Piano Lesson on playing repeated notes, by Graham Fitch

Watch Pianist contributor Graham Fitch talk about how to improve your repeated notes. His lesson compliments his article inside the February/March issue of Pianist (No 106) out on 25 January. www.pianistmaga...
On the introduction to this lesson, Graham plays the Waltz in A major by Mischa Levitzki.

[@jmt1335]

Thank you, Graham. Years later, I am still learning from you. Not only that, but it thrills me to see and hear you play, and to realize how many of the lessons you taught me are still being passed on. Things I hardly stop to think about - invaluable ideas I learned and took on board.

[@hifipret]

You weren't put off when he was accused of molestation and paedophilia by young street boys when he lived in Cape Town? The testimonies of these boys was pretty convincing but somehow he managed to get away with it. He has gone to great efforts to get all the videos and articles shut down and deleted from a Google search but look around.

[@alejandropianist6466]

@@hifipret I can’t find any videos on the topic, do you mind show me some?

[@lizweekes8076]

Thank you Graham 🎉

[@philip.stigaard]

Great video!

[@dsanchez1592]

Thanks for that much needed lesson!

[@sabrinapan2710]

So skillful! Thanks.

[@nikolaacimovic8854]

Thank you so much!!!

[@lucianasser]

Best videos on KZbin, by far! Thank you so much for posting this one.

[@NaitsabesWinklersson]

Very insightful, as always!

[@jarkkojanhunen6121]

That's another great lesson. Please keep postning.

[@GuyMannDudeTheOnly]

Thank you Graham !

[@LpppUEA]

Wonderful!

[@ragtimest]

Great tips, never knew this!

[@passionatebraziliangirl.4801]

This piano sound amazing omg!

[@omaralkarnos4488]

thank you

[@raphaelneves7666]

Thank you, it's going to help me on La Campanella

[@leo32190]

A Chopin's fan Your username and comment are really ironic

[@raphaelneves7666]

@@leo32190 thank you

[@leo32190]

A Chopin's fan What?

[@batuhanartan]

@@leo32190 And your username is "I play piano" but your perspective is really ironic :)

[@leo32190]

Batuhan Artan I was joking"

[@charlesmartel7502]

Best shirt, ever.

[@vngela]

I enjoy and learn from these videos but I think a big issue is that he's using such fantastic pianos where it's physically easier to play on compared to the relatively mediocre pianos most people will have access to

[@Nightmare-uq5lh]

Very helpful as I’m playing a piece called Lied Ohne Worte and it has 6 repeated fast chords and I couldn’t figure out how to play them.

[@ulrichalbrecht9723]

Hello, Graham What would you do when you have to play a chord and repeated notes with the same hand. Let's say you play a C-major chord with the right hand : c-e-g and the higher c . You would hold c-e-g as a chord and would play the higher c with the 5th finger quite rapidly . Which technique would be the best for that repeated c: 1st: only lifting the 5th finger ( I guess not)/ 2nd: using the rotary movement of the forearm as far as it is possible/ 3rd: combining both movements from 1+2 / 4th: using the rotary movement of the 5th finger, ( playing by pulling the figers in and stretching them again as if scratching the key = the same technique you would use when playing with changing fingers like 32132132 or 432143214321 What would be better? an example would be the etude op 100 no.19 in c minor by Henri Bertini. It is only "andante", I searched for a faster one but couldn't find another. May be you have a better example. Thank you for your answer!

[@djblade7]

So if i'm not mistaken this technique concers only the real pianos and not the electric keyboards right?

[@MyMusicEducation]

Any different approach for an upright which doesn't have the grand escapement?

[@BobNL1964]

I had an upright which was not that good, but my tuner technician managed to adjust the mechanics in such a way that it also had an escapement. You could repeat the key without letting go of it completely. It is possible and it works quite well.

[@joeythehat9]

@@BobNL1964 It just takes a lot of time and knowledge and maybe some replacement parts, but for the cost you might as well look into getting a grand...

[@BobNL1964]

@@joeythehat9 No extra costs or parts, just a good tuner.

[@joeythehat9]

​@@BobNL1964 Yea but there are limits haha, felts don't last forever. I just assumed if he's asking for techniques specifically for uprights, his action might need some serious work. My 30 year old Kinkaid is so bad I probably shouldn't be playing it but it's better than nothing--I'm just saving up.

[@pujingleung9466]

Anyone else wanted to play rush e and came to this video?

[@AbcAbc-ox6pg]

And that's the reason I can't play fast repeated notes on my upright, because there comes no sound when the key doesn't come up completely like you say.

[@newgeorge]

fascinating and helpful - although it took a while to get used to the shirt. :)

[@metteholm4833]

You wouldn´t perhaps have an advice about strengthening a miserably short and weak 5th finger with a collapsed middle joint and over-bent, cramped last joint? Ir is doing awful things to my hand.

[@arellanoflordilitomartinj.5255]

remember to be realistic - you must put in a bit of work whichever plan you choose for becoming a pianist I have spent months studying teaching yourself piano and found a great website at Turbo Piano Secret (check it out on google)

[@antonygonzalez1672]

What is that waltz in the intro??? Someone please

[@shivankmenon4722]

Waltz op.2 by Mischa Levitzki

[@BobNL1964]

The Scarlatti example sounds really good, but in the Mozart example you repeatedly play a b (wrongly) together with the c when changing the finger. If the note is only repeated one time, it's maybe better to use the same finger?

[@stephankusel208]

Any tips for those of us who can afford an upright?😂

[@ArgoBeats]

Beautiful lesson, Sir. That piano is really out of tune, though.

[@JSerrato289]

Wow that’s a pretty loud shirt you have there