Playing Piano Fast: 3 Common Mistakes
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#piano #tutorial #chopin - Hudba
1:00 Don't always rely on your finger action - train your whole body
3:06 Lifting your fingers too high - a waste of time and energy
4:47 Picking too fast a tempo - your inner ear hears slower than the actual tempo, so dial it down a bit
I always hear things faster than they actually are so my teacher is always telling me to slow down 😂
I've seen that speed thing too, where you think you're playing slower than you're actually playing. It's even worse if nerves make you rush unconsciously. That's one upside to recording everything, where you get to hear your playing how an audience hears it and be reminded to slow down, and to control your tempo.
I often have the opposite problem, where I think I’m playing fast and then I hear the recording and it’s not so fast.. 😔 In any case recording is a great reality check.
For sure -- I'm just a beginner/early intermediate but the piece I last tackled has a very fast section (for me anyway) that took me over a month to get up to speed. It wasn't as clean as I wanted once I did, but then I was surprised to find I'd actually been playing it a good deal faster than the professional recording I was using as a reference! So I slowed it down and could play it much more cleanly while still sounding decently fast in recordings.
I've noticed the same thing about my inner speed, compared to when I record myself and play it back. I tend to play pieces faster than what I think I am. I will start to incorporate hand motions into my technique, as I have never seen that broken down in slower motions. Thanks for the tips!
Hi Annique, Merci für das coole Video! It helps to hear about the techniques how you approach high tempo! I am in the situation where I support a Suzuki Violin class on the piano in class to prepare for concerts and also for a Volk music concert itself. The violinist who teaches the workshop is very spontaneous and likes to improvise - that makes me nervous, it requires me to be prepared to change plans at any moment. I am not a professional piano player. I used to sing in a choir, but I am not used to adapt my piano play to other musicians! When I play with the kids during lessons, I struggle sometimes to create and uphold a clear tempo structure for them. Sometimes the violin teacher initiates a faster tempo than I am able to play😅 when I recorded a practice session, it sounded really wobbly - far from crisp🙈 This video and your video on how to use the metronome and create inner tempo references really gave me valuable tipps on how to improve around tempo. I hope to bring myself up to speed until the concert in August🤞🏽 - thank you so much and greeting from Biel Switzerland❤
You are a great teacher
Being a self taught, you are the best teacher I've had.
Contradiction.
@@nanthilrodriguez lmao i didnt even realise that haha i meant i dont have a coach but i do learn on youtube 😂
Ich spiele das Stück gerade und dein Video war sehr hilfreich, gleich morgen werde ich alles überprüfen, was du genannt hast, dankeschön!
Very nice tips! I'm still impressed that you played all Chopin Etudes Op 10 and 25 in one only live streaming... i imagine how much concentration it requires. Congratulations!
What you said about feeling the music slower than the audience feels it was so relatable. I always play things fast and think I played them relatively slow
Dear Annique, thank you so much for all those details you give us for the piano techniques and so many other helpful stuff. I wish you the best and keep on giving us great videos!!!
Also rolling up your sleeves will help as well! You look gorgeous with them like that by the way
I love the videos where you talk about technique/musical concepts! :)
Very insightful and critical understanding of piano playing. You would be a stellar piano pedagogue, i mean professor. You just explained something i had not consciously realized. This video is going to change my slow practice completely as i was not consciously trying to memorize more than finger position on the keyboard which is missing all those movements which i was learning indirectly and slowly not consciously but now i realize their importance in memorizing them and amplifying them in slow practice. Thank you Annique
Thanks for the great advices!
Thank you!
These tips are very helpful :D
"if you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly"
Thanks for the first tip. It helps me a lots. I always thought the torso movement was something aesthetic for profi and not for newbie like me until I hit my speed block at moonlight sonata 3rd movement and found this video. Simply freeing my upper body movement increases accuracy at higher speed in less than a day.
Struggling with Mozart and the fast scalar runs hahaha, this video was exactly what I was looking for!!
Wonderful video on technique. I'll try this one out! I appreciate these technique videos. Hopefully I can improve!
Servus Anique!
Hättest du mal Lust,
1min 10min 1h mit einem Rag (Ragtime aus 2022), den ich komponiert habe, zu machen?
Ich würde gerne mal sehen, ob klassische Pianisten auch Ragtime lesen und spielen können!
Viele Grüße.
Dominik
Engl=
Servus Anique!
Would you like to do a
1min 10min 1h with a rag (ragtime from 2022) that I composed?
I'd like to see if classical pianists can also read and play ragtime that good!
Regards.
Dominik
Please make this post popular it’s a great idea
@@arviddyea right!
