The Five Finger Scale! Articulations, Dynamics, and Tempo Explained... with Exercises. (Lesson 5)

[@calebelms3842]

Love five finger scales!!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

I've been playing for a year on my own and never gave as much thought as I should have to these concepts. Well explained and I'll have new ways to approach the practice routine. Merci.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Hi Lawrence! I'm so glad you watched and that some new ideas have entered your practice. Thank you so much for the comment. Keep up the playing. :)

[@hoobiebooh3473]

Your teaching semantics command attention. Fun Fun Fun! As well as effective!!!! My addhd ddddd self THANKS YOU! Blessings!!!

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you for watching and leaving me comments on so many videos!! I'm so glad you enjoyed my silly side in this video! ha ha! Pianoforte indeed, right?!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

A lesson well done. The only suggestion would be for students to also sightread while doing these exercises. I noticed a big improvement the more I practiced my sightreading. I should have done it while doing my scales, chords, chord inversions and arpeggios.

[@pianowithgeorgia]

Thank you so much for the feedback! I couldn't agree with you more that sightreading is an amazing and valuable skill to develop, and just like everything else, the more you practice it, the better you get. Personally, I like to keep sightreading separate from exercises so you can focus on the challenges of each element one at a time. I like using the patterns of scales, inversions, etc. which are so easily memorized as an opportunity to watch the hands and see if there is any tension creeping in. Sightreading requires so much concentration for the notes that are coming, that I find I don't really pay attention to my technique as much. Honestly though, there's not a wrong way to do it - whatever motivates you to both sightread and keep those fingers moving is the right thing for you!

[@lawrencetaylor4101]

@@pianowithgeorgia Merci.