@@benlizon See, that’s one I’ve been playing for awhile too but just can’t seem to...get it THERE, know what I mean? Could you link the video where he’s playing this, please?
I do love your paid courses where you take a piece and go through it - I highly recommend you whenever I get the opportunity. These voicing tips are also interesting, I’m going to try them out tomorrow. Thanks Josh :)
Hey Josh, just want to say a big thank you for giving us (be it amateur or professional) pianists free lessons. Would also like to sound out that it is easy to explain and demo but to experience these different techniques to see which one really works require years! Thank you and have a good week ahead!
I'll try the pushing forward thing. There is an incredibly beautiful melody in Valses Nobles et Sentimentale in tight chords (the second theme in valse III). I remember working my ass off to voice those and sing the melody I could hear in my head but I never pulled it off. Of course I practiced the same staccato technique as you for weeks. Probably the most disheartening failure of my musical life. How do you approach those close, dense chords in impressionistic music and let them sing?
Good Afternoon, Josh! Yes, Rachmaninov is very well known for his very large chrods... he had very big hands and for him it was not that hard to play them...but for normal hands it is a real problem. The opening chrods of his "Second Concerto" can be played only as layout...Thank you for your very informative video!
That sounds like great advice. Usually your Staccato advice works really well, but I’m preparing Rach 23. no 5 and I have problems bringing out the top melody in the middle part. Will definitely try this instead of tilting.
Amazing tips Josh! You’re really smart! I may try the diagonal hands technique In Reverie by Debussy since the staccato octave technique is kinda irrelevant since I am just trying to bring out the top notes in chords that have nothing interspersed in between each top note. Awesome tip Josh! Will try it right now. I’m guilty of not practicing for 48 hours as of now and I have a piano lesson tomorrow! I will try it with the Debussy tonight and get to the Bach (Prelude in G major Well Tempered Clavier book 2) and Beethoven (sonata op 79 first movement) with the metronome increases. Thanks for the relatable tip and I hope that all goes well as seen in my lesson less than 24 hours from now
I’ve been trying to decipher the technique of Russian pianists, and if you look closely on CZcams that is how they get it done... “down and up” to Josh’s point. It’s simply my observation. It would be interesting to know the answer in case someone is familiar with the Russian piano school technique.
Hi Josh, this is exactly what I do because it works and I am so surprised that you would discuss it on one of your awesome Videos! I was wondering if I was doing right - thank you so much for the confirmation. Great video I am going to replay this one at my piano a second time so I do not miss anything - Great video!! Josh, which text are you playing from, please? I would love to learn this piece as it sounds like a beauty. Thank you:)
Nice Tip! I was wondering is this idea to play diagonaly can be understood as a wrist rotation movement that has been minimized ? I can imagine it as a part of a rotation movement of the wrist (going bottom-right-up-left and cycling) the diagonal playing meaning you are probably playing in the right to up part in this movement. Is it a wrong idea in your opinion or just a far fetched analysis ? :D
I would not recommend that. It is diagonally reaching for the fall board with an inward motion, followed by an upward movement and if time permits a slighty outward movement before the upward movement - those two movements converge together. Your outward movement is like a half wrist circle of the right hand moving upward on the piano keyboard as an example, to evenly round out the tone's beaty:) Hope this helps. Now getting there from the previous hand positioning may require you to use wrist rotation, before making your digonal inward motion toward the fall board of your piano and finishing with an outward and upward motion as I described above. I would have to see the score to tell you for sure if rotation is needed.
@@TheSunshinedreamer1 Thanks for your answer, actually I was just thinking of the movement in my mind not relating to a specific score. That was probably a far fetched idea of mine :D
Josh, the 'subtitles' for the hearing impaired are right over the top of your hand and the keyboard much of the time. Can you alter that? Thanks for another great tip. Dot
A brief but great lesson for me to make myself thoughtful about my current progress. Hopefully one day I would able to play those beautiful Romantic musics without making them sounds like chaotic construction sites =D Still waiting for my action to be fully regulated and able to be played again hmmm
I am working on "Jubba dance" by Nathaniel Dett. I'm having trouble voicing the difficult fingering on measures 58-74 in right hand and on the last part starting at measure 87 trying to decide which hand should play what. Would appreciate any help. This is so much fun to play!
Ooooh! I know this sounds silly, but I’ve never heard of-much less actually met-someone working on Juba Dance before! So cool! I did that one many years ago and heard nothing of it since. Great piece. Happy practicing!
Clicked so quickly on this-the EXACT tip I needed! Thanks, Josh!👍🏾
Same
Thanks Josh, your tips are so precious! Also, I want to say that I like these short 5 minutes Videos, there nicely compact. Have a nice day!
Instablaster.
You just killed me with that teeny tiny excerpt of Rach 2 🤯
i saw him do this with chopin op. 10 no. 4 in another video and it just blew my mind
@@benlizon See, that’s one I’ve been playing for awhile too but just can’t seem to...get it THERE, know what I mean? Could you link the video where he’s playing this, please?
