Efficient Practice Piano Lesson - Josh Wright Piano TV

[@danieljackson3981]

keep going. Keep doing what you're doing. You are helping others, you should be proud of that. Hero

[@joshwrightpiano]

+From Murz Thanks so much! I appreciate your encouragement, especially in the music world where so many people can be petty and rude. Have an awesome week, and all the best in your studies!

[@the_billionaire_way]

@@joshwrightpiano Do you have some advice or it is stupid question: I have learnt minuet in g and I forgot so do I have to learn it again like I did first time,

[@randomusic4097]

@@the_billionaire_way yes you have to relearn it, but you will be much quicker to get

[@paquinho12]

After 12 years of studying piano this is by far the best advice I've heard about piano practice. I really think this is pure gold, like the most important lesson to progress in piano playing, I think following this advice separates a average pianist from a great one. To give this to us is a great act of humility on your part. I hope to meet you some day.

[@BillPhillips2000]

What's so profound about this advice, Josh, is it's simplicity. I've used it and it really works. How do you chop down a mighty oak tree? ...One chop at a time! Thanks, once again for putting this video up.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Bill Phillips Thanks so much Bill! I appreciate your kindness. Good luck in your studies!

[@echolove6815]

Bill Phillips don't chop down trees....

[@desertratPS]

Josh, I’m 68 and started playing again last year after a 30 year hiatus. I’m playing better and more advanced works than I ever imagined and have a terrific teacher. These tutorials have been very helpful as “supplements” to me lessons. Learning how to practice is essential. Thank you so much!

[@unperplexed]

Thank you. I'm going to trust myself to leave alone the bars I've learned, while I tackle the next few bars. I'm 66 doing grade 3!

[@Yo-xe8br]

TL;DW: Split piece into small segments. After mastery of 1 segment, move on to next. After mastery of all segments combine them into larger ones and practice. DO NOT FURTHER MASTER 1 SEGMENT UNTIL ALL OTHER SEGMENTS ARE AT THE SAME LEVEL OF MASTERY.

[@blirc3685]

2 years late but thanks (:

[@뜽삼이]

@@blirc3685 2 yrs and 2months late but thanks, too

[@siro_8603]

3 years late but thanks

[@kentvandervelden]

Great video. This was what I took away: "You burden your practice sessions when you practice old material constantly. Once you've learned it... move on, learn new stuff." The comments about building repertoire are also gems. Will be watching more. Wonderful stuff. Thank you

[@ripleysigningoff1231]

It's funny how I'm learning so much more on KZbin about HOW to practice, than from my actual piano teacher... Thank you so much!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Awesome. Thank you for your support. Also try using the techniques described in the "Free Hands" video - it should help you with that passage. Good luck!

[@Emma-ob5oj]

9:34 “things take time to season”. That is the lesson I learned in my last concert (last week). I had to learn something completely new for it in 2 days (3rd day was the concert). When the first day ended I was exhausted and I thought I wouldn’t be able to learn it in time. When I woke up on the 2nd day it was in my system, all of that frustration and hard work payed off! What I couldn’t play on the first day went so naturally on the (maybe even second day) 3rd day.

[@katherinehyk]

still watching it in 2016... thank you so much I really needed it.

[@7rgrov198]

Good advice has no expiring date

[@jamien.5528]

I’m watching in 2019 LOL

[@edmnerd8105]

2020

[@tomas_soeterik]

2021

[@cisium1184]

You are so right about "seasoning" time. (I call it "cooking time.") Setting something aside is not just OK, it's a necessary part of the learning process. Your brain actually needs to let new things roll around in your head for awhile and let them "cook." I can't count the number of times I have put something aside for a couple days, a night, an afternoon walk, or even just a shower, to come back and find I can play it better than I was playing it before I took a break.

[@whodislmao7346]

Split into sections/bars. Play LH until perfect and up to tempo, do same for RH. Move on to next section/bar. DONT 4:35. After perfecting all sections/bars, put them together.

[@keyboarddancers7751]

Excellent advice. I've been playing since age 7 (I'm now 55) and I have learned a huge amount from this very short lecture.

