Timestamps / Chapters for the Tips 4:47 Tip 1 - Use your whole body to play at the start, not just your fingers 6:25 Tip 2 - Use the "Add On" method 10:04 Tip 3 - Every scale is 3 and 4 12:30 Quality is more important than speed. 15:50 Tip 4 - Shadow Technique - Get lighter by just touching the keys
I used to hate scales as a kid. I wasn't taught about whole body involvement. Now I'm coming back to piano after many years it's really helpful for you to demonstrate that plus all the other tips you provide. Thanks Josh
I've been doing PianoMarvel since April and it's gotten me off to a great start on piano. when I started in person lessons in July it made a huge difference to have a basic foundation. Thanks for this great scales video-it was fun to see one of my favorite CZcams piano guys doing a video about my favorite piano software!
As an aspiring piano teacher I think I would recommend two octave scales and focus on the melodic minor in that category. The reason for this is that these are what we encounter in music. I also think we need to do a lot more on chromatic scales. My descending chromatic is a weak point.
this channel has the best scales tutorials - both for adults and little kids, the progress following the practice suggestions are astonishing! Then, Quality at high speed is tough - it’s harder to hear, and hands separate seems harder, the shadowing technique definitely helps; Many thanks!
Wow you are just like my online teacher, I appreciate what you do. Now that everything is online it is difficult to find a teacher as all of them are busy but you are a very good teacher at free of cost. This helped me so much in my scales, thank you so much. That shadowing technique is amazing, it also works for repeated notes and repeated octaves / rapid octaves ; we must all thank Sergei Babayan.
Thanks Josh. This was a super helpful video... Both the demonstrations and the introduction to the software. Will surely try the software and the tips. Playing light has been a huge problem for me.
Thanks for this video! I'm a new learner at the age 60 and am 45 days (and counting) into Piano Marvel starting from the absolute beginning. Anyway, I'm working on the Ninja Scale challenge having never done scales. I have four scales in so far with black belts. Learning to do two hands with proper fingering is mind-blowing. Your suggestions are extremely helpful. I love your channel.
Just want to say you got me into piano marvel and I’ve been making much better progress at reading music because of it. I’m still really slow though lol
@@Bryan_Rowen well there is free stuff but its like $14/month or so... I like that it progressively gets harder. In my opinion its no replacement for learning music theory like how scales are built, circle of fifths and what not. It's perfect for me because I learned a ton of music theory on youtube but I never spent lots of time reading music. Read read read. It's so important to slowly read more and progressively difficult music. I can physically play everything piano marvel throws at me, but being able to read it quickly is a different story. TLDR: great for ppl who have been learning piano for a while but are slow at reading music.
@@Joeydoesmedicine have you ever seen the PDF files attached to the Method and Technique levels? That’s where a lot of the theory is taught. Sounds like you don’t really need that basic theory, but I thought I’d share anyway!
I was looking for ways to play Ballade 1 coda, I find a video by Josh Wright, I like the video, I sub to channel, and check on Josh Wright after ten years, hair is shorter, better quality videos, more wisdom, and still shining. Love respect and peace sir...keep your lovely video coming. :)
Some excellent advice for torrent etude ❤️ I play scales at a decent speed but struggle with the tricky ones, like Eb minor for example. I'm currently playing Brahms Scherzo and need to work more on the more awkward scales 👍🎹
Does that laser system allow you to measure the evenness of your scale, as in measure how close you are to the same velocity for each key? I think that would be a very cool application of it.
I’m Loving piano marvel! Would love tips on how to break sight reading plateaus. I’m stuck at a SASR score of 1300 ish. I can sight read the harder stuff with more time and slower practice, but SASR gives only 20 seconds prep and the tempo on some stuff is fast. My brain can’t keep up!
It turns out you need a midi to make this program work. I signed up for the free trial, and now I’m stuck on their mailing list. The unsubscribe link doesn’t work, and when you copy and paste it, it just brings you to their website. Just cautioning everyone.
