Piano Basics: How to play faster.

[@rothschildianum]

Exactly! The tension is the key. I used to not be able to play minute Waltz. My forearm got so tense and tired. Finally, I had a teacher who could show me what relax my arms are. After that, all my new teachers were so impressed how relax my shoulder, arms etc and I can play fast piece without problem.... The RELAX stage is the key! People need to know what relax stage is. Most teachers cannot show this. Sorry, I was typing and listening at the same time. YES, the grouping is important. Wrong grouping will make it impossible to play fast.

[@RolandHuettmann]

Fully agree. I had to practice for a whole week just RH and LH watching my shoulders and being attentive to the whole body as well. Also wrists must be relaxed and be movable, and there is hand rotation. Only the knuckles are firm so that fingers do not miss the keys. On black keys they may cross them a bit to be hitting them more securely. And some movement in and out... well, all is rather complex to explain. A good teacher is essential. All these movements with relaxation later become almost invisible.

[@rothschildianum]

@@RolandHuettmann The problem, most people do not know what relaxation stage is. In the past, people kept saying that I was stiff, but none could help me. Now, I can show and teach people how to relax. We need to show them physically. I do not teach piano, someday when I retire I want to teach kids to play piano well. Many teachers do not know how to teach too.

[@yct204]

@@rothschildianum RELAXATION is indeed the key. In my experience, MEDITATION would help as you need to relax from head to toe, from outside to inside the body, even to feel/sense the relaxation in every cell. I always meditate on my piano bench for few minutes, to feel my arms, shoulder, hands, back and brain loosen before practice. This is what I transfer the experience from meditation to anything else in life, called Zen, very effective! Everyone can try!

[@rothschildianum]

@@yct204 Not that kind of relaxation!

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

controlled relaxation! Not total relaxation!!

[@chriss6733]

I'm sure this will help a lot of people. I was arrogant when learning for a time around 10 years old,and thought I could just fight my way through tension(!). I had to take several steps back,before moving forward again. Entirely my fault. One of my teachers told me to focus mentally relaxing the fingers either side of the one I was using,and also thinking of the opposite side of the hand,so thumb relaxed when playing 5,4 etc,and vice versa. This helped me. Thankyou Dr Wang.

[@banzaipn8296]

this is very helpful, thank you so much for the good tips

[@yahyamhirsi]

This is such a good reminder for me! Thank you for your clear and helpful insights, Dr. Wang.

[@booklynsmith1359]

Thanks for sharing !

[@RolandHuettmann]

Thank you))). I always watch your videos with pleasure. Just a hint: The sound of your voice is too low. A mobile phone often cannot amplify as much.

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

I have a better set up at home, but now I spent more time at my office..

[@kenlam1185]

This is what i learned from my piano teacher too, and he learned it from Dorothy Taubman. You probably familiar with The Golandsky Institute and its Taubman Approach, but the idea of how to play without tension + using rotation has helped me figure out difficult passages faster

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

Of course, Taubman had a huge influence on many generations!! I learned a great deal from her approaches.

[@JonathanWareMusic]

Thanks for sharing

[@rosechen5978]

Wonderful teaching!

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

Thank you Rose!

[@kayyuyinghuang4603]

Thank you so much for another great video. I’ve heard people recommend practicing with a metronome, starting from very slow and increasing speed incrementally. What do you think of this method? Thanks in advance for taking the time answering questions!

[@huichen5393]

老师讲的真好

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

谢谢支持

[@danhutson2069]

Love everything you do Dr Wang you are so awesome is there any chance you will continue with the Chopin scherzo series thank u so much 👏 Bravo

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

One day!! Sure

[@Joanne88z]

Thank you for your teaching! May I know how to play trill fast when using 3 and 4 fingers? Have a wonderful weekend!😊

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

Let me do one episode with trills!

[@rosechen5978]

@@ShijunWangPianoChannel looking forward to it!

[@pawelbartoszek9758]

In 10:14 you are referring to grouping notes by 6 and giving them a separate push from the hand. Could you explain the push movement a bit more please?

[@jpage99999]

Professor Wang can you help me figure out the left hand passages in Chopin nocturne in B major op.9 No.3 in the middle section Agitato in b minor. I can’t figure out how to play the LH comfortably. Please help. How would you group it?

[@lilianmariawiens4781]

Our arms are like bad children 😂 yes is true we have to tell them and train them, magnificent

[@feni2934]

how about relaxing while playing stacato? Im currently playing carneval/february by tschaikovsky and there is that one stacato run I cant play at full speed because I start to tense up. also thank you very much for this video you gave me a better perspective on learning fast passages

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

I guess you need to remind your hands to relax after you lift your hands? and don't jump up too high.

[@feni2934]

@@ShijunWangPianoChannel I see thank you for your answer!!

[@remyrouach7110]

You re great I listen to u with big attention and learn a lot You te docteur??

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

Thank you Remy. Docteur meaning doctor? Yes, I am. But I am not a medical doctor, but doctor of music.

[@booklynsmith1359]

Is it in Juilliard’s classroom? 😄

[@ShijunWangPianoChannel]

It’s actually my office at Weber state

[@wei.h5689]

Wish video voice a bit louder pls

[@oliviamou60]

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