I'm so immature... 🥲

Excellent information. I recently discovered that Chopin studied the physiology of the hand, and studied the mechanics of the movement of the fingers on the piano in great depth, and felt it was essential to producing good results. It's great to see attention being brought to this area, because it's very easy to gloss over in the pursuit of playing faster and fancier. I truly believe that the piano knows when you're coaxing the sound from it and you respond to the action of the keys, and it answers - it's a two way street.

Thank you, for making the very helpful and enlightening videos. I am a very senior beginner and curious if there is a certain rule as to when the fingers go between the black keys or is it a matter as to the position of the other fingers, or what is most convenient to the player? From the UK

Great video! I always appreciate the emphasis you put on listening to our bodies rather than a strict way of doing something. Couple questions: 1) As a beginner, how much should I be thinking about these concepts vs maintaining rhythm, dynamics, and so on? My assumption is that I would want to play slow enough to be able to consider all factors but I think that's an idealistic take 2) I watched another video a few months back, and she talks about trying to always use the bottom of the keys for the most control. Do you agree with her sentiment? (she talks about it here kzbin.info/www/bejne/nHjCoYuMaZd7b9k)

Another great video. Using more of the key surface and finding what is most comfortable is something I’m striving for - seeing your video on this is super helpful.

Thank you Frank for covering a very important topic. I struggle with this and too often use fixed and glued fingering positions resulting in slow and uneven playing. I know I do it for fear of landing on the wrong notes when sight reading music, but I must advance to a better way as you suggest.

Hey! So glad to see you out there making videos and teaching piano again! I really appreciate everything you do, and I very much respect your commitment to giving and contributing. Tip of the🎩to you, sir!

I missed you, Frank🙂

How would you approach sorting the fingering for k545 Sonata in C from a beginner’s point of view (beginning with no recorded fingerings) & is this a good example of why playing scales is useful

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I wanted to ask - would you start hands separate anyway then move to this?

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Another great advice!! (When I studied some pieces of Anna Magdalena, I had a similar feeling about "big 10 fingers": the hands move differently, but they need to be studied synchronously). Thanks for this video!!

Great video and nice to see you back here.

very interesting idea, i will give it a try

Thank you sir. Glad to see you producing new KZbin videos to teach piano playing methodology again. I look forward to learning from these recent videos.

Glad ur still uploadin! Been watchin since 2017ish times so always brings a joy to still see ya!

Saying absolutely the right stuff

This guy is great.

Thank you 🙏🏼 You just made it add up for me as if it’s as easy as 1 + 1 = 2

Using these tips for college

Now I dare you to play it in the original key of B like Reese did. Good luck. I can't do it!! LOL

Excellent! Now it’s sinking in why i miss notes a little sometimes… this calls for a chart for practising. I’m going to include the minor chord triads too 👏😊

Any chance you can also show us a simple improv … then how to write up the score for it? I can’t find anyone teaching this way . (Starting with the actual music and working towards the score not the other way round. ) This is the way I think though 🤓

Like in poetry

Excellent! Thanks

So easily explained. Thanks. Just what i wanted to know about all those minor scale options. And so simple , it’s only the 6th&7th to sort (which i would have with my ears as you suggest but didn’t know what i was doing had been named 🤓😄) i also loved improvising to practice them. 👏

I’m with you in the ranting … i began the way you teach and ‘wrote’ music when i was younger that i want to record on paper but can’t find anyone to show me how. It seems i must have naturally known about all the theory to have been able to do it 😄 … it’s a bit like saying ” if you can’t write you can’t speak” when you are taught theory before practice.

Is there an example of you practicing something that we can follow … like a whole practice session

I’ve been looking for guidance about the importance of key and scales for sometimes now. With the bigger question, do I have to learn the major/minor scales? …well, he didn’t have to tell me - he just showed me! It should have been the second thing I learned after the name of the keys! Thanks Frank

You are awesome

Che insegnante fantastico!!!:Conoscenza pressoché perfetta dell' organologia dello strumento!!!

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Love how you cut the crap and emphasize on the feel of the rythm. Doing things technically by the book is not as appealing as being confident in your craft / art to hone in on the methodical feel to help with a more organic expression. This is a lesson I found that helps! Thanks

The Piano-ologist is the Bob Ross of piano lessons....with the guided intensity of Bill Alexander.

The best underrated video of all times. I started playing piano and learning on my own for few weeks now and i have been having neck, should blade and upper back pain. I had to stop. I even took 2 private classes but seems not to help at all. The teacher never mentioned i had my elbows glued to my body. She just want to start me playing pieces, while i am in pain. Thank you for this amazing video. You made it so clear , i hope it will help me avoid the pain so i can continue my journey in learning piano. thank you so much

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Grande maestro 👏👏👏🙏🎹😎👏👏👏

The only issue I am having is my fourth finger is resting too much and hitting the note below my pinky

I just stumbled onto this. You just made playing scales smoother and faster and playing scales two-handed so much easier. It's also much more natural.

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Did piano lessons for three years and none of my teachers could explain to me why I was having trouble “tucking my thumb.” I eventually gave up playing the piano for about two years and now I’m finally coming back to it. Looked up a video on what thumb-stretching techniques I could try to make this easier and I stumbled across your video. It’s been eleven years since you uploaded this video and it’s still as good as gold. Needless to say, this helped a TON!

Thank you! That would be great to see an example for playing stacatto as well.

Happy for not questioning my IQ. 😅 Thank you for your lesson on octaves.

This make so much sense. I did not look after so many if your tutorials, I can see much of them are older then 5, 6, 7...😉 years. I hope, you are still active on KZbin, because your lessons are fabulous. Thank you 👍

Dear Frank. You have a wonderful approach to explaining things. It is so vivid, so catchy. Yours charismatic "mood" of explaining music is one of a kind. I'm sure your students must be thrilled. I have seen couple of your videos/ posts, and I get kicked to go and practice . Thank you very much for your enthusiasm. Have a very, really nice day. (Upcoming days aswell)👍

Quit playing piano after hospitalization 5 years ago, and now im trying to get back into it. Thanks for the video to refresh my memory

This is gold✨Thank you

Nice!!! I love that guys playing. Classic.

Thanks! Well explained! This really helps to improve my legato. Instead of note wise tone production one plays the groups of notes in one flowing gesture.