Someone answer this please, is sight-reading really when you play a song with no mistakes at sight or let’s say you make a mistake at measure 5 and decide to go back to measure 1 and play past measure 5 but now you already know what measure 5 ,1,2,34 can you still call that sight reading. Keep in mind this is your first time learning/playing song
Hello Josh, at the beginner level you mention to use the entire body/armweight, do you apply rotation at his point, if not where does it come into play ( if any ) when practising scales for instance. Thank you
LIke you, I have found that the metronome sometimes slows me down or makes it more difficult to play at a steady tempo. I imagine it must be difficult for you to play and make mistakes on purpose. :-)
I’d like to know how big of a difference the heaviness of the keys makes to how fast one can/should play scales. The digital piano I practice on has a down weight of ~62g, which is very high, so I wonder approx how many bpm a “pro” would be expected to play on that?
I’ve gone deep into the study of touch weight over the last year, and have found that downweight/upweight are not the only factors that come into play with how heavy a piano feels. A piano with bad geometry but a light touch weight can still feel heavy. It’s a very complex subject. Having said that, I prefer pianos in the 40-50 gram downweight realm. Others prefer a heavier touch
Timestamps / Chapters for the Tips
4:47 Tip 1 - Use your whole body to play at the start, not just your fingers
6:25 Tip 2 - Use the "Add On" method
10:04 Tip 3 - Every scale is 3 and 4
12:30 Quality is more important than speed.
15:50 Tip 4 - Shadow Technique - Get lighter by just touching the keys
his humour makes the video more intresting and non boring, love it.
I used to hate scales as a kid. I wasn't taught about whole body involvement. Now I'm coming back to piano after many years it's really helpful for you to demonstrate that plus all the other tips you provide.
Thanks Josh
I've been doing PianoMarvel since April and it's gotten me off to a great start on piano. when I started in person lessons in July it made a huge difference to have a basic foundation. Thanks for this great scales video-it was fun to see one of my favorite CZcams piano guys doing a video about my favorite piano software!
As an aspiring piano teacher I think I would recommend two octave scales and focus on the melodic minor in that category. The reason for this is that these are what we encounter in music. I also think we need to do a lot more on chromatic scales. My descending chromatic is a weak point.
I’ve got ninja cards up to the major scales and some minor on advanced and I’m so proud of myself as I loathe playing scales.
this channel has the best scales tutorials - both for adults and little kids, the progress following the practice suggestions are astonishing! Then, Quality at high speed is tough - it’s harder to hear, and hands separate seems harder, the shadowing technique definitely helps; Many thanks!
Wow you are just like my online teacher, I appreciate what you do. Now that everything is online it is difficult to find a teacher as all of them are busy but you are a very good teacher at free of cost. This helped me so much in my scales, thank you so much.
That shadowing technique is amazing, it also works for repeated notes and repeated octaves / rapid octaves ; we must all thank Sergei Babayan.
I like to use the slow method of increasing the metronome my 5 and then when I get it perfect I increase by 5 again, it’s slow but it works.
Thanks Josh. This was a super helpful video... Both the demonstrations and the introduction to the software. Will surely try the software and the tips. Playing light has been a huge problem for me.
Thank you Josh for showing Piano Marvel. It is helping me so much.
Thanks for this video! I'm a new learner at the age 60 and am 45 days (and counting) into Piano Marvel starting from the absolute beginning. Anyway, I'm working on the Ninja Scale challenge having never done scales. I have four scales in so far with black belts. Learning to do two hands with proper fingering is mind-blowing. Your suggestions are extremely helpful. I love your channel.
Just want to say you got me into piano marvel and I’ve been making much better progress at reading music because of it. I’m still really slow though lol
How much is piano marvel?
@@Bryan_Rowen well there is free stuff but its like $14/month or so... I like that it progressively gets harder. In my opinion its no replacement for learning music theory like how scales are built, circle of fifths and what not. It's perfect for me because I learned a ton of music theory on youtube but I never spent lots of time reading music. Read read read. It's so important to slowly read more and progressively difficult music. I can physically play everything piano marvel throws at me, but being able to read it quickly is a different story.
