Classical Pianist reveals tips and tricks to play fast

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[@TheNurullo]

The fact that I'm currently struggling to get this part of the ballade up to speed and this video pops up lol. Great video and tips!

[@bruninhoneco1]

where 1 minute, 10 minutes, 1 hour challenges? 😭😭😭

[@Sloimer]

Yo mama’s house.

[@bruninhoneco1]

@@Sloimer why? 😞

[@Sloimer]

@@bruninhoneco1 Putin made me do it.

[@bruninhoneco1]

@@Sloimer i hate putin 👹👹👹

[@YihaoChen-db4yy]

Soon chilly tf out🔥🔥🔥

[@Summer-lb7tr]

I like her positive attitude while speaking 😊

[@harunergen4400]

I have so much respect for people who play all Chopin etudes in one concert

[@scherzomazeppa726]

"Microrushes"...indeed! I worked on John Cage's 4"33" for months, and when the concert went down I was off by 2" at the end. All that practice. And you know what? It was the metronome! It was slightly set too fast and threw off my tempi just a bit. So, I beat the crap outta my girlfriend's dog and got back to Hanon exercises.

[@rvidovera]

😂😂😂

[@edgarperez8949]

These tips are golden, I wish I had known this when I was studying piano in college.. it took me almost two decades to figure it out on my own.. the average advanced student piano teacher tends to talk about "musicality", "singing", "breathing", "expression" and "interpretation" but leaves out the foundation.. I would only add, speed up gradually over the course of weeks or even months.. if you want to speed up faster you have to practice more hours and focus on even smaller groups, even as small as 1 beat, or a few notes... always work in sections and groups, put together the groups and sections gradually as well, as mentioned in the video.. you can also fix "micro-rushes" by setting the metronome much slower than in the video demonstration.. add pauses between groups to think about the next group and visualize it before trying to play it.. keep going back to small sections and groups even as you are trying to put together larger sections.. I never thought about shifting the focus to the slow notes.. will definitely try it! 😅

[@PianoGuidance]

These tips are gold! 💛 Definitely gonna try focusing on the slower notes next time I practice. Thanks for making speed feel less scary!

[@nednil.saerdna]

yeah I really have to make the metronome my friend 😅

[@DesertRat332]

I have the same problem. We have went out for drinks, taken in some ball games, I still don't like the guy. 😉

[@markus7894]

So true are the tips! I also found that it was important to have a stable hand with a relaxed and self-regulating finger movement, that "just plays" and doesn't need extra effort for each tone. To find this in my hand, it took me a looong while... even during my whole studies....

[@arthuracevedo4681]

This is a fantastic video! Please post more practice videos!! Thank you!!!

[@ezrunstrails]

As a beg-intermediate, when you said “scared of it” that struck a chord with me. I rush to learn and don’t realize how many mistakes I make until I record myself. The basics of starting slow, perfecting the measures tend to get kicked to the curb and bad habits set in. Thanks!

[@Julie-i2h]

Thank you so much for the video. This was extremely helpful 😊 I would love to see a video perhaps about intonation.

[@AdrianCameron123]

I'm currently teaching Ballade 1, 2 and 3 to two of my students. Your tips are extremely beneficial. We are bascially learning the ballades with you. Thank you for sharing your insight. ❤

[@anabaias]

Cannot wait to see you in London for the concert❤

[@panduh0]

I love the video format.

[@forever2005]

Your advice is REAL and TRULY helpful Thanks for telling us the reasons which make us playing piano slow

[@Dylanthestudent]

Always great content, I needed this, thanks!

[@MarcPlaysPiano]

2:10 I like how you call your metronome "he". Have you given him a name? 😂 Now I need to name mine...

[@happypianolearning]

German has gendered nouns; that's why. As she isn't a native speaker, she naturally has an urge to gender her nouns.

[@tumimosa5766]

Great explanations. Thank yon much!

[@laurencepiallat1228]

The 3rd advice is so true! I’ve notice how much better I play the part of Feux Follets that has the jumps on the left hand than the first one with just the chords! Thanks for the tip!

[@michaelasbury5473]

These tips were awesome! I often wondered when one was working on, for example, a fast sonata movement, how one would get it all up to speed. This answers that. Thank you!

[@kschuman1152]

Really excellent tips!

[@xviiiskyy4362]

thx for the tips i always enjoy those kind of video, it helps me a lot on how to practice correctly

[@EatPrayLuv]

Oh my gosh that makes so much sense! The last tip is exactly what i need to hear. Thank you!😊

[@Piasznist]

We love you annique Göttler

[@Speedy9797-]

Great advice thanks! 😁

[@DismasZelenka]

Brilliant advice, thank you. A possible stage between 2 and 3 is to play the left hand at full speed, keep the right hand in the position for playing all the notes, but only play the stronger notes, 1st, 3rd and 5th, of the sextuplet, to keep the rhythm firm. Then it is easy to add in the intermediate notes.