Huge plus! Once I played the flight of bumblebee on a concert. For it was like 2 times slower than the regular tempo. After the concert everyone were saying that it was even faster than the regular tempo. That's weird
Practicing staccato has really helped me.
Thanks for the tips Annique!!! These are similar to what my professors say when playing fast passages!
Love your videos!
I definitely notice that weird speed perception, I remember a few weeks ago I was trying hard to push my speed envelope on this particular piece and I just couldn't, so I dropped the piece for a few weeks and came back to it later, but then I watched my recordings that I made during that time and I was genuinely shocked at how fast I was going, so I decided to play it slower and it worked out perfectly!
Thank you. This was helpful.
I really love your videos Annique, you are so adorable 😍 thank you for sharing your knowledge with us !
The thing that I'm struggling is the pinky finder, it seams that I can't always control how hard I press on the keys 😂
It was a really good advice for me that I've started to fast sonatas
Thanks
Das aller Beste ist … alles Englisch und die spontanen Einwürfe und Gefühlsausbrüche in Deutsch - ich liebe es !
Thanks for your tips. They are very useful indeed. :-)
Thank you for this! I especially need to work on "whole body" movement; I'm not sure what I'm actually doing! Recording myself could help with that, as it is so much easier now than when I learned many years ago. My teacher has challenged me to write a toccata, so the finger-wrist-arm movements will need special attention as I write!
Very helpful.
its good to watch pros play and reduce the video speed greatly to pick up fingerings, nuances, etc.
Thank you so much.🌹
I am currently working on op 10 no 4 as I am stuck at 140 BPM, so thank you very much for the tips!
how is it going ? Were you able to get faster? I'm practising op 10 no 4 as well!
Thanks!
I could listen to you all day ❤️👍🥁🇬🇧❤️
I do something similar to the pencil trick you do but I use a click counter app on my phone. It really works as long as you keep calm and patient when you do mistakes. Go have some water, breath and come back until you clean the part. It does work
Really nice and interesting video.
I am happy 'cause CZcams give me it in my suggestions...
Omg today i googled how to play fast, and you uploaded the video. Thanks
I am exited
nice tips. I love u
I like alternating measures in halftime (firm with an emphasis on economy of motion) then at tempo (light with an emphasis on cleanliness).
Awesome 🥰
Thanks for the helpful video! I’m a pianist and just performed Ravel’s Ondine last weekend but for some reason I’m having so much trouble with Beethoven Pathetique first movements left hand octave tremolos. My forearm is so tired even after several bars in. Any suggestions on how to best play those left hand octave tremolos?? Please help This is driving me nuts.
Thanks
The Chopin sounds very good on your piano.
Video just on point as I was struggling getting some speed on Op 10-4 ^^
Quick tip: offset the first two notes and think of it as groups of 4 consecutive notes going up! Anyone can play 4 increasing notes quickly!
Interesting..I heard Sviatoslav Richter talk about circular movements somewhere..enjoy your channel, thanks!
I love this channel so much! Can you do a video on left hand rotation, as in moonlight sonata movement III or pathetique movement I ? I always get fatigued in my left hand when i'm playing these pieces, and I'm not sure how to reduce the tension.
Those tremolandos on Pathetique Movement I really tire me out too until I learnt to really relax and engage the whole arm, definitely hoping there will be an episode addressing that!
@@mozillamonster Yeah, totally. I'm learning to sort of loosen my wrist for the octave tremolos, but it's been a process of relearning how to be relaxed for sure.
Ah yes please! I’m playing the Pathetique mvt. 1 right now and I’m finding it technically more difficult than I expected, especially the tremolo’s. Would love a video on this!
@@marenphilipse7955 It's good to know I'm not the only one haha
Yes rotations of wrist, and relax forearm, arm and shoulders. Definitely fingers close to the keys.
Could you maybe do a video about Chopin's Etude Op. 25 No. 11 where you would talk about the techniques and what to look at? Would be great.
Have a nice day.
Thanks, I play the Chopin Etude Op 10, No. 4
Hello, does anybody knows a good ressource online to have good tips for playing piano at an advanced level? I feel like I learnt the piano (with my teacher) in a very practical way (play the right notes on the right rhythm) but not about how my arm should move to allow me more energy or things like this video explains. I'd like to hear more about piano technique actually, not just playing the right notes. I started violin last year and there are so much more things I actually learnt verbally to be able to have an audible sound. Piano seems easier but at a high level, it's not! So I'd like to learn more about it.
Thank you for the tips here it's a very good start for me!
