for sure

it took years of practice to memorize this one. A lot of it is physical muscle memory, memorizing movements

thanks!

now that I have his second movement in my head, you may hear my performance change. It’s like Rachmaninoff’s recording, but better sounds quality and you can hear all the nuances

thanks, it’s encouraging to hear that!

thanks. no i’m not getting any comments. strange, I am trying to figure out what’s going on

I hope the new mic sounds better. may need to turn up gain

@@Weimartoccata I didn't realise it was a new mic. Are you going live this evening? I'll come and listen?

I just listened with headphones. It's defiantly better!

👍🏼should be on soon

cool I hope the new mic sounds better.

My main tip is hand position: the hands need to naturally return to a spot that will allow the fingers to sit mere millimeters above the keys they are about to play. Since black keys are higher than white certain fingers will need to lift more than others to prepare for each particular phrase. In order for the hands to maintain this position in the space above the keys, the arms and wrists need to find the correct height. Then, obviously, just make sure you have deft movements and shifts from position to position, when the hands play on top of each other keep the top hand’s wrist higher and the bottom one lower than you normally would, and make sure your fingers remain clear of each other in the tight interlocking chord alternations. One has to believe that if Rachmaninoff’s hands could manage it, our hands should be able to as well.

@@Weimartoccata Helpful, thank you. There's some really awkward parts of the 3rd movt. I think Garrick Ohlsson put it best, "a collection of piano etudes". The other part I find particularly nasty is the alternating left hand on the very first line between the DAD / C#E, I finger that 531 / 12 but I always find the 3 gets 'stuck' against the B flat when sliding right.. is it better to play that with a higher wrist?

@@buckachiddyIf you’re referring to the LH at the very opening of mvmt 3, I actually must keep my LH wrist low there to make the notes, which is uncomfortable and had to be drilled over and over to get to work.

I do practice sometimes on livestreams

thanks!

Same to you!

I have a couple pianos but only the upright at home. Then there are a lot of places where they let me play nice pianos 😁

That sounds fun Lol. I remember one of your video at the store. You were jamming on the piano having fun 😄. I own 2 pianos. One digital and one acoustic baby grand. Which allows me to play the piano at any time of the day and night.

There might be some good hanon exercises for strengthening those fingers in particular. Also, you can check out my video to see how I did it- I think I give an exercise or two suggestion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/gpKbkJKFqsp0epYsi=zYYdJaV-nc5PmT14 one way is hanging by your fingertips from a ledge (if possible) for about 10 seconds.

Thank you for the guide . I was trained with Hanon when I was much younger. I am looking at the Hanon trying to find right exercise for stengthen up my #4 & #5 fingers. Having a short #5 finger really doesn't help 😭😅. But that doesn't stop me from playing the piano. I love music and piano.

I am having fun learning it

just some improv on amazing grace

he probably uses a lot of chromatic descending lines, but I happened to notice these particular notes are featured in descending fashion in his prelude in C# minor, is that what u were thinking of? I was listening to the Beethoven quartets, and liked no. 15, didn’t particularly care for no. 13, although the fugue was interesting

@Weimartoccata yes, I think I agree with you on all points. ❤️

Same to you!

Thanks for tuning in!

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