I do love your paid courses where you take a piece and go through it - I highly recommend you whenever I get the opportunity. These voicing tips are also interesting, I’m going to try them out tomorrow. Thanks Josh :)
So kind of you James. Much appreciated!
Omg Thank You!! I've small hands and that diagonal technique seems to be working for me!!!!!
Great video! Always so informative
Hey Josh, just want to say a big thank you for giving us (be it amateur or professional) pianists free lessons. Would also like to sound out that it is easy to explain and demo but to experience these different techniques to see which one really works require years! Thank you and have a good week ahead!
Thanks Josh!!
So very helpful! Thank you
I'll try the pushing forward thing. There is an incredibly beautiful melody in Valses Nobles et Sentimentale in tight chords (the second theme in valse III). I remember working my ass off to voice those and sing the melody I could hear in my head but I never pulled it off. Of course I practiced the same staccato technique as you for weeks. Probably the most disheartening failure of my musical life. How do you approach those close, dense chords in impressionistic music and let them sing?
Same ways described in this video :)
I will try this for the top notes at the beginning of Ballade 1 coda (Chopin).
Good Afternoon, Josh! Yes, Rachmaninov is very well known for his very large chrods... he had very big hands and for him it was not that hard to play them...but for normal hands it is a real problem. The opening chrods of his "Second Concerto" can be played only as layout...Thank you for your very informative video!
Thanks for everything Josh, you’re awesome!
This will help me with Intermezzo in A by Brahms. =D
That sounds like great advice. Usually your Staccato advice works really well, but I’m preparing Rach 23. no 5 and I have problems bringing out the top melody in the middle part. Will definitely try this instead of tilting.
I'm learning Morricone's Cinema Paradiso which also requires a good voicing technique - I'll apply your tips, too. Thanks very much!
Amazing tips Josh! You’re really smart! I may try the diagonal hands technique In Reverie by Debussy since the staccato octave technique is kinda irrelevant since I am just trying to bring out the top notes in chords that have nothing interspersed in between each top note. Awesome tip Josh! Will try it right now. I’m guilty of not practicing for 48 hours as of now and I have a piano lesson tomorrow! I will try it with the Debussy tonight and get to the Bach (Prelude in G major Well Tempered Clavier book 2) and Beethoven (sonata op 79 first movement) with the metronome increases. Thanks for the relatable tip and I hope that all goes well as seen in my lesson less than 24 hours from now
nice tips!
I’ve been trying to decipher the technique of Russian pianists, and if you look closely on CZcams that is how they get it done... “down and up” to Josh’s point. It’s simply my observation. It would be interesting to know the answer in case someone is familiar with the Russian piano school technique.
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Hi Josh, this is exactly what I do because it works and I am so surprised that you would discuss it on one of your awesome Videos! I was wondering if I was doing right - thank you so much for the confirmation. Great video I am going to replay this one at my piano a second time so I do not miss anything - Great video!!
Josh, which text are you playing from, please? I would love to learn this piece as it sounds like a beauty. Thank you:)
I just pulled it from imslp
I'm going to try this for the Black Keys Etude! The ending is super hard.
I will use this in Beethoven Piano Sonata Op. 14 No. 1 in E Major 1st Movement!
Nice Tip! I was wondering is this idea to play diagonaly can be understood as a wrist rotation movement that has been minimized ? I can imagine it as a part of a rotation movement of the wrist (going bottom-right-up-left and cycling) the diagonal playing meaning you are probably playing in the right to up part in this movement. Is it a wrong idea in your opinion or just a far fetched analysis ? :D
I would not recommend that. It is diagonally reaching for the fall board with an inward motion, followed by an upward movement and if time permits a slighty outward movement before the upward movement - those two movements converge together. Your outward movement is like a half wrist circle of the right hand moving upward on the piano keyboard as an example, to evenly round out the tone's beaty:) Hope this helps.
Now getting there from the previous hand positioning may require you to use wrist rotation, before making your digonal inward motion toward the fall board of your piano and finishing with an outward and upward motion as I described above. I would have to see the score to tell you for sure if rotation is needed.
@@TheSunshinedreamer1 Thanks for your answer, actually I was just thinking of the movement in my mind not relating to a specific score. That was probably a far fetched idea of mine :D
Sería bueno que estén activados los subtítulos en español, para abarcar gran parte del público latino
Josh, the 'subtitles' for the hearing impaired are right over the top of your hand and the keyboard much of the time. Can you alter that?
Thanks for another great tip.
Dot
A brief but great lesson for me to make myself thoughtful about my current progress.
Hopefully one day I would able to play those beautiful Romantic musics without making them sounds like chaotic construction sites =D
Still waiting for my action to be fully regulated and able to be played again hmmm
I am working on "Jubba dance" by Nathaniel Dett. I'm having trouble voicing the difficult fingering on measures 58-74 in right hand and on the last part starting at measure 87 trying to decide which hand should play what. Would appreciate any help. This is so much fun to play!
Ooooh! I know this sounds silly, but I’ve never heard of-much less actually met-someone working on Juba Dance before! So cool! I did that one many years ago and heard nothing of it since. Great piece. Happy practicing!
Great