CHORDS : Improve ACCURACY & CONFIDENCE With The Chord Combo Exercise!

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[@joshwrightpiano]

I hope this exercise helps each of you with your chord accuracy...this was pretty life-changing for me and has helped a lot of students over the years with chordal passages, which seems to be a common theme amongst students in general (trouble with chordal passages). I wish you all a great week of practice!

[@kaspianocz6330]

It reminds me the begining of Totentanz. Terrible piece xxxd

[@allmyinterests5139]

Hey Josh thanks for the advice! What’s the sheet music for that one? Didn’t really understand it lol my bad

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

Concentrating on the 1st finger when playing chords as well as octaves always helps!

[@joshwrightpiano]

great thoughts Anna!

[@zoink5484]

Josh, you have no clue how perfect the timing was on this video. Rach 2, 3rd mov fast chords are no joke for me. Im definitively going to try this.

[@christinejung9576]

Your tips for practicing chords using different combinations are very helpful to me. Thank you so much Dr. Wright!

[@las174]

Thanks for the pep talk! Really enjoyed it.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Glad you enjoyed it Lesley!

[@user-ni5fx1ee9j]

Your videos are so good

[@20thcenturytunes]

Yes, practice like that helps it's incredible how Dr. Wright puts that together

[@trixyriver14]

I needed this today

[@thegreenpianist7683]

Ahh, just what I needed, I'm practicing the coda of Chopin's F sharp minor Polonaise and those jumps are quite difficult, thanks for the great video!

[@leona7522]

I’m really glad to learn of the possible permutations of chord practice. For some reason this was neglected in my training. Its already made a difference in the Chopin Etudes I work on in the ProPractice courses. Thanks so much!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thank you for your kindness Leon :)

[@pianopiano3566]

Wow. What an amazing technique.

[@brandonmacey964]

Great idea taking the excersise cold. It makes it much easier to get a sense of what it takes. This would be great for Schubert op 94 no 5 f minor

[@joshwrightpiano]

Thanks Brandon!

[@carlhudson83]

You rock Josh! I'm slaving away over Brahms Intermezzo Op117 no2.. And I'm finding your videos invaluable! Thanks for sharing your wisdom..

[@agamaz5650]

4:34 aww poor pinkie hahahaha

[@larrymorrison171]

Classy lesson!

[@athos604]

I was thinking that this wouldn't be a good practice, but I happen to try to learn on my own (outside of classes) Chopin's Op. 28, No 20 (Prelude in C minor). And since it happens to be a great short chordal piece I can use this exercise for the hole piece!

[@henry2744]

Woah

[@joaomanoel5528]

great video

[@Perazgaming]

Hey Josh, are you at all familiar with scriabins etude op 42 no 5? I'm really having trouble with bringing out the melody clearly, any tips for practicing that?

[@connorrichardson368]

Will this help in the lh jumps in the ballade 1 coda?

[@agamaz5650]

love your videos bro

[@joshwrightpiano]

Glad to hear that! Have a good week

[@rachmaninow6606]

Stay classy!

[@manuel-et4he]

Albeniz Corpus Chrisi en Sevilla

[@Klaverskolen]

Can you please write the name of the piece? :-)

[@tomval1331]

Ravel, Gaspard de la Nuit- Scarbo

[@Klaverskolen]

@@tomval1331 Thanks!

[@kaspianocz6330]

The ending of La Campanella was easy for me. But the rest not that easy hh. But still not that hard as Rach. etude tableau 39. 6. This piece is insane for me. Because you have to feel every nuances. Feel the story. And tell that story. I haven't played it all the way through at the same time. I always have to stop. Because it is very tiring.

[@Cypsky]

haha I'm not super familiar with Rach's etudes so I looked for it, stumbled on V. Lisitsa got terrified but didn't actually enjoy the music that much. At the end I was wondering why would I go through the trouble to learn this. I decided to go for another interpretation listened to Rachmaninoff himself. Much slower, probably more achievable tempo. I actually loved it, because I could hear the details, nuances and rythms. Fast and loud is not always good... kzbin.info/www/bejne/fYbFZ32po8qjm5Y Side note it's so amazing to have those piano roll recordings :)

[@kaspianocz6330]

@@Cypsky Yes, exactllly. Valentina plays it too fast for my taste. And I know the recording what You have posted. And if you want to love this piece, You must see Boris Giltburg's video. You will understand the etude, because he explains why he plays, what he plays. But if you want to fall in love with this piece, You must play it.

[@lutschkartoffel]

Hey Josh, I currently work on chopins nocturne in c sharp minor. My problem is that I am really inconsistent with the scale in the end. Sometimes it works really well, sometimes I miss one note, sometimes it's a catastrophe. What can I do about my accuracy and consistency? Thanks and greetings from Germany!

[@midnightmusic1087]

Lutschkartoffel I know you wanted a reply from Josh but I suggest that when you play it slowly, aim for the middle of the keys. Also I recommend the Taubman approach.

[@lutschkartoffel]

@@midnightmusic1087 I am thankful for any advice I get, so thank you!

[@e.hutchence-composer8203]

Lutschkartoffel look at Josh’s videos on scales

[@AnnaKhomichkoPianist]

Lutschkartoffel mein Tipp ist vielmal cis-Moll üben (in unterschiedlichen Varianten, zB wenn die Hände in unterschiedlichen Richtungen spielen, mit unterschiedlichen Akzenten oder Rhythmus usw). Dann hilft es auch wenn Du einen Lauf von erste Note zusammen mit der linken Hand bis zur nächste Note mit der linken Hand spielt, und so jeder Abstand vielmal einzeln. Ein Problem dort normalerweise ist dass man nicht ganz genau weißt wo die Hände wieder zusammen kommen :) viel Spaß beim üben!

[@joshwrightpiano]

I would recommend practicing portions of the scale along with "cycling" the left hand. Gradually add the portions of the scale together. We go over this in-depth in my ProPractice video of this piece. I wish you all the best in your studies!

[@gefloigle]

3 people got spanked today for not practicing.

[@eugenesedita]

Can't hear ya, Bro.