Erik Satie - Gymnopedie No.1 Tutorial

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[@s.alam1n]

Finished this piece and played it for my family on Christmas.

[@joshwrightpiano]

I hope you all enjoy this and have a great week of practicing! Also, I'm currently working on a special travel video featuring my performance of this piece that I'll be releasing in the next month or two :)

[@TheSIGHTREADINGProject]

Ah so nostalgic - I tried this literally as a 3 week piano beginner 6 years ago. My teacher told me about the notes of the bass/treble clef and I painstakingly decoded every note in this piece and strung it together over a few months! I couldn’t ever nail the final 3 chords though and I was too shy/embarrassed to play it for my teacher as I used to get the shakes every lesson 😂 This video has reminded me how much I love this piece so I’m going to dig it out this morning, and see how it goes. Great to see your thoughts here Josh. I will approach it with a bit more experience this time around hopefully. It should be more ‘readable’ by now instead of going one note at a time!

[@joshwrightpiano]

The SIGHT READING Project awesome! Thank you for your kindness and I wish you all the best in your studies

[@bigd2829]

lol great! I’m learning this also on piano! I play guitar and learned this not too long ago on it but really wanted to learn it on piano so here I am lol Good luck and keep playing!

[@mariecohen3052]

My high school choir accompaniatrice played this piece for me She played it divinely it could not have been played any better and she played it at the same time she was discovering it To me that was heaven on earth and I was sitting right next to her As she opens the piano room so I can practice between in-school learning periods

[@mariecohen3052]

Thank you 🙏 JW for your valuable exercises to succeed playing that airy music and make Erik Satie happy

[@cappared]

I'm coming back to the piano after over a decade and picked up this sheet music because it's one of my favorite pieces though I'd never played before. Something achievable but new to encourage practice. This was incredibly helpful as I try to find my hands again. Thank you.

[@mrvlhs]

I have to say you have a great way of presenting insightful concepts in a useful manner. People should definitely listen to what you have to say, I bet you're a great instructor.

[@Bobo-ye7dq]

Really interesting point about travel distance and how that helps us gauge dynamics!

[@allgood6760]

Thank you and a TIMELESS piece of music... thanks from NZ 👍🇳🇿

[@alperenyelkovan5525]

Haven’t watched yet but just wanted to say love all ur work Josh. Watched a ton of ur videos. Really helpful. Keep it up! Ty so much

[@joshwrightpiano]

Alperen Yelkovan thank you for your support Alperen! Glad you are enjoying the videos :)

[@eduugr]

Finally I understand why piano players slide their fingers over the keys! Thanks very good content!

[@manoo7730]

You prononce Gymnopedie the right way !

[@joshwrightpiano]

Mano O hahaha glad to hear I didn’t mess it up!

[@whippingmoon]

Invaluable insights even in such an easy piece. Thanks Josh, I will engage the vip program as soon as I have the time.

[@mariecohen3052]

😊

[@theroninpianist4443]

Great video, I like your recommendations about how to use the dynamics to impact the quality of the tone. I have a book with performance notes on the gymnopedies and also suggests using the sustain pedal half or even a quarter down on some occasions.

[@CaptainCaveman782]

This was very useful thanks!

[@agamaz5650]

ayyyyyyy my first piece

[@joshwrightpiano]

Agamaz a good one to start with :)

[@OmarNg7X]

My instructor assigned me this piece. I'm excited to learn it!

[@bobbideemusiclessons3701]

Came at the right time just started teaching this to someone!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Bobbi Dee Music Lessons awesome Bobbi! I hope you’re doing well

[@bobbideemusiclessons3701]

@@joshwrightpiano yes I am just continuing to build myself up here in white rock canada with teaching. Always striving to do better and play better. Im going to get some videos uploaded in the next few months at least thats the goal :) i hope you are also doing well.

[@williamreeder3660]

Thank you sir

[@chipetto21]

Thank you Josh! Great tutorial

[@joshwrightpiano]

Peter Badzgon thanks so much Peter!

[@mickizurcher]

Josh, I love the tone you get when you do pull back on the keys as you play your chords. I recall in another video you did I thought you were pushing forward but I may be mistaken. Is everything a call back to get that deep tone? Thx! The Satie was appropriately “painful”!

Such an amazing piece!

[@kevinbush4300]

Great tutorial… only just come across your channel!! Great to be coached a little, rather than just shown how someone else plays.

[@cedvdb6473]

You played it very very will in the intro. It suits you this music

[@Zosso-1618]

I just learned and performed this piece! It's so fantastic! I do have one question though. Currently, I've only been practicing piano for 1.5 years and have learned this and before that, Chopin's prelude in e minor. What pieces should I play next to continue my piano progress? I have Mendelssohn's Lieder Ohne Worte Op. 19 No. 6 in my sights as well as Liszt's Consolation No. 3. Are those good pieces to learn now and what other pieces would be good to learn now too?

