You should go over the photo in Lhevinnesbbook where he talks about the knuckle joint and first joint of finger tip.

But a Ferrari !!!!?? What about a Tesla ?!?!

The second chord is a DOMINANT PREPARATION !!!!! I learned this in AP Music Theory !!! I feel so smart !!! Hehehe

Very good video thank you! Learning CZERNY and Cramer etudes full of arpeggios so this is super helpful!

I love this !!!! The way you explain things are so detailed, one can’t miss anything 😊😊

Really clever and fun screen blip. Well at least we got a whisper of jazz harmonizing. Everything you come up with is helpful and you find a way to make otherwise dull stuff, entertaining. All your stuff is helpful across the keyboard, no matter what the style.

Спасибо,очень ностальгично...мягкие и мелодичные триольки в правой руке, со вкусом 👍приятно слушать

I can't fathom not going to the bottom of the key. How can one be secure or relaxed if you try to keep your hands fluttering aloft. Also the concept of grasping is also however dangerous. It should be no more different than settling your fingers easily on a flat surface. It just happens to be the case that the keys are an odd obstacle to that wonderful flat surface. This incidentally is of great importance in a tracker organ. You can just end up with starved sounding sound. Anyway, the bit about relaxation is ultimately the most important. Figuring that out leads to efficiency and speed and security.

Absolutely amazing finger work .❤️

Так круто, что вы ещё и в джазе разбираетесь!❤❤❤ Спасибо, посмеялся над "Низкооплачиваемой работой".

Hi Denis , are you going to delight us with a new recording ?? Oh well until then I can watch and listen to this ballad and other beautiful recordings of yours ,so it is ok there is plenty to watch and listen to 😊 .

i think you don't fully understand how he played

Thanks for this great advice. It is right on the money. Very helpful.

This piece sounds so horrible at a slow tempo, makes it very demotivating to learn haha. When it all comes together though..

Do you have any tips to release tension in this piece, i cant seem to relax 😅

Hi Denis, I am watching this video for the second time, it is useful to remind myself of the bits I had forgotten 🥲! Thank you

I love Moonlight Sonata

So riight)!!! Thank you!!! ❤

I cannot play this piece😢

Divine work ❤❤

Thanks man

If I learn slower, then speed up, there is something that needs to change somewhat; that is eliminating more and more tension; rely on muscle memory but allow yourself to just let it flow. Denis' point about "tension," a rather misunderstood term which needs clarification, is a good one. A part of advanced level playing has to do with velocity; there is a change of brain and control as velocity increases. As I see really advanced players, let alone concert celebrities, the more advanced are correlated with more "relaxation," termed "healthy tension" by Emma Lieuman. From the beginning of learning something new, healthy "relaxed" tension should be a goal, rather than intimidating perfection. This applies to playing all along the practice routine progress. One of the most tension producing orientations is worrying about "not" making mistakes. Even working up tempo, each progress level must be done with level appropriate control, or I might call it slow enough to not panic. With this mode, the muscle memory focuses for the better, deeper. It "goes in" more completely. Trust the good muscle memory development that you've cultivated. Worry and "tension" are impediments to progress. Very few teachers will see this as a significant guidance point. Denis is a rare breed of teacher. Tension and worry are enemies of progress. Find a better "calculation" of what you want. Thank you all, great input.

Good idea. I tend to have the tension problem because of this

🤯 wow, such practical advices, presented in an extremely simple and clear way. Thanks a lot ☺

I just tried this approach to play fluid, fast scale recently. I discovered fluid fast play evokes different set of muscles from slow play. So slow practice won’t naturally lead to fast play.

I know is way wrong to play a mazurka as a waltz, but sometimes some interpreters use to play the 2⁰ tempo more "dry", not using the pedal on the 2º beat to create this effect playing waltz like most mazurkas, which means not playing the 3⁰ beat without pedal (that was what I learned, .. well, is this correct? It depends?!

Молодец, очень здорово сыграла! На уровне профессионалов!

Best pianist ever? Hogwash. The man was a BUTCHER.

I’m reading Josef Lhevinne’s book, and he recommends pressing the key all the way

I remember thinking and hovering my hands over the keys in the direction of the scales. I pointed this out to my teacher who said, well, seems like you came to a technique I don't need to teach you now. So, I started playing the scales whith little wrist movement by simply sliding my hands in that direction. I also realized I could overcome those punctuation of the thumb by aiming the punctuation to other fingers. Those punctuation never really happened, but it got rid of the thumb breaking the scales. Quite interesting

Dennis thankyou so much my friend....whoa what a great lesson....God bless you.

I'm not on a level where I could memorize fugues, but still, this was very helpful! 👍 Thank you very much, you're great pianist and educator. I wish you all the best!