[@mostafaheshamahmed1607]

Very nice and well structured video! Best of luck in your concerts too. Really want to see your interpretation on the rest of the ballades, especially ballade no 3 since it's my favourite :)

[@papamoto3369]

Bravo! Muchas gracias, me suscribo

[@williamkircher1430]

Thanks for advice on musical passages. I use them everyday and they work great for me. You look young and healthy everyday.❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@larrygraham3377]

Wow .... Thank you for this wonderful tip !!! Must incorporate this into my practice sessions. Again THANKS !!!

[@Farahvideo-so9sx]

I have never met such a good quality content about piano for free, THANK YOU SO MUCH❤

[@aymenortashi8411]

Thank you!

[@jpwalch]

These 3 tips are incredibly useful. I'm literally working right now on rebuilding my piano technique with a lot of the traditional exercises. I've been trying to increase velocity and running into walls. I can put these to use today 😉

[@fatmabetul.]

I am working on liebestraum no.3's cadenza part and ballade no.1's coda part. From now I'll focus to the things she said. Well..xd masterclass for free guys 😅❤

[@d_rivadeneyra]

I'm in the conservatory and aspiring to go to germany to study. These are so helpful, thank you annique!!

[@Chen-Fiona]

Damn. Ur good.

[@paweszklarczyk2330]

I dot't have much issue with speed, but it's always good to compare notes. Btw., I love, those bars when the ballade becomes the valse.

[@ifr-ed]

Danke für das Video und Gut Holz bei den Konzerten :)

[@RModillo]

Ordered tickets to London! Hope to meet you in person.

[@markaprill6501]

First of all I don’t have a page I’m looking at at a KZbin video to check to see the falling notes normally I have heard the song I want to play and am playing it by ear…I can read music but I don’t have any. With that being said those tips are great I will use them. I can actually play pretty dang fast but I am not worrying about it.

[@DanieleMiani-bp3qn]

amazing video as always! those tips really helped me a lot with my practice section earlier, so thank you...❤ anyway I hope you'll do some more 1 minute 10 minutes 1 hour challenges anytime soon😊

[@Lixangel27]

Big thank you ! I'll do it for scale

[@lia1b652]

wow i needed this please give more tricks next time

[@brianc9603]

love the daniel jones clip

[@AaronCreightney]

Just blew the rest of my bank account on 2 tickets to the London concert...

[@user-we5mi6zl2s]

I love your playing wish l could go to a concert.

[@LunaGarcia0]

Come to America please 🙏🙏💗

[@basilemartin5015]

loved the energy of the video! the kinda chill but dynamic background music is really nice

[@alanmgraham]

Personally, I would have preferred it without the background music. I know a lot of youtube videos have music in the background like this, but I've never understood why. I still liked the video, but I just found the music distracting.

[@piano_and_bouldering]

The 3rd tipp is really a big one. I am currently reading "The inner game of tennis" (yep it really helps in every part of your life, I dont play tennis too 😂). It is about the mental stuff, focusing, relaxing and so on. 😊

[@MadMusician]

I can play fairly fast, say like at Allegro (like you'd hear in Rondo Alla Turca runs), but I can't play presto quite yet like you'd hear in the chromatic runs in Flight of the Bumblebee or La Campanella. These tips should REALLY help me along that part of my piano journey and I appreciate you making this video. Subscribed 😊

[@yesimbasaran4972]

Stop scrolling and go practice! 🤣❤

[@bogdanpanchuk1960]

Welcome to Montreal!

[@PedroMarques-l2k]

I clicked on this video because I like your videos.... tip number 4: practice very slowly before practicing very fast 😝

[@hi-up5dm]

im ur fan from vietnam, really love ur weejo

[@melmelsmusicstudio1800]

hi, adore you and appreciate you so much! You're my go to now for my own personal lessons. I just got done meeting with a Piano pedogogy professor a couple hours ago to inquire about a Master teacher. why? to learn to play faster! obviously the phone heard me because this video just popped up. And answered a lot of my questions already! Thank you so much you rock girl.! ❤

[@lucymason4142]

Hi I’ve just found your channel, and love the videos. Have you made a video on wrist, elbow movement, as I have had no tuition on this, I’m Grade 3, and would love to learn? Perhaps you could make a video with simple exercises that we can practise these movements on? Many thanks. Uk

[@hippophile]

Really useful. Not thinking can take many forms, I find... 🤔😆🙃

[@thatperson6110]

also, if you are struggling with a small group of notes, LEARN IT BACKWARDS! you will be surprised.

[@dominiquebrice3876]

Explain what you mean by learn backwards?

[@DanielSilva-gc4xz]

​@@dominiquebrice3876yeah it is not clear what he means by backwards. It could be literally backwards or learn from the last note to the first.

