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Steven, I’ve missed you. I got my certification so I can get back to practicing piano. How’v you been?

this was very useful,thank you and well done!

Can you do pletnev’s arrangement of pas de deux🙏🙏💕

the dog in the background❤!! So cute, thanks for the video!!

thank you finally a tutorial I Understand!!

Veramente BRAVISSIMO

I like your Canadian accent as in English you do not seem to have any ;-)

Thank you Steven … your emphasis on feeling weights and arm movements help.

Here I am again. Awsom to know! But could you also « teach » me how to open and play with my I-pad with sheet music on it put directly on the piano? Tnx and kind regards, Dona (from Belgium)

Hello Steven, this is great. I adore playing the piano, but not used to computer… don’t you have to pay IMSLP for membership then? Can you suscribe for sheet music for free? Tnx for your reply. Dona (from Belgium)

Very insightful lesson, thank you

10:36 marc andre-hamelin calls it symmetrical inversion

Thanks!

I'm never bene more glad to watch this video cuz I can play all of it kind of pedaling once per measure but this is gonna really take me all the way

Thank You very much!!!❤❤❤

It reminded me of Beethoven’s fifth a bit.

hi! great! check out Duane Hulbert's version too. Here;s my Schubert final years pastiche: czcams.com/play/PLYUhuuvIrJm0Z7vc1Olxvs1cOLMfuSo4I.html

Thanks for that clarification man! When I played Waldstein and Debussy Feux d'Artifice last year I had good and effortless technique, but since that I managed to fall on the wrong track techniquely, injuring my wrists because I used too much weight, playing all the way to the bottom (even past) like you did at the end there, etc. I guess it's all about "aiming at the point of sound" and not hit the keys in a way that it hits you back in a bad way, as the Taubman approach talks about.

Edited versions: Schnabel, Arrau, Goldenweizer, Martinsson. Several EMB (particularly Bartok) and also Liszt (not that Japan Zen-on) is very good too. You could see Liszt pedalling in Bowsworth edition.

Very, very nice! Such a beautiful piece. I used to play this 20 years ago and I'm coming back to it now. You offer such wonderful and pithy commentary. I enjoyed every moment. Your love of these pieces clearly shines through. It's just what i needed coming back to this. Thank You Steven.

not very helpful - the advice given is basically "relax your hand", we already knew that... that's like giving advice "just practice" or "just get good" 😀usually people give tips on _how_ to practice a thing efficiently, how to decompose the practiced thing into smaller parts that are easier to execute, etc... on the topic of long jumps other educators advice: practice thumb-pinky jumps first (shorter distance, mentally), then just thumbs or just pinkies first before doing the entire octave-octave, or octave-chord with full hand. another tip i heared is spring of the low octave as fast as possible to give you more "travel time" before you have to hit the upper octave or chord. and lastly, and unhelpfullly, prepare to burn possibly many hours or weeks on this.

Glenn Gould speed right away!

Steven, Outstanding video. I'm learning everything I can about the mechanics and playing of the piano, and I have had this question in my head for about 4 days now. You answered it perfectly, convincingly, and accurately. I'm now convinced, as you say in your words, "Put the thumb on the damn black keys when it's convenient too; that's totally cool." The piano world needs more people like you. Respect, Cheers, and Thank you. Thumbs up, and I subscribed.

I think a lot of piano theory is dependent on hand physiology to a certain extent. I have med sized hands, very wide palms and not very long, thick fingers. I have excellent finger control for quick movement. It I do have some difficulty getting between the black keys. As he mentioned the keys are “heavier” in between the black keys, specifically for an upright, because you’re closer to the center point of your fulcrum. Where the key pivots in the pin. The slower you are to the center of a lever, the more work it takes to depress. In the next 5 years I will trade in my Yamaha U-1 for a 6’ grand. Hopefully a Steinway!

Helps to have a teacher to advise of shortcuts to memorizing these buggers. My Steinway L keeps saying, “use me or lose me!” It does take constant practice to keep pace with even the simplest Bach compositions.

Lovely piece. Nicely played. Piano out of tune, especially the upper register. I’d be embarrassed to publish this video.

This is an extraordinary masterclass. You made the whole piece much easier for me. This is my first etude, I'm self taught but eventually I'll get a teacher when I can afford it. Thank you

Great tutorial -many thanks

I love these types of exercises!!

This helped a lot, thanks!

VAAAAMOS ARGENTINAAAAA VAMOS MESSIIII VAMOOOS EL DIEEEEEEEEEEEEE

Waltzes are harder than ballades.

This is a w channel

Ugh I still don’t get it. Lol

Great Steve! No one explains piano technique and interpretation in a simple and understandable way like you do. Thank you so much from an amateur but perfectionist Italian pianist and Chopin enthusiast.

Your teaching is really precious. Subscribed and thumb up from Greenland. Thank you❤

Thank you Sir for this excellent lesson!

I just started Fugue in C - sharp major WTC2 and Your insight is helpfull. There was a mention of an composer early in the video..Was it Katanec? Thanks for content keep it up!

Thank you sir for a v clear explanation!

Thank you!

Thanks for sharing this one. Lovely.

Thanks!

How do you spell deck naxi (when the jack and roller activate) and what language is it. I’m desperately trying to find the actual definition for potential use in a poem.

Other important tips Listen to it before hand Feel free to sightread through it and analyze for basic things like key signature, time signature, starting measure or pick up, and the style

This seems very Feldenkrais-y! Very nice!

Excellent advice, thanks you. About the legato, one of the notes about the music I read about this piece is to play it non legato, I think that sums it up nicely. In the sheet music with those notes it indicates to reapply the pedal on almost every left hand note, though a few of the up or down movements have a pair under one pedal press

I notice you looking at the keyboard when doing the leap. That doesn’t seem like much of a challenge.

Just started to learn this piece , finding there is a very satisfying circular motion in the left wrist 😊 .. brilliant video .. thankyou

And he never came back :(

Thank you!