[@padmavathydivakaran]

This is one of the most useful suggestions I have come across. Thank you so much Josh!

[@PuckishAngeI]

THANK YOU SO MUCH

[@helloitismetomato]

"Someone working on a page at a time is either the most brilliant person around, or..." Interesting you should say that, Sviatoslav Richter says he plays one page at a time :)

[@DC-no3qt]

Great advice. Light bulb moment for me, getting back to the piano after many years. This will be extremely helpful. Thank you.

[@Melviora]

this is useful. Going to college and will be able to practice 1-2 times a week, 1-2 times a month atleast. Thank you so much.

[@0liverwarren]

Josh do you have any advice for new learners on how much time we should spend practicing/perfecting appropriate level pieces, how much time we should spend studying music theory, and how much time we should be spending on technical skills like scales, arpeggios and so on. Thanks!

[@MusicOnlineUK]

Great advice - take everything in bite sized chunks and as I say to my students, you don't need to start at the beginning every time.

[@poncho1976]

I'm a pianist myself! (As you can see I'm Chopin). And I approve this video. :) Right now I'm learning Chopin etude "Black Keys" Op 10 No 5. Any suggestions?.

[@CanelonVegano]

That's Not Cheese Ye, focus on the black keys :D

[@thegreenpianist7683]

Apetecan7 lol

[@beebeequail]

Use an orange.

[@MsOfficialbelieber]

Great advice! Thank you

[@IsacksonStudio]

Cool thoughts. When I practice, I know how tempting it is to "keep adding" as you called it, either before or after the part that I'm working on. So I put sticky notes on top of the measures before and after whatever part I'm working on. That way, unless the piece is all memorized, it forces you to stay focused on the exact part you need to work on and nothing more. And sticky notes are easy to take on and off and move around the music page. It also works great for my students.

[@joshwrightpiano]

***** Great thoughts Alex!

[@Ack88888888]

An excellent idea! Thank you for sharing!...Also, great videos Josh Wright, keep 'em coming!

[@MrStevem121]

Cool idea. Thanks for sharing. Funny how this comment is still giving use three years on! :D

[@ajsworld77]

Josh, Thank you for this video. There’s so much to unpack here, I feel your advice goes above and beyond just focusing on mastering one piece and then moving on to the next and then putting things together. How do you suggest developing one part of a piece step by step? And, is there somewhere a summary of your learning strategy advice? Thank you again.

[@VeigarEUW]

THIS is accually the video I searched for so long!! I needed exactly that advice..you helped me very much with that!!

[@jtobiasthomasrose]

One thing that I think is worth adding is the number of repetitions per small pattern. According to brain research the number of times that is necessary to make something stick (whatever fits your smallest individual set of patterns) is 8-10 times. That is enough for your brain to store whatever pattern you associated into your long term memory.

[@rodsalvador3608]

I wish I learned this in my youth instead of my thirties. Pieces that frustrated me in my youth now make sense with more patience. And I only have 1 hour at most to practice a day! Thanks for this video.

[@Sulpox]

Thank you very much Josh, i started playing the piano a year ago. And i was adding and strugling. Thank you for the advice, after one week i can feel the positive effect of this.

[@LoftyProduction]

This is what I have been doing! I've said to myself, okay I've built the muscle memory for this section, and straight away i'll move on to the next piece. So what I find is that In practice, if someone says to me, play this section, I can't play a specific section. I have to play all the way through to get the place that I want to practice!

[@BrianEYoung]

+Athos Musketeer That is part of the beauty of this method! It helps us be prepared to start anywhere. It's a great skill for confidence that if we mentally lose our place we can quickly pick up at any point. With that anxiety resolved, it's less likely to happen

[@LeighSuzi]

Me too, but I didn't realize it's a big problem until now. Thanks for sharing.

[@composenberg]

I like this advice. For young students, I'll often advise practicing to the next downbeat, and then the the next fragment _from_ that downbeat to the next. Often this doesn't fit the actual phrase, but it can create a strong link so that then putting together the two sections is seamless. What do you think of this approach?

[@colinm9423]

"The man who moves a mountain begins by carrying away small stones." - Confucius Thank you for this excellent lesson, Josh.

