7 Mistakes When Playing SCALES & How to Fix Them

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thank you so much for watching! If you enjoyed the video it would be amazing if you could also share it with your friends 💯And if you haven't already, check out the other #SweetStruggle videos and my live performance clips! Much love to y'all! 🎶❤️🎹

[@beautifulprincessdisorder]

finally, you started conveying your piano wisdom to the common good and share the obstacles that come across. very enjoyable, evgeny! :)

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Haha thanks, Cathi! Figured it's time 😜Happy you enjoyed it ✌🏼

[@truekingvictory]

Evgeny, thanks so much for this. I'm a piano enthusiast that has been self-learning, probably to my detriment, for far too long. This is definitely helping me get back to the basics, which I badly need.

[@ChanaleSings]

Thank you. Your videos are fantastic.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thank you so much for watching Chanale! 🙌🏼🎶💯🎹

[@TheMacDany]

Very good video, Evgeny! Well explained and also entertaining, as always. Thank you! 😃

[@EvgenyGenchev]

You are very kind. Thanks for checking it out Dany! 🙏🏼🎶🎹

[@vk7898]

Thank you for your video. Very helpful.👍

[@auroradiprima0106]

Thank you so much for all your advice! This video is great!

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thanks a lot! Happy to share 😊🙏🏼🎶

[@suzanailhabarretoviana1863]

Very helpful advice in this video! In fact they are all so good! 💯 Thank you, Evgeny! ❤

[@barbmadsen6708]

Excellent advice

[@mariaconfiture]

I enjoyed this video ,because I practicing the piano scales just now！

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Such a model student! Thanks for watching Maria 🙏🏼

[@RaijaRintamaki-c6m]

I share this to my Son’s Son. Thanks ❤

[@johangirardin6312]

again a good video! thank you and continue like that!

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thanks, Johan! I appreciate it ✌🏼🎹

[@marklee7864]

How Helpful!!!! It is a very interesting lecture. 😎 Also It is very comfortable for me to understand what he wanted to do with good motions in video. Thank you! ☺

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Happy you found it helpful! Thanks for checking it out 😊🙏🏼

[@mirandalove7777]

I completely agree!!!

[@janineninger13]

Thank you so much !🥰

[@susangumbrell3874]

Hello, I have watch a few of your teachings now and everything you say and shows just makes sense. Thank you, A bible of Piano teaching🎶😊 Susie xx

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thank you Susie, glad you find it helpful 😊🎶

[@susangumbrell3874]

Hello, I'm watching and trying to learn something that will help my daughter to continue learning to play. She plays the Cello but since the first lockdown she hasn't had face to face lessons with her tutor. At school in her music tech rotate she really enjoyed learning the keyboard so we progressed from her keyboard to a Piano and she loves it. She is pretty much teaching herself to play so it was like a gift finding your channel. Thank you for sharing your amazing talent, forever grateful. Susie xx 🎶💖

[@jorgerivas1424]

Thanks, Evgeny! Your tutorials are always helpful. I've been playing piano for 55 years (and cello 30+ years). How much is a Bechstein? I'd like to buy a 6' (used) Steinway some day. Which do you recommend? Talk about growing up, all my parents could afford was a rickety old black upright, way out of tune! The keys were different colors, much of the ivory was gone. Cockroaches would come out of it at night buzzing like kamikazes. You'd think they were warming up to play the Flight of the Bumblebee! Greetings from South Texas!

[@CarlosLopez-gx8hl]

Thank you brother this is really useful! !!!

[@harisharan7328]

This was surely helpful 👍

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Happy to hear Hari! Thanks for watching 😉✌🏼💯

[@monicaortuno1261]

Thanyou for classs.

[@gcisverygood9395]

"Prepare the thumb!!!!!!' ... that's my teacher dogma 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 very nice tutorial!

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Ahh yes! I can very much relate to that indeed 😜

[@lidiyacattaneo2866]

Amazing video. Thank you!☺

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Glad you enjoyed it! 🙌🏼🎶

[@1965Wolfgang]

Great job! Great video!