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🍓🍓🍓I really enjoy your videos and thanks for your hard work. 🍓🍓🍓
I love u annique
Wochenende extra aus hamburg nach Stuttgart gekommen war so toll
I'd like to see a video on speed of multiple consecutive octaves (not sure how to describe it properly). My forearms really burn when I used to try to play them faster. I refer to Tchaikovsky's Concerto no. 1, parts of Rhapsody in Blue, and those triples in the 3rd movement of Rachmaninoff's Concerto no. 2. I hope you know what I'm talking about.
do more videos like this
Heyy! I really like these videos!
I am currently practicing Ave Maria by Bach/Gounod, and I want to ask for some tips about memorizing long phrases quickly, and also how to keep the hand relaxed while playing the larger arpeggios, I hope you can help.
Also Good luck for the recitals!! 🥳❤️
I'm not a professional pianist, but as an amateur, what helps me is analyzing the piece. If you understand what the harmony and melody are doing, then any piece is way easier to memorize.
to memorize long phrases quickly usually you need to realize what the most important notes are in the melody, and use them as a foundation, and think of all the other notes as notes in between
I made a video to my teacher to show him something that I couldn't play clean enough so he can tell how to fix it and when I edited it, I realised I played it so fast that I got my answer : I could have sworn I played it at a mid tempo.....
Can u do a 1 min 10 min 1 hour challenge on sonata pathetique adagio?
could you do a 1min 10min 1h for the Rootbeer Rag. I know it is something different but I believe it could be great fun for you and the audience!
Hey, Could you give some tips for chopin fantasies Imprompu please
Whoever plays for at least 6 years will help him with such tricks it's training for years it's a crazy level of difficulty Here it is very difficult
Not sure if this is the right video I can request this as a kind of question but I was always wondering how you can implement triplets and two 8th notes in one beat (or even four 16th notes in one beat) one in the left hand and the other in the right hand or vice versa?
Hi can you play alfred cortot Rational Principles of Piano Technique
Play the winter wind by chopin
Caesar: Et Tude Chopin Brutus!! 😁😁🤣🤣😂😂
im not hater , racist or anything else plus im fan of this channel and enjoying this content also im not trying to bully anyones comment but... how to speed up?? the most stupid question to ask in the youtube seriously how to speed up??? i agree these 3 common mistake and they all are right but does no matter how much mistake u do just practise and eventually u will find out how ur body works ... play slow play zigzag play with different speed play hard play soft etc ... no one goes throught succesfull way without hard times and there is not going to be ez ways for anyone to reach succesfulity in such a profession when u need practice and it does not depend on any lucky if u just dont try to solve any problem and such a easy problem by urself then u will always start finding easy ways and one day when u dont find one u will fail so hard practice is the key of speeding up and first step just learn piece completely and in conpletely i mean when u can play it while sleeping too and next one day when u will rlly face real problem u will easily handle that by yourself and not ask it in youtube... im apologizing again i was not meaning anything toxic or angry and pls noone get mad at me its just my personal opinion... biggest comment vol.1
Hahaha i just recently realise i have the tempo problem. I keep playing faster and faster for my exam piece. Then one day i decided to listen to the CD, and realised im playing too fast 😂 and the recording sounds much slower than i though. I thought i wasnt playing fast enough 😅😅
Faschingsschwank aus Wien Intermezzo would make a great 1/10/1 hour special
Think TaiChi: a TaiChi master moves like lightning, but the training began with very slow motion. Every micro-component of the muscle memory of the slow training exists in the rapid movements of the master.
Könntest du bitte Chopin Etude op. 25 no. 7 spielen.
Du bist eine begnadigte Pianistin, ne echte Schande, dass ich deinen Kanal nicht früher gefunden habe.
Danke!
I love you Annie
אני מתחיל להתאמן עכשיו על היצירה הזאת
Hi Anique
It may sound funny, but your advices are really helpful, also for a violin player. So many points are similar. Except, I won't play Chopin, of course 🤣
She says: "Chopin etudes"
Subtitles: Chipotles 😂
Only mistake I think we do especially newbies ... not giving enough repetition that a certain finger situation or notes pattern requires. Everything else whatever u say will come naturally to u whether u heard it somewhere or not. Be it circular motion or keeping finger low.. And every newbie has to go these phases whether he likes it or not. Because at first u cant even play if u try keeping all fingers low to the keys. And later stages same thing u wont be able to do things seemlessly or even moderately faster tempos if u dont move your hand like that. As u move faster or like doing extended chord rolls like CEGC u wont even be able to do it if u dont move your hand circularly in a way I guess. So most things comes naturally when u try do it. Main thing is do u give it enough repeatition. And with repeatition I mean over and over in same sitting. It wont give u much bennifit if u repeat 2 or four times per day.. like even this extended C chord roll. Or whatever roll when u skip one or two notes inbetween your fingers or fingers inbetween your notes.. whatever the case may be. U need to do it over and over to get things smooth. So better to concentrate on few things in a day and giving it enough repetition that trying covering all and doing just few repeats. That can only bring smoothness or speed or timing to your play I guess. But all this is easier said than done. U need to be ready to get over some sore feeling to achieve that. U cant climb tough rock or even whatever by just thinking this good or that technique. U need to be on the road for that. Your mistake will itself teach u whatever technique u need according to your own body or hand build in this case.