[@applebear1529]

Omg! This is U of M! I'm studying there!

[@Powerslider]

We CAN remember that for longer than five seconds. LOL! Great video, thanks alot!!

[@joshwrightpiano]

***** Thank you for your support

[@SLAYER97501]

Lol i read this commemt as he said in video

[@little2251]

Thanks for your helpful suggestions! I'm 60 and started taking lessons again 10 years ago after stopping at age 14 to play sports. (Yes--that is a terrible idea!) I have been adding line by line and repeating the first over and over. Changed to your way and progressed much faster!

[@EdgeloopAcademy]

Hey Josh! This is a great video. 2 questions. How do you remember all the pieces you learn. I have learned several pieces but when i start new pieces if i don't practice what i leanred i forget them. i have been practicing for 8 months now and i have limited time to practice from7 pm to 11 pm and everytime i learn a new peices, i have to go back and practice what i learned before otherwise i forget them. also how do you speed up the piece. For example i am practicing clementi and some of the measures are too fast but i am practicing them slowly and i am not sure how long it will take to speed it up.

[@Jarchiporz]

Hi! I am not Josh, but I am a teacher too! Give it time. You said you had been practising only for 8 months. Usually it takes two years for the students -specially the adults- to start understanding and using music well. It is like a new language. You will start remembering it when you learn some concepts and you are used to the language. On the other hand, everyone needs to go back to certain pieces if they haven't played it for a while. But it is true that when you have spent some years practising, it takes less and less time to recover them! Hope it helped!

[@qinriley8877]

Excellent advice! That’s exactly what I was NOT doing! Starting tomorrow I’m going to do what you demonstrated here. Thank you as always for your great lessons!

[@ezed45]

Same here.

[@edmnerd8105]

Me too

[@jessebrinkman2799]

Youre so right about the two to three day break. I am surprised sometimes that even without really focusing on one part, I could play it perfectly two days after my practice session. I think you sometimes just have to let go and let your subconscious do the work for you. Its really stunning what a brain can do.

[@tomas_soeterik]

So true

[@gtv105]

Slow is fast...never play it faster that you can play it perfectly....otherwise you learn your mistakes very well indeed....and however long it takes is how long it takes....

[@anickas.58]

Wow. This is exactly what I needed to know. I always had the feeling that my practice sessions were ineffective, chaotic, and unnecessarily long. And I knew I would find a solution to this problem in one of your videos!

[@larusadivina]

Josh, any tips for synchronizing both hands, especially in the beginning of phrases, when they both start on the upbeat? Like in Beethoven’s Tempest sonata 3rd movement?

[@EnriqueGiliOrtiz]

Wise advices. Thank you for sharing, it is really useful!))

[@tiagoferreira9693]

Josh, what an amazing advice and so well explained, I'm going to send it to all my students, thanks for the wonderful work.

[@rainnysmth]

Very helpful. What you taught in this video makes my practice much more efficient. Thank you!

[@MyTube4Utoo]

Such a great video!! I've often found when I can't quite get something correct, I'll take a break from it, come back to it, and suddenly I can play it with little work.

[@rapunzelz5520]

I first play, the best i can, the entire thing once or twice and note what parts are similar. Then i work amedium difficulty section. After that the hard sections. By saving the easier sections for the very end, it gives me a lot of momentum when i put it all together.

[@ichirofakename]

Content starts at 4:00.

[@BillPhillips2000]

Josh, I love your channel. Very helpful!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Bill Phillips Thanks so much Bill. Best of luck in your studies

[@hele.45699]

I am learning two lines now for weeks and still it doesn‘t sound good. Will take eons! Any advice?

[@abcd-oh2te]

Think about it...do you play a song well when you try to play it on the same day or when you sleep on it

[@KnTapparel]

I loved this video and your insight. Thank you, Mr. Wright

[@ashishthomas5562]

that's really good advice I'll be sure to implement when I practice. but if I may I think your intro was too long

[@norims217]

Tq for your guidance..its easy to understand...

[@fantabulous008]

"Things takes time to season..." Thank you for that brilliant remark!!! I have found that statement to be so true for me.

