Sneak Peek Adult Student Piano Technique

These lesson videos-in-progress reinforce practicing approaches to warm-ups, giving a student an additional angle of the teacher's hands.

I. Crispy Cracker Staccato  (D Major scale)

Forearm generated at FORTE level followed by "lighter" finger strokes at "piano" dynamic. (Forte=big projection, Piano=soft)

FLASHBACK video, (A Major scale in Staccato) before my relocation to Berkeley--same student LIVE, playing on my Steinway M Grand. Forte to Light staccato focus, smooth curve around with rotation. (relaxation, arms, wrists)
http://youtu.be/1REWDvJBqDE

Arpeggio, D Major in 10ths--smooth passage of thumbs under "tunnel" fingers at different temporal moments between the hands. Preserve a rolling motion.

http://youtu.be/XX6OP97_ql8


II. HOPPING in THIRDS, Ab Major and minor in Five-finger positions

Build up tempo in proportioned rhythm; divide voices of thirds; explore side-to-side (lateral) motion in prep for advanced tempo; drag thirds first in legato (dead weight in), then "snip" into staccato. Adjust position of hands when needed; develop a "feel" for geographies and new "centers of gravity."

http://youtu.be/GLLniXM51xI


III. Ab Major pentascale (five-finger position) Work on "feeling" the beat; reinforce "auditory memory" through clapping and syllabic routines. ("Ear training/Eurhythmics")

http://youtu.be/BKhvBlrPN-A

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