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thanks Wolfgang! Happy you enjoyed the video 😊

[@swetapawar4202]

I am glad you mentioned "Pointy fingers". That is so me, like all-the-time! I feel my fingers turn into crab legs when I read and play at the same time. In short "Crabby feeling'" :) Thanks for the tip..:)

[@EvgenyGenchev]

"Crab Legs" lol! I am glad you found the video useful though. Let me know how it goes. Remember to take it slow and light, and pay attention to your hands 🙌🏼🎶💯

[@swetapawar4202]

@@EvgenyGenchev Sure will do :)

[@chowbow573]

Can you make a video about mistakes when performing trills if it’s okay

[@Dominique632]

I love your humour, you're so funny 😂😂

[@noehuang6305]

does workout help playing the piano in terms of consistency

[@monicaortuno1261]

Cómo podría aprender mi hija piano pero sin solfeo? Ella hizo piano pequeñita. Thankyou

[@rameesaahsan5597]

This is very interesting! A very good video!! ❤️

[@EvgenyGenchev]

I appreciate it! Thanks for checking it out, Rameesa! 😊✌🏼

[@pablojuancoru]

I love your chanel......!!!!!

[@mirandalove7777]

I loved this video, doing scales as we speak😏 #VictimOfTheShakeyWrist!

[@EvgenyGenchev]

It comes in a good time then! Happy you find it useful 🙏🏼🎹

[@Studio5LA]

Hi, Evgeny; Stephen from L.A., again. After years (decades) of playing, and starting each practice with about 10 mins. of warmup scales & arpeggios, my 4th & 5th (pinky) fingers still feel weak. I focus on them specially in warmup, but...well, will they EVER be as strong as the other fingers??

[@findelka1810]

Hi Stephen, don’t fret, the fingers will never be equal in strength although practicing does help somewhat. But as Chopin said: if you play the notes in equal time, no one will notice it! I found that very true and it’s rather reassuring. Good luck! A fellow enthusiast.

[@Adriansuite18]

First of all... Hi Secondly, omg! a teacher actually tought me once to help my ascending of a scale with a little high movement of my elbow. I thought it helped me but now I see is a mistake. Besides, i think that there is a few tips missing about the way fingers play in order to ascend or descend even more if it's about more than 2 octaves. It's easy to get lost doing that and easy to lose speed.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Hi Adrian! Thanks for watching 😊🙌🏼 Could you elaborate on what you mean about losing speed when it’s over 2 octaves. Not sure I understand what you mean

[@Adriansuite18]

@@EvgenyGenchev I mean... when you ascend or descend over 2 octaves the wrong way you are slow and clumsy compared to if you do it the right way, with the proper technique.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Right, if you do it the correct way it should work for any number of octaves. You need to take into consideration the register you play in as well, as that would affect the angle of your hand against the keyboard and you might need to make some minor adjustments in the arm or body position. Did I understand that well or did you mean something else 🙈🎶🎹

[@Adriansuite18]

@@EvgenyGenchev Yes that was what I meant. However, that thing you mention about the angle according to the register... I wish you could do a video only about those technical tips, it'd be more illustrative.

[@EvgenyGenchev]

I have. Just still in the editing process 🙈 turn your notifications ON and you will see it in the next couple of weeks hopefully 😊🙌🏼 it will be on fingering 😉

[@vitaliyh3437]

Good job! Useful to pay attention for hand/fingers position/movement playing scales or some piece. Congrats! @barcelonavit

[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thanks for watching Vitaliy! Happy you found it useful ✌🏼🎹 these definitely apply to any scale or piece 💯

[@yujeong7566]

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[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thank you for watching! 🙏🏼

[@ernytio79]

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[@EvgenyGenchev]

Thank you for watching Erny! 🙏🏼

[@frankmarter6845]

You needed at the end to show the proper way to play scales. Slowly and rapidly.

[@daniellegomes8477]

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[@EvgenyGenchev]

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[@daniellegomes8477]

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[@EvgenyGenchev]

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[@tammobrinner4823]

One quick tip for an improvement. You don't really show how it is done correctly or where we want to arrive in the end

[@jamesaimone7078]

You played the wrong way in the music at the end, the same thing you told us not to do!

[@monicaortuno1261]

Cómo podría aprender mi hija piano pero sin solfeo? Ella hizo piano pequeñita. Thankyou