TLDR: great for ppl who have been learning piano for a while but are slow at reading music.
@@Joeydoesmedicine have you ever seen the PDF files attached to the Method and Technique levels? That’s where a lot of the theory is taught. Sounds like you don’t really need that basic theory, but I thought I’d share anyway!
Always takes time! Keep going. 🤩
Right after a C major scale: I don’t care who you are, that fast! 😂 love it!
Love these tips Josh - awesome pianist and teacher
I was looking for ways to play Ballade 1 coda, I find a video by Josh Wright, I like the video, I sub to channel, and check on Josh Wright after ten years, hair is shorter, better quality videos, more wisdom, and still shining.
Love respect and peace sir...keep your lovely video coming. :)
Some excellent advice for torrent etude ❤️ I play scales at a decent speed but struggle with the tricky ones, like Eb minor for example. I'm currently playing Brahms Scherzo and need to work more on the more awkward scales 👍🎹
Excellent video! Thank you for sharing it!
This is interesting! Id like more information on this. Fabulous’
I love your presentation and tips, which are spot on. Piano Marvel does not work on Android, by the way. It shows up, but is not mobile friendly.
We are working on that and hope to have it by the end of the year! :)
great lesson!
Does that laser system allow you to measure the evenness of your scale, as in measure how close you are to the same velocity for each key? I think that would be a very cool application of it.
I’m Loving piano marvel! Would love tips on how to break sight reading plateaus. I’m stuck at a SASR score of 1300 ish.
I can sight read the harder stuff with more time and slower practice, but SASR gives only 20 seconds prep and the tempo on some stuff is fast. My brain can’t keep up!
Have you tried Sight Reading Samurai in Piano Marvel? That may work for you :) it’s like the SASR but with no time limit
good.
i am having such a hard time figuring out this QRS thing!! What is the cost to install on my piano!?
It turns out you need a midi to make this program work. I signed up for the free trial, and now I’m stuck on their mailing list. The unsubscribe link doesn’t work, and when you copy and paste it, it just brings you to their website. Just cautioning everyone.
Ahh finally I get to be a scale ninja!
yes, isn't racist marketing remarkable...
Someone answer this please, is sight-reading really when you play a song with no mistakes at sight or let’s say you make a mistake at measure 5 and decide to go back to measure 1 and play past measure 5 but now you already know what measure 5 ,1,2,34 can you still call that sight reading. Keep in mind this is your first time learning/playing song
I switched it off when I saw the 1895 dollars price tag.....
Hello Josh, at the beginner level you mention to use the entire body/armweight, do you apply rotation at his point, if not where does it come into play ( if any ) when practising scales for instance. Thank you
LIke you, I have found that the metronome sometimes slows me down or makes it more difficult to play at a steady tempo. I imagine it must be difficult for you to play and make mistakes on purpose. :-)
I’d like to know how big of a difference the heaviness of the keys makes to how fast one can/should play scales. The digital piano I practice on has a down weight of ~62g, which is very high, so I wonder approx how many bpm a “pro” would be expected to play on that?
I’ve gone deep into the study of touch weight over the last year, and have found that downweight/upweight are not the only factors that come into play with how heavy a piano feels. A piano with bad geometry but a light touch weight can still feel heavy. It’s a very complex subject. Having said that, I prefer pianos in the 40-50 gram downweight realm. Others prefer a heavier touch
2:02 😂😂😂😂
How can I get the app on IOS? Josh.
How’re you using Marvel with an acoustic piano?
I explain this in the video
Could you please share the link for the software?
I have shared it in the description of this video
I like very much your lectures. But i can hardlly hear you. Can you please make it louder? Thanks
We can hear... perhaps you may want to consider having your hearing checked
Check your sound settings at the settings app, it may not be at full volume
Dude what is up with the audio....... That mic is inside your mouth and this is the volume we get,?