of problems with that as my right wrist usually gets tense, so would you mind sharing your explanation to tackle my problem? Thanks a lot in advance
good tips...
Thank you
You're very welcome! Thanks for stopping by!
Please show right-hand downward scale technique. Thanks 😊
This is brilliant. Thanks. It's quite similar to cedar music academy on youtube
You're very welcome! I'm so glad it was helpful!! Yes, Dr. Mortensen's teaching approach is very similar to how my teacher taught me. Thanks for the support!
Reprising all C's earlier videos again. Didn't comment when I saw it about 4-5 months ago. I'm with the vast majority; the best lesson on rotation and thumb under. I've checked out every other one I could locate. I do agree that we could see a bit more of coming to the center, crossing over 3,4 but this was about thumb in rotation. I have a number years logged on piano but never knew how to execute this; led to the usual bad habits of wrist twisting, hand and finger stretching too much.
Thumb can easily go under a little until it meets resistance, no farther without tension in that big muscle. I have seen some teach that 1 should not go under at all. I have watched them closely and defy them to claim they are not putting thumb under to some extent. No farther than getting close to base of 3, you can feel the resistance. Ok.
I started doing C's suggestion, starting slowly and deliberately exaggerating as he modeled at first. It only took a couple weeks to incorporate these moves into muscle memory and now am moving much faster, smoother with less effort, working of a dozen scales in the keys of my pieces. EG does a good job on it, too. She goes slow and deliberate to isolate each movement. Craig does a little better exaggerating the huge thumb supination which one will seldom do in performance; this is for practice. I have experienced unparalleled progress following this and other movements.
I have started using a higher wrist and hand position which gives thumb even more room to drift under and come down square on the thumb. Unavoidable 1 is a big issue in piano playing.
Sometimes I wonder about the comments. Do they realize that the uneven scale segments are intentional to demonstrate the movement in very slow motion? Which is very helpful.
I’m studying the Taubman approach by an accredited teacher and some concepts are slightly different. For example ensuring the finger lands straight down and not on an angle after a prepatory motion or a single or double rotation. Have you adapted aspects of the approach for your own purposes? I will give your suggestions a try. Great to see you covering this work and I hope to see more videos, esp on octaves!
Thanks for the comment! Great question. So these concepts are ones that I got from my teacher who is not familiar with the Taubman approach. Basically, she analyzed her own playing and discovered that she was using rotation. Now since studying with her for several years, I have taken a few lessons with golansky Institute faculty members and am very familiar with the Taubman approach. Like you mentioned, the Taubman concepts are ever so slightly different, but I think they're getting at the same general concepts. The concepts that my teacher taught me have definitely helped me a lot and taking lessons with Taubman instructors has helped me a lot too so I'm definitely interested in taking lessons with a Taubman teacher in the future. Not sure if I want to go the route of becoming a certified teacher quite yet though.
This video was very good. When I see/hear the double rotation demonstrated, I just think no, that makes no sense.
I'm so glad I found you today. Is this the Taubman Method that you are teaching? Victor, San Jose CA
GREAT
Before watching your video, I read an article by Chuan Chang (not related) about using Thumb Over instead of Thumb Under. Any comments? But your method is much easy to execute, in my opinion.
Namasthe,Nice.Thanking you.🙏
Could you please upload part 4 ? Thanks.
Yes! You can expect it to be uploaded in the next few weeks👍
@@PIANO_LAB hope you are doing fine. Is part 4 still coming? Thanks.
I am doing well, thanks for asking! I was intending on posting part 4, but I rearranged my list of videos that I wanted to make and it got pushed to the bottom. But I've had several people ask in the last week so I think that I will move it up in the schedule!
@@PIANO_LAB Waiting for part 4 :)
I actually filmed part 4 over the weekend and it should be released Tuesday morning👍
Thanks Craig. I am 72 and have 6 months of piano playing to my credit but am still struggling with speed and smoothness of motion. Your video is very clear and logical. However, going up the scale is okay but what about reversing and coming down. Not too clear about that.
Hi , Are you going with your thumb under the middle or the ring finger?
Do you cross under when descending?
Hello, How could i see part 1 & 2 of this video?
Is it efficient to use wrist circles in scales ?
do you know the book NATURAL FINGERING A TOPOGRAPHICAL APPROACH
TO PIANISM
Jon Verbalis
If so, I would be interested to know what you think of his description of the movements of the scale.
The example you give for the forearm rotation is upwards on the scale, but how do I do it downward scale? Does it still using the same movement?
How do you descend usihg this technique
How to avoid stretching, please 👍
Will your teacher takes online piano class ? If yes , what's the fee ?
excellent on how to avoid finger tension …….seems like your teacher was influenced by Dr. Taubman and Golandsky Institute in America.
Hi have you done part 4?
Not yet! But I'll be working on it soon👍
@@PIANO_LAB Very much looking forward to Part 4 of these! I find your videos so helpful! Thank you so much!
You're very welcome! I'm so glad that you found the videos helpful!
@ 2:51 why dont you Play with your pinkey instead of the thumb ?
My piano teacher always obliges me to lift my fingers up, because she says I must hit my fingers on the keys
Is that wrong from her?
How to approach broken 3rd scales?
Do you mean double 3rd scale?
@@PIANO_LAB yess but broken
part 4 th-cam.com/video/WawD9kw4Pfs/w-d-xo.html
This video presents the first time that I have heard your mispronunciation
of the two syllable word, "forearm," by a person who's native language is English.
You do use the proper, and understandable, pronunciation of the word, "forearm," sometimes.
However, it quite often sounds as though you are saying the one syllable word, "form,"
instead of the correct, understandable two-syllable, "fore-arm" sound.
Otherwise thanks for good video lesson.
But with this techniquq u play so uneven. And ur thumb give such an "Accent" that ppl cab actually hear that Unevenness when u crossing