Based on some of the comments received, I want to add that I can't stand to look at finger numbers all over my music! I don't write in complete fingerings for myself, it paralyzes me. I say this all the time in my long form tutorials. My hands know where to go, just a fingering here or there is all I need. However I wanted to share the complete fingering here with you, as I believe there is some value in occasionally sharing this sort of thing. I am extremely wary about sharing fingering and I've said that before, too. It's something very personal and should be worked out by the player. Copying someone's fingering is a terrible approach to learning the piano and I cringe at the excess markings put in scores by editors. The sheet music in this video is not my own copy. I made an extra copy to mark it in for you. I hope it's helpful. I've a longer video on fingering, as well as a tutorial for this C-major Invention. I'll leave the links here: th-cam.com/video/j9f4AAgs18E/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/vuRQqPDg19c/w-d-xo.html
Wise words! Sometimes i have bad fingering but then i practce the bad fingering it becomes a bad HABIT and it can be difficult to break. Thanks for the tips!🎉
Penny, although I have already written it, apart from the fact that you are a virtuoso pianist, connoisseur and composer of baroque music and in that sense, a worthy successor to Mr. B, you are also a very hardworking and patient educator. Your channel definitely deserves a lot more subscribers and views, because your tips are understandable and useful. Thank you very much and good luck in your future work on videos 🎵🎹❤️🎶
Thank you, Agnes!❤ My TH-cam analytics informs me that over 80% of my watch time comes from non-subscribers. I suppose I could start asking people to subscribe in my videos, but I figure people will click the button if they find value in the content, and I don't like slick sales vibes. I want things to be entirely about the music. I do really wish that for the number of views I have, I could have higher retention and subscribers. I think I'm just kind of seen as odd, or ultra different and atypical, and folks might generally prefer traditional content. Being left-handed, among other things, I don't fit in in the world and so I can't do things in a traditional way and it's a setback, in a way, but yet at the same time, I think I have a magic key to Mr. B's music that others do not. I know I get some comments telling me these things and it can be quite sobering. I just want to create and live simply. I am trying so hard. While I love being a pianist, I would not wish it on anyone. It is very hard. My teacher, Constance Keene, used to say that you don't pursue music unless you'll burst without it and I will surely become a burden on society if I cannot create. Thank you for watching and encouraging me!💖
If, by count, you mean to say the finger numbers as one plays, then I would say no, however, for early level students, it's an excellent thing to practice saying the finger numbers out loud, slowly and hands separately. More common would be to count the beats out loud (e.g. 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and) and this is more common to players of any level, though advanced players tend to only do that when practicing really difficult rhythms or changing meters. Personally, when I'm learning a piece, even after many years of study, I still do a lot of counting out loud, but when I perform a piece, I absolutely am not counting out loud or even silently in my mind. Performing in an ensemble, however, can be a whole other thing, and when one is resting for many measures, for example, it is essential to count quietly. If it's helpful to count, then by all means do so!
I'm curious to know how you handle the "thumb pass"? It's not very visible on the videos! In Polish piano technique, we simulate a passage from above (so that the thumb does not bend).
@@pennyplaysbach yes I was precisely watching this one = "It's not what Bach wrote, but I like it!" (th-cam.com/video/Qr7Qm-bhyck/w-d-xo.html) and it's very clear !! it's quite different from polish technique (but this one is relatively unknown to too many people) ... anyway : Continue to love Bach, the greatest baroque keyboard composer !!!
@@sebthi7890 I can't stand seeing finger numbers all over the page and my own scores don't contain them. I marked them on this copy in order to share with folks.
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Based on some of the comments received, I want to add that I can't stand to look at finger numbers all over my music! I don't write in complete fingerings for myself, it paralyzes me. I say this all the time in my long form tutorials. My hands know where to go, just a fingering here or there is all I need. However I wanted to share the complete fingering here with you, as I believe there is some value in occasionally sharing this sort of thing. I am extremely wary about sharing fingering and I've said that before, too. It's something very personal and should be worked out by the player. Copying someone's fingering is a terrible approach to learning the piano and I cringe at the excess markings put in scores by editors. The sheet music in this video is not my own copy. I made an extra copy to mark it in for you. I hope it's helpful. I've a longer video on fingering, as well as a tutorial for this C-major Invention. I'll leave the links here: th-cam.com/video/j9f4AAgs18E/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/vuRQqPDg19c/w-d-xo.html
It's clear that you know your stuff and I appreciate how you break down someone as complex as Bach
@@aagm. Thanks so much!!🎹☺️
Your videos are entertaining and insightful, I've gained a lot of new context from watching them. Thank you.
@@rproctor83 Thank you so much, Rob!💜
Thanks!
Wow!!! Thank you so much for your support, Gary! It really means a lot!!💙🎹💙
I love how you're developing your channel and your brand.
@@Stephen-ie7uq Thank you, Stephen!
THANK YOU!
@@gsuthan Thank you for watching!