[@ROBiNuelson]

If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly

[@Chen-Fiona]

Can u do 1min vs 10min vs 1hour? Plllsssss I miss it😢

[@RolandHuettmann]

Your example of the Scherzando in Chopins Ballade 1 was not that easy for me to learn to play fast especially for my left hand. Your tips are very invaluable. But what really slows me down is a a tense back-shoulder-arm-hand-wrist- finger mechanism that does not get rid of tensions early enough, or fingers "glued" to keys instead of releasing them quickly enough after a key was hit.

[@secondcut3138]

Tried to learn Chopin Etude Op. 25 No. 11 for a few weeks. Got the fingering nailed down, but just couldn’t play it fast enough

[@omarhesham7112]

I have s problem with the coordination of the left hand and right hand of nocturne no 20 by chopin i can play them alone but not together

[@zhantyy]

I never believe that I would take a video so personally 😭

[@melissarainchild]

new living room decor? thanks for the tips...

[@brunor.goncalves5807]

When are you coming to Brazil?

[@garrettcooper471]

Do you have a video on getting better at playing with both hands? I always take along time to get both hands working together, and I can play the right or left hand great alone but not together.

[@lored6811]

When are you playing in Stuttgart again :(

[@123SLM123]

I'll click any video you show your face in, no matter the subject matter.

[@violiniztapianizta]

something changed to Annique!

[@gaspardmignot1813]

I gess its time to practice now

[@louischa613]

I am clicking this to see if you have broken my speed world record

[@gregorsamsa4580]

When are you coming to the US? Please?

[@7546andr]

I watched this video in 4 minutes, now I am become speed

[@Naeromusic]

I have a slight problem with Ballade 1 in the second theme part 2, the tiktokified one, I keep slowing my left hand down to keep the rhythm going on my right 😂

[@shahram6462]

No concert in Hamburg? 🤷🏻‍♂️

[@gamlettte]

By the way, your English is now majestic. I loved those cute details of your German speech, but the work you did inspires as much as piano one :-)

[@jbertucci]

yep we are dumb and suck at speed. Thanks!

[@melvinbrookins6313]

when are you coming to the US to play?

[@gregor_engelhardt]

Ich würde mich sehr über eine 1/10/1 Challange mit Bach freuen (z.B. Bach Toccaten) 👋

[@s4ishoo]

Should I practice whatever hand that's slower in a passage first so that there's cushioning for the hand that's faster? I think it's more efficient this way.

[@todorstojanov3100]

A problem I often have is that it feels like the tempo I'm trying to reach isn't even physically possible. This usually happens in pieces that start out in a manageable tempo, written in eighth notes and suddenly they shift to 16ths or even 32nds. For example, Beethoven's 4th piano sonata. I once learned that sonata in its entirety. But one specific scale in the first movement is meant to be played significantly faster than everything else. And no matter how much I isolated and practiced that one scale, I could not get it up to tempo. I could play it very comfortably and evenly at 80% the required tempo, but getting it any faster just felt physically impossible to the point that I had to listen to recordings again and again to convince myself that it is indeed possible. What to do about such passages?

[@jerste]

What's the shapon toots?

[@epicthings2376]

does anyone know the piece that she played at 1:01? Much appreciated

[@michelbecerrapastrana4402]

Ballade no 1 Chopin

[@epicthings2376]

@@michelbecerrapastrana4402 Thanks alot.

[@bh5606]

Did you move? Looks like a different room.

[@DesertRat332]

I would be happy just to play my scales faster. I have practiced for years with no noticeable change in my speed. Old age is a bitch! 😆😂😆

[@thepianoplayer_0556]

I played Rigoletto and similiar stuff, why is this the First video i see when i open the app😭

[@MesterMontana]

ALREADY ANOTHER VIDEO? GOD EXISTS?

[@cathycai]

If you can play it slowly, you can play it quickly @2set

[@lordwilksy]

micro rushing and micro panicking.... That's why I'm not doing cool gigs like in Paris and London :)

[@ReveriesOnPiano]

Me watching after struggling with la Campanella 😭

[@mtarlo215]

Solve this one….. I suck at all speeds

[@adelajademilade7796]

Guilty as charged, my Lord 😅

[@elixerprince_music]

Hey I wanted Unravel😭

[@mendanha_d]

😢 she said everything my teacher already told me

[@busterdoggy5389]

tend to play chopin's op 10 no 1 way too fast... it's the other way around in my playing, playing way too fast and rush a lot

[@hirukagy4379]

Wasnt the title different before?😂

[@Lorenzo_gl]

I suck because Liszt puts too many octaves and chords at the same time, not my fault😎

[@kostasfitozov4800]

Does Annique reply?

[@heartofthekeys]

I try to 😜