But thinking about doing 100 or 200 repeatition is easier said than done. U will find every kinda excuse to avoid it. And who dont always reach the summit.
But on final note it just my bickering I myself dont do it that passionately! 😜🤪😝 Bye folks! 😁
But anyway there is some truth in it too.. only thing is do we have that kinda motivation level or determination in ourself. I SIMPLY DON'T... but then I dont aspire to be some mozart or even musician. Its just my hobby thing.. and I certainly wont like to hang myself by neck for just simple hobby. Should I? 😀🤗 But yours ambitions or situation might differ. So its u who have to think whats good for u. But u wint be expert in rock climbing or whatever unless u give enough repetition or determined to toll for it. Signing off Jai Bhole! 🙏
A cardinal rule: If you can't play it slow, you can't play it fast!
אוו שיטטט חחח את עושה כל כך מדוייק ומהיר
Maybe feeling you are playing slightly slower than reality is like being in a car accident. When you're more stressed time seems to slow down. When my car spun around on ice once several times on a hill, each rotation seemed to take so long. I've heard people say this exact same phenomenon many times when in dangerous situations. "It only lasted a couple of minutes, but it seemed like ten", etc. Might be a way we evolved to deal with high stress better in the moment. Anyway, yeah I think I did the same when it came to preforming.
Can you please tell me the name
of these things you are practicing.
You say it so fast I can't understand
what it is. Thanks.
Maybe you should activate the subtitles ?
@@robin36mac
Ahh ! Chopin ! Thanks ! Why didn't
I think of that ? In my defense though, except for the first time,
even the captions spelled it wrong,
because she kept saying Chopin etudes as fast as she plays them.
Which is very fast. Slow down your
mouth a little bit - is my advice to
her.
That moment when you start watching the video because of Op.10 No.4
This is true. One mustn't only concentrate on one's fingers. In fact, I have a little secret. I use my toes. They're the fastest.
Obviously struggling with etudes, like it feels impossible for me to make my left hand play at the exact same time as my right hand, it feels like my left hand is not very well developed technically.
Once again, there is no generalization for playing fast, it is purely on experience and experiment. How can you play certain passages that other piano players can not? Try different positions, even if they feel strange at first, the traditions of playing piano should be rejected and experience should be learned. Ask yourself: What can I do with the seat height? What can I do with the straight down curved fingers? Or straight fingers touching down? Or flat fingers? How can I reproduce a speed comfortably? Observe: what are the requirements for that position?
Furthermore, I believe that a contrite heart is the key towards playing the piano beautifully and speed is subject to a contrite heart as well. There is no secret evidently but experience and belief and Faith in the playing of the songs, confident that each stroke is strong.
I wish I had your problem - when I record myself, I'm always *slower* than I think I am 😕
Same here. My teacher is always telling me, once I’ve learnt a piece, it needs to go faster. To my ears it always sounds fast enough, I’ll have to record myself! Thank you for the videos.
You're right. Audience does perceive tempo differently than you as a performer.
I'm learning the Friska part of Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody no 2. I can't get the right tempo because the left hand jumps are just too hard (and fast) for me, but I guess that's just a matter of practice.
tiffanny poon's tip for doing jumps was to practice slowly, but do the actual jump as quick as possible, but waiting to press the keys at the correct time, if that makes any sense
Traductor says: to play chipotle. That is too fast.
I honestly think Chopin is more enjoyable for the pianist playing rather than the audience listening [ especially a non pianist listener]… 🎹
Fast yes, but unfortunately only a small, dry and expressionless tone. Dynamics are completely missing: Everything is somehow just mezzo forte. Probably rubber or custard hands (hypermobility disorder) preventing the instrument from sounding full.
It also depends on your natural hand mechanics. Not all hands are projected to play fast.
If you can play it slow, you can play it fast
Concentrate on wrist, elbow, shoulder ... movements. Sound wrestling advise WWE. I understand why I suck at playing fast now. I'm confusing it with professional wrestling! 🤣🤣😂😂
If you can play it slowly ... You can play it quickly. 🤓 😎
amAAAzing
... but only if you practice 40 hours every day.
Mistake 4 that nobody wants to hear: you are playing a piece that's too hard for you
Ah, yes, the German way of counting three on their fingers. Won't be making that mistake again. 😄
probably just not practicing enough