[@groverbrisben]

That was really inspiring.

[@Leedeygara]

It is true, when you're learning something by this method you'll see the difference by each day.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thanks tyler. I appreciate your kindness

[@TomGlander]

"We have to all go at our own pace. Don't get down on yourself." Well said. And thank you for sharing your mindset, it's full of wisdom. Your method is like chunking, the best way to eat an elephant -- one bite at a time. I'm putting this into play immediately.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Tom Glander Thanks Tom - I really appreciate the kind words.

[@2521-g9r]

Tom Glander, that doesn't make sense in English. Elephants are not eaten by people either. I told you and Mr. Wright the truth

[@serparitikus]

Thank you for all videos, you helped me a lot :)

[@carlosastro21]

This video is incredibly useful! Thanks for share!

[@jeandelinux259]

Most helpful video I've ever watched

[@tomas_soeterik]

Is learning a new piece considered as practicing piano ?

[@Skybound418]

Thank you so much man this was a huge eye openet

[@davidwilliams2145]

Josh, thanks. Can you slow down a bit please and be more thorough as go? It’s a bit confusing and leaves questions unanswered. You didn’t mention the importance of practicing to include the dynamics correctly, very accurately and quite slowly, at first, before increasing the speed.

[@solin.pianistsyr1286]

You are amazing

[@PianistStefanBoetel]

Very good video. I noticed that if I really spend very much time on only a few bars to master them really, it won't only pay off for this part. Because especially for advanced literature there will be side effects for your whole repertoire: Because you grow techically and musically and your other pieces will be polished through your thorough practice of that particular section without touching them actually. Thanks for enforcing what I principally already know but what I will be more aware of now.

[@tagonminmyatpianistandproducer]

Thank you, Josh. This helped me a lot. Never stop making videos.

[@aBachwardsfellow]

- for a real gang-buster experience that'll knock your socks off ! - try learning it 4 to 6 measures (or a page ) at a time ... - starting with ... - the ... - ***LAST*** - 4 -6 MEASURES ... (or page...) - - then the *** NEXT-TO-LAST*** - 4 -6 MEASURES ... (or page ...) - - THEN - when you play it ... - - the further you go ... - - the more familiar - a.k.a. "better" it gets ... - (... and now you understand how I got my name ...)

[@ramongomes2589]

Hey Josh, thank you very much ! Your videos have helped a lot in shaping my musical learning and studying. Regards from Brazil !! Keep on posting these wonderfully useful videos!!!!

[@dominikwujek4126]

Wow finally someone who has got something to say instead of showing of with playing/talking a lot of shit. INSTANT-SUB SIR!

[@storieswizard]

All his videos are gold.

[@lelandpeck4585]

Josh are you familiar with the technical studies by Louis Plaidy? Heard John Browning and Rosina lhevinne talking about his studies. What are your thoughts.

[@waldstein6443]

You know, I think that was my problem. I always started from the beginning. And I never can look through it. I think if I get that right, I will get better at learning the piano. Thanks :D

[@danielleceleste4791]

As a pianist coming from a different musical world (i.e. contemporary Christian music), these principles have helped to improve my playing, and accuracy in one session of applying them to my practice. Excellent and superb content. Top drawer, first-rate and all the rest. Thank you.

[@cindywei5083]

Can’t begin to express my gratitude, this approach works wonders!

[@asherjohnson633]

What is your opinion about looking at the keyboard when you play? I know some looking at the keyboard is needed. But should I use the rule to not look? I play 30% more accurate when I look. But is looking creating bad habits? Is it similar to when you type at a computer keyboard, and you focus on the screen? Thank You.

[@heartflute]

I forgot about this way of practicing on small bits, separating the hands, rather then playing through whole pieces, but I know it's worked for me in the past. Slow play, playing everything at about 50 beats per minute also helps me absorb material quickly. With slow play, I can work on more than small bits

[@stampscapes]

Great tips. Thanks!

[@bereantrb]

Excellent advice regardless of one's level. Very helpful for me as I've recently started focusing on solo piano. Having an approach like this will keep me moving forward without getting overloaded with material. Thank you.

