Le Coucou (The Cuckoo) by Daquin Piano Tutorial

[@eppiehemsley6556]

Jane, would you be so kind as to show us how to bring this piece up to speed. Rachmaninov is my favourite interpreter of this composition aside from yourself. Thanks for your consideration.

[@janepianotutorials]

Set the metronome to a slow speed where you can manage with both hands. When few mistakes, tick the speed up a little, so little that you don't even notice the difference. Repeatedly practicing like this forms finger muscle memory, soon you will reach tempo, and play evenly. Another tip: concentrate on practicing short parts that give you trouble. Not the entire piece. That saves a lot of time.

[@nilen]

@@janepianotutorials thanks

[@arnoldhemsley9317]

Thanx Jane I'm finally getting there. I'll soon be knocking Rubinstein into a cocked hat😂😂@@janepianotutorials

[@janepianotutorials]

@@arnoldhemsley9317Wow, happy for you! Such determination ❤️ Feel sorry for Rubinstein 😂

[@cherryonthetop4135]

I always listen 👂 to your tutorial. It’s soooooo good that I’ve been listening to this for almost two years now!!!

[@janepianotutorials]

Thanks. So nice of you ! 😊

[@cherryonthetop4135]

@@janepianotutorials no worries 😉

[@cherryonthetop4135]

@@janepianotutorials I’m listening 👂 to it right now

[@andgofuck3338]

What?????

[@nilen]

My teacher gave me this piece, thanks so much!

[@janepianotutorials]

Good luck with it 😊

[@matiassepulveda7085]

me too

[@abdelouahedmaarouf7203]

Quelle belle interprétation ! Merci beaucoup.

[@janepianotutorials]

Thank you!❤️

[@ikutolovesuzu]

thank you Jane

[@janepianotutorials]

son phan bao you're welcome

[@Alan_Chapman]

Great reference for the fingerings. I only had one issue playing along with the video: the triplets are being played higher than this practice tempo and kept throwing me off.

[@janepianotutorials]

Alan, would the speed tool set at 0.5x help?

[@Alan_Chapman]

Oh, the speed of the video is perfect to keep up. It's just the triplets are being performed at near the actual tempo where the rest of the notes are being played at the lower practice tempo. In my mind, when I practice at lower tempo, I also play the triplets at that tempo. My sheet music came with annotations that show the trills are expected to be played as triplets.

[@janepianotutorials]

practice only the measures that trip you, slowly, with metronome, while following sheetmusic, not my tutorial

[@Alan_Chapman]

I'll give that a shot. My 4th finger usually is the late one to the party on most pieces. Thanks!

[@andreschoenfeld]

dear jane, thank you for this tutorial. how do you bring the score and the keyboard in view in your video? tank you 🙏🏻

[@janepianotutorials]

lots of tedious detailed work, cutting and pasting.

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Thanks 🙏 Jane this helped me a lot

[@janepianotutorials]

I'm so glad!

[@cherryonthetop4135]

😊😊😊

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Since I play this piece too this helps a lot lot!

[@janepianotutorials]

Glad it helps a lot lot :)

[@cherryonthetop4135]

My sister is in grade 3 in piano 🎹

[@cherryonthetop4135]

And she needs help every 5 minutes!

[@evanofelipe]

Yet another one to thank you for, Jane. I came across the score for this a while ago but was rather 'put off' by the required fast tempo. I like the tune and phrasing immensely, so with your tutorial will give it a go. Thanks

[@janepianotutorials]

Good luck with this, it was a challenge to make the tutorial...

[@cherryonthetop4135]

@@janepianotutorials I know how hard it is

[@qiuwen9928]

I m practice in g this song too,,!thanks for a wonderful advice! Thanks!

[@janepianotutorials]

You're welcome. Enjoy practicing!

[@patatesliborek7494]

thanks jane!

[@janepianotutorials]

You’re welcome 😊

[@buffy8188]

非常感谢视频分享. 我这段时间正在练习这首曲子,每天都对照着曲谱看一遍这个教学视频,超级棒!

[@janepianotutorials]

我很高兴您能够使用本教程。 每天练习是一个好习惯。 谢谢你的留言。

[@stan8791]

thanks so much for the video it realy helps me out cuz im going to play thin on concert

[@janepianotutorials]

Wow, have fun playing it at your concert!

[@patatesliborek7494]

0:21

[@locsavaric2310]

Thank you for this. It's interesting to see that what I thought I was doing inefficiently, you're doing the same way, and what I feel is efficient is different than what you do. As an amateur, I try to avoid trills and ornamentation between 3 and 4, so I substitute 1 and 3 in some places. At 4:27, I switch between using the thumb and 3 every time before hitting the upper note, like you did just before hitting the upper B.

