Piano Lesson on How to Sharpen Your Rhythm

Teacher Graham Fitch gives a piano masterclass on WHY it's so important to master the pulse of the music, and HOW you can do just that. The video lesson complements his article inside Pianist 132, which you can get here: pianistm.ag/132
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◼️ LESSON BY: GRAHAM FITCH - Pianist, teacher, writer and adjudicator gives masterclasses and workshops on piano playing internationally. He is also in high demand as a private teacher in London. Graham is a regular tutor at the Summer School for Pianists in Walsall and also a tutor for the Piano Teachers’ Course EPTA (UK). He writes a popular piano blog and has launched an online piano academy. practisingthepiano.com/​
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[@davidseymour6246]

Another perfect presentation Graham - thank you. Your videos move forward with the pulse you describe - without the endless repetition and filler we are used to on TH-cam! As a teacher with decades of experience I always find a few things in each video that I realise I am not explaining to pupils as well as I could, so they are immensely valuable.

[@DecPlayPiano]

great video - very well explained

[@tianyiz.9361]

I am a simple person. whenever I see a Graham's video I press a thumb up.

[@vagos42]

Yess

[@kathleencook3060]

An excellent video.
Love the tip about Conducting the rhythm.
Some rhythms play themselves as they literally get into the body and cause
involuntary movement, in and around the body.
Thanks for excellent lesson.

[@sabrinapan2710]

Thanks!

[@michaelriggall6862]

Really useful video.. Thanks very much!

[@bobbygadourymusic5476]

Great points, thank you.

[@peterbalchin9077]

Very useful.

[@nyc130]

Graham, is there not a European method of teaching that has the student play the piece at very slow pulse for a month and then graduate right to the tempo the composer calls for once mastered at the slow tempo?

[@gretareinarsson7461]

Always so interesting to listen GF😊But isn’t there a difference between pulse and rhythm? I would have chosen Schuberts first impromptu as an example.

[@fedekalayGNR]

What are some others ways to get something from slow to fast?

[@peterbalchin9077]

Why does the Mendelsson piece sound ' out of tune ' ?

[@davidseymour6246]

When two notes that are right next to each other on the keyboard are played at the same time it gives a discordant sound. Because those chords in this piece are so short and jumpy the effect is to add spice and extra jumpiness! But it sounds ‘out of tune’ because we are not used to harmonies like that…and listeners in Mendelssohn’s day even less so.