[@AdriaUCDM]

Hi Josh! Thank you so much for your vídeos! They are helping me a lot, especially on what you remark in this vídeo, the efficience of my piano practice. I'd like to make a suggestion, could you upload a vídeo focusing on how to practice trinos? I am really stuck in this point! thank you again for sharing your knowledge!

[@kitstr]

Thanks Josh I appreciate your video advice enormously. BTW this video is exceptionally fuzzy. Maybe it's because it's the free version, or perhaps you could try a higher resolution.

[@541360]

Good lesson. Something I have struggled with for a long time. Humility is the operative word. Thank you for sharing.

[@ShaheenAkef]

Thanks josh ,, your tips are amazingly helpful ,, love your videos and wish you the best

[@amirmotahari6186]

what if your not happy with the first section?do u practice over and over or move on and because the diminishing returns set in. come back to it tomorrow day after tomorrow gradually perfecting it?

[@kubithSangma]

Thank you sir . I have been looking for such kind of advice for the past few years

[@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL]

The first thing I do is find fingering that works for me. It could be different from the book. Then I learn the notes in the right hand, then left. Then as you said, put hands together. Then next measure. Then put both measures together.

[@zuraiashvili8647]

great video, very valuable lesson, i have been doing it wrong way before and recently switched to what you mention in this video, cause i figured other way is just waste of 70% of time on repeating what you already know pretty well. Let me ask you this, do you think that piano can be learned by practicing songs and pieces, or one has to do scales and all that for several years to really learn. I mean could someone pick pieces that have different challenges in them like arpeggios, different rhythm in left hand, octaves, broken chords, trills, weak finger involvement, fast phases; so pick pieces up by challenges and difficulties and just make a list of in what order should one learn this pieces so that in the end(after several years maybe) he has mastered all piano difficulties just by learning songs and pieces.

[@herrblatt2000]

Teaching how to learn -- so helpful. Thank you!

[@ianreed7605]

Hi Josh, firstly thanks for your videos, they are very helpful. Given that you are teaching that you should focus on one measure at a time or one section at a time, would you recommend focusing on one musical piece at a time or could you go after 2-3 musical pieces? I think that question makes sense. Thanks

[@JasperJohnD]

Thanks for the info, Josh. It's never too late to learn but I wish I'd seen this lesson 6 months ago as I feel that I could have been a lot further along by now. Very much appreciated.

[@rulezz264]

You're right about the urge to add up that a lot of people including me have, I've been playing for 13 years and considered this in my mind, yet I'm gonna focus on it more after hearing your video, thanks a lot man. Next to that do you know the hardest part of Chopin's Etude 10 3 in the middle with the consecutive chords? I practiced it like you described, with learned pieces added up, now I'm gonna alter my practice to the parts that still fail... Thanks a lot.

[@TheBavaNeche]

I find the way you identify something that you are doing has taught me how valuable to be able to "Name" what it is that I am doing no matter how short it is or long. Being retired and old -- I find it has actually started causing my memory in everything in life to be getting better. Identify -- Name -- Remember is my motto now. Thanks Josh.

[@MegaTregg]

Thanks so much. This is just what I needed and wish I would have understood these principles years ago.

[@anagram80100]

I know this is repetitive but it's worth saying. Thanks for the advice! It's encouraging to see someone who knows what goes on in the minds of growing pianists (being a pianist yourself) and can assure us that these techniques do work, since we see your own progress. Really appreciate it!

[@541360]

I may only know three chords in a piece of music but until I learn the others I will play those three every way imaginable with all the expression within me and with all the technique I have learned and with all my spirit. I will make a buffet meal out of those three chords, I will play them like a Grand Sonata on a concert stage.

[@tigerboy4516]

thank you so much

[@morganweisenburger127]

Hey, Josh! How many repetitions of a small section do you feel are necessary before boxing it up?

[@zu0832]

Guiarist here trying to build a repertoire. Will give your suggestions a serious go. Thanks!!

[@4vrceltic]

What types of pianos are those? What is your dream piano if these are not your dream piano.... And why? Thank you.

[@ronchiles399]

Mr. Josh Wright, Will you please give a short demonstration on Hanon lessons for beginners?