How to Play Octaves on Piano (2 Ways!) | Kate Boyd - The Piano Prof

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

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[@yusefandersen]

Feels like I'm sitting in your living room taking a lesson from you, and I feel good!

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Love that! Thanks!

[@antoniovisioli4460]

Spiegazione di altissimo contenuto e nitidezza. Cordiali saluti, Professoressa.

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Grazie!! 🙏

[@JannaWilliamson]

Fantastic instruction and tips! (And nice Shostakovich quote towards the end!)

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Thank you so much! Glad you got that reference! 😊

[@stephanierend1261]

Very valuable content as always 👏

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

I appreciate that! Thanks for watching!

[@leaftiger12]

I have to stretch my entire hand to do an octave. I can’t relax my hand without hitting the wrong notes. Are my hands too small or smg?

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Many pianists have to stretch to reach an octave as well, and it can be a real challenge! Aim for brief moments of relaxation in between each octave. Here are some additional videos that might be useful to you: kzbin.info/www/bejne/gmK1lnuHopx6fbc kzbin.info/www/bejne/pIWkaWpqpbBnp6c

[@stephenvinson6474]

If you've become familiar with Dohnanyi"s scale patterns in his book of exercises, the octave pattern is an octave version of that pattern If you are familiar with Guy Maier's work....in his exercise book Thinking Fingers 1, he gives several nifty exercises for gaining facility in playing octaves. Maier used the additive approach many times ...as well as impulse practice. Thank you for making these teaching videos I am learning a lot.!!

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Thanks - I'll check it out!

[@tjbuege]

Octave passages. Takes me back nearly 40 years when I was a sophomore in college. One of my repertoire pieces was Papillons. So many octaves in both hands, bouncing all over the place. I don’t recall how I was being taught to play them at the time. Much of what you say in this video feels familiar. But it’s been so long since I’ve played that piece, and with a 30+ year hiatus from serious practicing 😳, I’ve lost much of the technique I had back in the day. I hope to be able to play Papillons again some day, and these tips may help get me there. But not yet. In the meantime, I think I’ll start working in this exercise to my practicing. Great video! Thank you!

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

That is a wonderful piece! Good luck and happy practicing! 😊

[@alexgoriatchenkov]

Nice lesson as usual. Beautifully explained and great technics shows here. Thank you Teacher.

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

My pleasure! Glad you found it useful!

[@moriokayuri]

I never learned octaves properly, so thanks !

[@soizikzamor7364]

Thanks you very much , i find answers to my questions about octaves; thanks you

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

You're very welcome - glad you found it helpful! 😊🎹

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

Merci beaucoup.

[@billligon4005]

Thank you so much for the good information. I going to try and find piano teacher who will just teach me technique. As an adult, my big problems come with not having the proper technique to play some of the music I want to play. Thanks again.

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

A good teacher can help so much with technique, because they will watch and listen to you play and be able to give you immediate feedback specific to you and where you are on your playing journey. Good luck! Here's a link to find a nationally certified MTNA teacher in your area: www.mtna.org/MTNA/Find_A_Teacher/MTNA/FindATeacherAddress.aspx?hkey=68dd3621-7b57-4a9e-ac7e-dfe09eff5fd5

[@mtsanga3421]

Very interesting. Thanks a lot !

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

You're welcome! Glad it was helpful!

[@derycktrahair8108]

In the Jazz style Errol Garner incuded the 5th in R-H soloing. Q: What do you think about his technique?.It would be a good follow-up lesson. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, we always learn something from you.

[@devarajmann4279]

Ur so Bueatyfull love nd thnx for lessons

[@said1949]

Thank you for this video and the informations you submit. Can you give a hit describe shortly each of the essential exercises or a link for that ?

[@mohitsharmaee7155]

Thanks. That helps

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Glad to hear it!

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

Watch the series intro video here: kzbin.info/www/bejne/aZilfpZonKuYY5I

[@hyperseah]

My thumb and pinkie are so short I cannot even reach an octave. 😪

[@ThePianoProfKateBoyd]

There is a very good book for pianists with smaller hands: Adaptive Strategies for Small-Handed Pianists. You might find it helpful: amzn.to/3JGYeRb