ONE Method to 10x Your Scale Speed

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Ashlee Young Piano Studio

Күн бұрын

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@l.w.paradis2108 4 ай бұрын

I REALLY like this teacher. ❤

@znt_69 2 ай бұрын

You are an excellent teacher. Subbed.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 2 ай бұрын

Thanks and welcome!

@alborzpiano 4 ай бұрын

Love the method Thank you for sharing it

@RayWalker-pythonic 4 ай бұрын

That's exactly what I needed. Great exercise. Yes!

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Thanks so much! Glad it resonated 🙌🏻

@robfairbrother3014 4 ай бұрын

Thanks, Ashlee. I have no idea why this method works, but it not only works, but works well. I grew up playing the piano but haven’t looked at it much decades, unfortunately but during covid I decided to pick up the saxophone and am completely in love with it. I was introduced to a very similar method (light, heavy, light, heavy followed by heavy, light, heavy, light; chaining, and so on) a few months ago and was floored by the results. No matter how hard I practiced using the old traditional method, I couldn’t break the barrier of many fast 16th or 32nd note passages in different pieces I was learning. With this method I would consistently blow through it - quite literally, I guess.😊 However, I never thought of keeping a light touch until the last note. I will try this in my next practice on a passage I’m currently having problems with. Thanks, again.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

So happy to hear that Rob! It’s a pretty awesome method and I’m glad it worked so well for you!!

@backtoschool1611 4 ай бұрын

Ive heard of this!! I could never relaxe the hand enough!! Thanks for posting.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

You’re very welcome!

@SteveinJersey1234 4 ай бұрын

Thanks for providing this very helpful video on the 10X method, Ashlee! This is very much appreciated and I plan to use it regularly both for learning scales and new passages in general. But one question with regard to learning scales: do you have a recommended method - or better yet an instructional video - for learning how to effectively practice scales HANDS TOGETHER and over MULTIPLE OCTAVES? To me, mastering scales where each hand is playing a very different finger pattern is much harder than playing either the right or left hand. And then it becomes an order of magnitude harder when you go from playing just one octave to playing two or even three octaves. Does the 10X method - including employing your recommendation to break the scales into four note chunks - work for that? Or is there an entirely different approach that you would recommend?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Great question! I would recommend this way of practicing first… Because it will help you get each scale individually. You could then practice the transition from one to two, and that would help you be able to do this practice method with multiple objectives. Once you were done and you had the multiple octave scale hands alone, you could actually practice in rhythms hands together. If you don’t know how to do that, I explain it in this video: kzbin.info/www/bejne/rmSznZWplLedmLcsi=Jee_LT0Z10drFFyx The post it method would also be helpful depending on where you’re at. It’s also described in the above video. Keep in mind that you wouldn’t want to practice with this method or in rhythms unless you were achieving a high percentage of accuracy. If that’s not possible, start with the post method and work your way up to the other methods.

@SteveinJersey1234 4 ай бұрын

@@AshleeYoungMusicStudio This is SO helpful, Ashlee! Thanks so much! I will definitely follow your advice. And you've got a new loyal subscriber.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

@@SteveinJersey1234 I’m glad to hear it! Let me know how it goes and welcome to the channel 🙌🏻

@jenniferoknin 4 ай бұрын

Fantastic video quality Ashlee! Great job girl!

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Thank you so so so much!!

@jeffvair62 4 ай бұрын

Great video, Ashlee! I’m doing more and more of this, to combat my tendency toward heavy playing and accenting notes randomly…

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Thanks and I’m glad to hear it! It’s a great way to practice

@susanmorrison8403 4 ай бұрын

Really good idea! Thanks Ashley.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome 🙏

@rainbowfox1934 4 ай бұрын

Thank you for a great method!

@codetech5598 4 ай бұрын

Regarding fingering: Let's say you're playing a melody in key of Bb and the notes happen to be Eb, F, G. Should you use fingers 3,1,2 just as in the scale?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

If you are seeing little scale passages in a piece of music, context is always key. I would suggest looking at what comes before the scale passage and what comes after. No, you would not necessarily use that exact fingering, depending on what comes before and after.

@codetech5598 4 ай бұрын

@@AshleeYoungMusicStudio So I don't understand the importance of using the correct fingers in scales if the only time you will use it is in playing those exact scales, not real music.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

@@codetech5598 it builds proper technique / habits and also, you would be using the same fingerings in music quite often, just not 100% of the time and not in the one specific example you gave.

@kahunamoneyminded8362 4 ай бұрын

Thanks a lot for all you do

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

You are very welcome!

@trevorjensen2706 20 күн бұрын

@Ashlee Young, do you recommend using a metronome for accurate timing, or does hearing that persistent click get in the way of focusing on your technique (very interesting technique, by the way)?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 18 күн бұрын

Absolutely! I find that when people first start with the metronome it overwhelms them - but a certain amount of “pushing through” this is necessary to learn how to use it as an effective tool. If you want some suggestions I have videos about it in my rhythm playlist!

@trevorjensen2706 17 күн бұрын

@@AshleeYoungMusicStudio, thank you for this. I am actually going to start on the C-Major scale, though. My issue is my left hand lags behind my right hand going up, and going back down, my issue is remembering when to shift my thumb (on the G, and the C). Sometimes I get the sequence mixed up. I will certainly work on this.

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 17 күн бұрын

@@trevorjensen2706 oh yeah - post it method works wonders with scales, especially when you isolate the crossovers and cross hunters! If you haven’t seen that video, search my channel for the post method - it’ll help!

@charlesbarnes7520 4 ай бұрын

Ashley can you recommend the cheapest digital piano with a pedal, and fully weighted 88 keys?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

This one is great: sovrn.co/gqzbgzd

@charlesbarnes7520 4 ай бұрын

Ashley that link just took me to Sweetwater site. What model were you recommending?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

@@charlesbarnes7520 oh that’s weird! Yamaha p-45 would be my base recommendation if you can swing it!

@charlesbarnes7520 4 ай бұрын

THANK YOU VERY MUCH!!!

@charlesbarnes7520 4 ай бұрын

Three other piano experts agree with you Ash!! Yamaha it is!!!

@markusleb 4 ай бұрын

Interesting, seems to work even on guitar... thanks!

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Awesome!

@ltb1919 4 ай бұрын

Great, thanks, Ashlee! Could you put the finger numbers on the scale graphic?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Beautiful idea - I unfortunately can’t do it for this one… But in the future, I definitely will! 👍🏻

@kevinkevin4985 4 ай бұрын

Yep. After 8 notes and 5 successful tries in a row the fingers get kind of dizzy.

@TebogoMotlhale 4 ай бұрын

i thought scales like Bb major, B major, and F, were BUILT for the human hand. i thought they were voted by thousands of Jazz players as the most ergonomic scales on the piano keyboard 😁🥰🥰. but it's interesting to learn that for someone ELSE . . . the scale of Bb major actually feels HARD to play (adapt to) 😄😍🤩

@G8tr1522 4 ай бұрын

B/Cb, F#, C#/Db, Ab, and Eb maj are always the easiest for me. I'm a self taught jazz pianist.

@ziegunerweiser 4 ай бұрын

go figure, i predicted your favorite composer was liszt is this not the video I would be expecting from you ? if one day I could play with this kind of technique I would practice scales to be able to play very small parts of virtuoso material, have you ever practiced the greig concerto ?

@AshleeYoungMusicStudio 4 ай бұрын

Yes! I never learned it to completion but I practiced it enough to teach it :) and yes this technique / practice would be very applicable to cadenzas, etc!