Glissando Piano Tutorial

In this glissando piano tutorial Elvire discusses how to do two different types of glissandos on the white keys of the piano. A glissando going upwards and a glissando going downwards. For those of you who've only been able to do a glissando on the piano with pain, she also gives a tip to play glissandos painfree. From now on, hopefully you'll be able to play a glissando on the piano with confidence and without pain.

[@ERIKwTheK]

Thanks so much.

[@dimitrovboeleepianoduo]

You're welcome!

[@svetlanaivanova4497]

I do not play the piano at all and this was interesting even for me! Well done guys!

[@dimitrovboeleepianoduo]

How sweet :)

[@ezrakelly941]

It does help..I was looking for the left hand glissando ascension fingering

[@ksaravan910]

This was great thank you. I noticed also that you used your 2nd finger for additional strength and support but the 2nd finger never actually makes contact with the keys, only the 3rd finger. Makes sense.

[@dimitrovboeleepianoduo]

Hadn't even noticed, but you're right I tend to bunch my fingers up a little for additional support. Have fun with your glissandos :)

[@Inna_premoodraya]

Thank you❤

[@PianoandAccordionPlayerPat]

Thank You. Good information.

[@dimitrovboeleepianoduo]

Your welcome :) happy it helped.

[@justinnaramor6050]

Sorry if this comment gets kind of long, but I have an interesting idea that's kind of related to this: I have an idea of using a similar kind of "glissando" technique for my one-man band which will involve playing drums with my feet while I play piano; I guess we could call it "foot-drumming glissando"? Anyways, this is a technique that would allow me to achieve a fast sequence of drum hits with a single continuous sliding motion just like how pianists slide their hand along the keyboard to get multiple notes out of one sliding motion. The difference for me is that my sliding is gonna be vertical instead of horizontal, because the 2 pedals I'd slide between will be stacked one on top of the other. So, for example, to get 2 strikes of the bass drum with 1 foot, the foot would first hit the upper pedal in the stack, then with a little help from Earth's gravity, the foot would slide and sort of 'fall' down to the lower pedal in the stack. So that's 2 drum hits with one motion. A second pair of stacked pedals for the right foot would be used to achieve 2 additional hits on the bass drum using this same sliding motion. I think you've figured out where this is going! :))) This same concept would be used for fast rolls on the snare drum as well; one stack of pedals for the left foot would be used for the first 2 notes, while a second stack of pedals for the right foot would be for the second 2 notes. Yep... 4 notes can be achieved using a single left-foot-right-foot alternating motion. Originally I decided I would have these pairs of pedals positioned one beside the other (just as how keys are positioned on a piano), but that would require a swinging or even twisting motion of the foot which, I would think, would feel a little uncomfortable. But the advantage of the pedals being positioned instead in stacks, is that the sliding motion is downward and so vertical, such that my foot would be properly interacting with gravity which would make it feel a lot more comfortable. There are specific reasons why I've chosen to play rolls and doubles this way on my "foot drums" instead of using something like the "heel-toe" method as used on a normal drum kit for playing doubles, but explaining that would already make this comment much longer so I'll save that for another time. I'm not even sure if this idea will actually work in reality; I've just never tried it. So this will be completely new. I don't even think anyone else has tried this method either, so I may be the first to do it! :)

[@dimitrovboeleepianoduo]

That's a very interesting idea, let us know how it works out!

[@justinnaramor6050]

@@dimitrovboeleepianoduo Will do! :)

[@mvk100]

I know this will sound silly, but I am not wanting to do glissando because it seems harsh on the keys. I recently got a new Yamaha digital piano and the touch, sound and capabilities of it are amazing, but I don't want to negatively affect the keys.

[@dimitrovboeleepianoduo]

That doesn’t sound silly at all! We are no experts on digital pianos but I remember watching a video where someone explained that if the digital piano is of very high quality and keys are built in a certain way, you cant damage them. But I’d always check those things beforehand. So your logic is quite good!