[@janepianotutorials]

You’re welcome. I’m likely more amateur than you because I won’t even attempt this piece! Fingering is always adjusted to suit one hands. Just think how different it would be to have a span of 12 vs 8, thick or thin fingers, loose or stiff joints, ...

[@locsavaric2310]

@@janepianotutorials I auditioned for the piano studio in undergrad with the first movement of Mozart's sonata in C, and the professor said, "Some strange fingerings, but it worked!"

[@janepianotutorials]

Loc Savaric that’s funny. That prof has a sense of humor. That Mozart piece jinxed me. When my teacher assigned it, I make up my own fingering at some runs, then forever stumbled there! Lesson learned - obeying an editor is choice number one.

[@qiuwen9928]

Amazing！Really nice job Jane！your on a really good track！im Amy， and im seven ，and i m。playing this song too！its， really good！

[@janepianotutorials]

Hi Amy, you must be a good piano player. I am 10 times your age :)

[@janepianotutorials]

@Michael Zhang :)

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Amy i think you are too young to chat 💭 to strangers online. Be careful!

[@cherryonthetop4135]

By the way I’m already in grade 5

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Don’t give people too much information about yourself!!!😊

[@eunice1361]

great job ❤️

[@janepianotutorials]

Thank you 😊

[@dagmarmroziewicz7363]

Lovely, thank you.

[@janepianotutorials]

Appreciate your kind remark.

[@rohitisukapalli4499]

very well played

[@janepianotutorials]

thank you, Rohit!

[@TheGoat-n4m]

Good job😊

[@janepianotutorials]

Thank you so much 😀

[@MarinaMilenkaya]

Thank you 😍

[@janepianotutorials]

Welcome 🥰

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Head: come on we can do this! Eyes: yeah seems pretty easy Hands: 😐 um.......... 👌 ok???

[@janepianotutorials]

What happened, hit a roadblock?

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Haha 🤣 very funny 😆!!!

[@cherryonthetop4135]

I love ❤️ this!!!!!!!!!

[@janepianotutorials]

That's nice

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Smile 😊

[@lolahm9197]

bravo et merci😉😘

[@janepianotutorials]

thank you!

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Amy omg 😱 I’m seven years old too!

[@janepianotutorials]

Hey you two, please be careful talking to strangers online. Your parents should watch over your shoulders :)

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Yeah just joking 🙃 I’m actually 11

[@honoo1969]

楽譜を読む練習用に、丁度良い

[@janepianotutorials]

谢谢

[@nagatozz]

Super

[@janepianotutorials]

Thank you!

[@dkdj85]

thanks

[@janepianotutorials]

you're welcome

[@dkdj85]

its the best

[@janepianotutorials]

thank you

[@ProXun]

Hello!

[@janepianotutorials]

Hello back

[@chaimaaaristo5960]

Thanks a lot

[@janepianotutorials]

You're welcome

[@nimetyallaltnkaplan3181]

teşekkürler, çok öğretici

[@janepianotutorials]

thank you

[@cherryonthetop4135]

And I just did it!

[@janepianotutorials]

Good job!

[@lolahm9197]

a quelle tempo ?!😃

[@janepianotutorials]

search YT

[@nithyaiyer286]

👍 Great

[@janepianotutorials]

Thank you :)

[@sophiapianiste8215]

jane would you be king

[@janepianotutorials]

King?

[@thomaszhong9044]

Supergut

[@janepianotutorials]

Thank you

[@loly1969]

super

[@janepianotutorials]

thanks :)

[@thehorsesnamewasfriday8695]

Hairs

[@cherryonthetop4135]

Lost my 3rd tooth in the middle of playing this song

[@janepianotutorials]

Oooh! Did it hurt? I Googled “What is the latest age to lose baby teeth?” Ans. between 10 and 12 😊

[@cherryonthetop4135]

@@janepianotutorials no not too much

[@estherlauterbach2189]

I'm looking for the lost comment. it says there are seven but I see six. nice video, too!

[@janepianotutorials]

Why? Sometimes I click reply, nothing seems to happen. I click reply again, oops, double post! That probably happens to many of you. When I see that, I remove one.

[@theresedehanny7446]

Esther Lauterbach e latérale.

[@wensu7487]

@@janepianotutorials same thing happens to me sometimes

[@andgofuck3338]

Thanks

[@janepianotutorials]

Welcome

[@andgofuck3338]

Thank you so much

[@namegoesfirstthenlastname1785]

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