This channel is high quality. Please continue
Thank you so much!💙
This is great! Love it, keep it up!
@@adamclarkbowen Thank you, Adam!
Wise words! Sometimes i have bad fingering but then i practce the bad fingering it becomes a bad HABIT and it can be difficult to break. Thanks for the tips!🎉
Thank you! Yes, one really has to be constantly on-the-ball to play the piano well. It's no small task, but thankfully the rewards are worth it!✨
I agree 😌
@@pennyplaysbach A big task, but a much bigger reward 🎶🎹😌🎵
Wow, thank you. Fingers and Bach is the most compounding thing ever exist 😅
Thank you, Alex! Always trying to make fingering that feels like a tailor-made glove!🧤
Penny, although I have already written it, apart from the fact that you are a virtuoso pianist, connoisseur and composer of baroque music and in that sense, a worthy successor to Mr. B, you are also a very hardworking and patient educator. Your channel definitely deserves a lot more subscribers and views, because your tips are understandable and useful. Thank you very much and good luck in your future work on videos 🎵🎹❤️🎶
Thank you, Agnes!❤ My TH-cam analytics informs me that over 80% of my watch time comes from non-subscribers. I suppose I could start asking people to subscribe in my videos, but I figure people will click the button if they find value in the content, and I don't like slick sales vibes. I want things to be entirely about the music. I do really wish that for the number of views I have, I could have higher retention and subscribers. I think I'm just kind of seen as odd, or ultra different and atypical, and folks might generally prefer traditional content. Being left-handed, among other things, I don't fit in in the world and so I can't do things in a traditional way and it's a setback, in a way, but yet at the same time, I think I have a magic key to Mr. B's music that others do not. I know I get some comments telling me these things and it can be quite sobering. I just want to create and live simply. I am trying so hard. While I love being a pianist, I would not wish it on anyone. It is very hard. My teacher, Constance Keene, used to say that you don't pursue music unless you'll burst without it and I will surely become a burden on society if I cannot create. Thank you for watching and encouraging me!💖
So delighted to make my contribution! Thank you so very much Penny . Your channel is quite simply amazing.
Thank you, Gary! I am certainly trying my best to share my passion for Bach's music!🎵😊
I love your content and the way you talk
Thank you, Sergio!😀
This video is sooo useful! Thank you so much ❤
@@user-by3pc5ww9rThank you!
Subscribed. Thanks a lot. I'm a new piano player and would love to play this piece.
Thank you so much, Tyler!😊
❤️❤️❤️
@@morganbranzagliaa Thank you, Morgan!🎹
"Fingerings are personal" is a quote not everyone can understand, unfortunately.
@@vrindamohan91 Yes, perhaps, eh?
My girlfriend loves this thank you
Oh that's nice, thank you, Nicolas!
I always wondered. Do you count silently when you play?
If, by count, you mean to say the finger numbers as one plays, then I would say no, however, for early level students, it's an excellent thing to practice saying the finger numbers out loud, slowly and hands separately. More common would be to count the beats out loud (e.g. 1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and) and this is more common to players of any level, though advanced players tend to only do that when practicing really difficult rhythms or changing meters. Personally, when I'm learning a piece, even after many years of study, I still do a lot of counting out loud, but when I perform a piece, I absolutely am not counting out loud or even silently in my mind. Performing in an ensemble, however, can be a whole other thing, and when one is resting for many measures, for example, it is essential to count quietly. If it's helpful to count, then by all means do so!
I'm curious to know how you handle the "thumb pass"? It's not very visible on the videos! In Polish piano technique, we simulate a passage from above (so that the thumb does not bend).
I'll point you over to this overhead view from one of my older fingering videos: th-cam.com/video/j9f4AAgs18E/w-d-xo.htmlsi=jq7BVR9r32IZaSHt&t=58
@@pennyplaysbach yes I was precisely watching this one = "It's not what Bach wrote, but I like it!" (th-cam.com/video/Qr7Qm-bhyck/w-d-xo.html) and it's very clear !! it's quite different from polish technique (but this one is relatively unknown to too many people) ... anyway : Continue to love Bach, the greatest baroque keyboard composer !!!
@@FabriceBEAUDOIN Interesting, thanks for sharing! I shall use more of the overhead setup to show these things.
Fingering over kill
A 35 second video on fingering is hardly overkill, but thanks anyway!
Unnecessary (euphemism) comment 😐
I don't remember having a comment on the duration of the video but thanks anyway.
I recognized that piano players who decorate their scores with a thousand numbers are totally stressed with side reading, they refuse to do it.
@@sebthi7890 I can't stand seeing finger numbers all over the page and my own scores don't contain them. I marked them on this copy in order to share with folks.
Ok but what about a proper fingering to play the harpsichord?
You'll have to ask a harpsichordist, sorry.
Thank you Penny...so very well done!
Thank you, Gary!
My mind is too filthy for this, I'm sorry xD
Well thank goodness you didn't share.
@@pennyplaysbach it's not needed. If you know, you know