[@joshwrightpiano]

Zossimov those are great pieces! Some easier Mozart and Haydn, and maybe some Bach inventions would be good stepping stones as well. Good luck!

[@tamikatran6728]

YAY!

[@leona7522]

Once again, your video makes me see this well known piece as if for the first time.There’s a wealth of information here. If students take just this seven minutes in, it will really expand the possibilities. Thanks again, Dr. J!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Leon A Thanks Leon! I truly appreciate your ongoing support and friendship

[@leona7522]

Josh Wright You’re the best teacher I know-online or off. Hands down. ( pun intended) ✨

[@belenmanrrique4972]

thank you Josh

[@thebegottenwarrior3956]

Thank you so much :D

[@angelomoretti8506]

Hey love your videos! What piano do you use?

[@mfurman]

I have been learning this piece for the last week or so and what fascinates me the most is how differently (as far as hand and finger use for playing chords is concerned) everyone is playing it. Some rely on the pedal and do not even hold some notes and others use very difficult finger substitutions to always adhere to the score (holding dotted half notes). Why is it so Josh? Could you also talk more about using the pedal properly for this piece?Thank you, Michael

[@winterheat]

2:58 "Slowly and Painfully" Lent et douloureux

[@markjames]

Hi Josh, i was just curious, you say at approx 5min 11 sec, you think probably the hardest is Prokofiev 2. Are you referring to Sonata 2 in D min?

[@joshwrightpiano]

markjames sorry, concerto 2 :) And there’s many others...that one just came to mind haha

[@captivator13]

Thank U Josh, love it 🤗 Sam 🎵

[@joshwrightpiano]

Sam thanks Sam!

[@xueueux]

I didn't know jumping 2 octaves will be that hard that it must be taught..hahaha as someone who had not played piano for 10 years but learned piano since I was 5 till my 20s, I instantly able to pick up the jumping. Wow..I didn't know for some people it's hard. Seems I still have few of my memory muscle left. What I lost even further is ability to fast reading notes..LoL

[@etudeando]

Oh my god those seventh chords

[@HJ-vu2my]

I just wish I knew how to make the jumps smooth. Do you think it’s possible for a grade 4 standard to be able to learn this?

[@club6525]

A piece is more than the technical aspects. Simply considering the dynamics and listed characteristics does not truly express the piece. Particularly in a piece like Gymopédie 1, characteristic of Erik Satie's music, we must take some liberties to truly produce that air for the melody to sit on top of. One way to do this is slightly accentuate the top note in the left hand chord and making the second chord lighter to make it more fragile. Check out this video for more: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIepZ5-oqNWgh7s

[@kevinbush4300]

Is that low D slightly sharp?

[@booksunderstarlight]

At my school, the piano room is named after Erik Satie!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Books under Starlight that’s cool!

[@timoel.346]

Erik satie was a french composer. He was amazing

[@rvtsddrill]

What version of the sheet music would you reccommend?

[@MkII-cw3rw]

Learning this piece right now. Having problems with some of the chords. I feel like I need to cut the webbing in my fingers to reach that far.

[@Anonkontello]

MkII 6661 What interval can you reach?

[@MkII-cw3rw]

@@Anonkontello I'm having trouble with the 8ths. I think it's mostly because I've never played those chords and just need to used to it.

[@Anonkontello]

@@MkII-cw3rw Hmmm, interesting, admittedly if you can barely reach an octave, you'll have a hard time playing the piano, (this is coming from a person who can easily reach a tenth and still sometimes has difficulties.

[@MkII-cw3rw]

@@Anonkontello i apologize. I can reach octaves no prob. Its the 10ths that in having trouble with.

[@Lucas-if8wt]

For all difficult cords you can play the right most note of the left hand with your right hand, some "experts" here may say that sounds differently but on a normal piano and in a normal room you can't hear any difference

[@twinicebear775]

To me the word doloureux here is not meaning painful but sorrowful, another of it's meaning, because that is the more abstract meaning.

[@club6525]

Check out this video for some more ways to express the piece: kzbin.info/www/bejne/kIepZ5-oqNWgh7s

[@rorothegoatboat]

man my forearm hurts playing this

[@sumdude6007]

stroke those notes

[@eddiet2]

How can I NOT justify spending a mere $9 to learn this piece the RIGHT way! I'm in.

[@mazinali67]

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[@joshwrightpiano]

mazin ali thanks Mazin!

[@mickizurcher]

A *pull-back..