A NEW WAY TO PRACTICE PIANO

[@ThePianoKeys]

Sorry for the low audio! Here is a newer upload with louder audio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KQhn6QhtGFhLc

[@cindytriacheff3736]

Hi Marina, Just want to let you know I appreciate a louder audio! This lesson is way above me for now but I appreciate all of your lessons and watch them in between the course I am taking through you :)

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thanks so much Cindy! Stick with it, you will definitely improve.💖

[@GarryBurgess]

Wow, I've started doing that in the last 2 weeks, but only in my mind when I'm walking the dog. I would take each key and play 3 simple melodies but I'd just do them chromatically or else I'd forget which key that I just finished. If I make a mistake I'd play it again, and I'd also think about the scale degree to help ensure that I was getting it right, since I only have my mind's ear to hear it. The next simple melody that I'll add is Ode to Joy. But first I check it on the piano after working it out in my mind to make sure that I don't make a simple mistake and practise that in my mind. This way I can also utilize other time during the day that might be wasted. If I get confused, I use intervals to determine the correct note. But I'm not worried about the sounds in my mind being the actual key, since I don't have a reference, and on the piano I can instantly adjust to the actual pitch of the key. You're video is amazing to me, since I was doing something very similar that I just dreamed up for myself. I was told that it's better to work out phrases in your mind and be pretty sure of them before you check on the piano, so I'll work out what you just did and then check it on the piano and that will be tomorrow's dog walk. OK, that took me about 2 minutes to be really sure of what you are playing and I wasn't looking at your fingers. Now I'll double check on the piano, and note the scale degrees. I LOVE this idea.

[@ThePianoKeys]

Wow, Gary! You are doing a great thing for yourself. Practicing in your mind, away from the keyboard isn't easy and it takes great discipline, but the payoff is huge! Keep going!

[@janl5651]

Great idea to take a snippet from a piece you are working on, and building excercises from that. And learning music theory at the same time. I don't mind practicing scales as we do in speed/agility in PS. Because it serves a purpose beyond simply practicing scales. And it is the same idea I see in this video. The building of excersices serves a purpose beyond the excercises per se 👌👌👍👍

[@ThePianoKeys]

Yes! Thank you! I built in scale practice into Become A Piano Superhero because I know how important scales are! You just need to practice them in a way that gives you a better payoff. 😊

[@sligon00]

I would like to see a course from you on scales. I did not totally understand everything you said , but will for sure listen and watch again , until I get it...Thanks ... :-)

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thank you! Yes, there's a lot to take in in this video!

[@monukeys1105]

Mam can you make videos on scales, chords and arpeggios ?

[@ThePianoKeys]

I already have a few on chords. And I'll keep making more!

[@pynxt]

Mam pl make videos on scales, chords and arpeggios. thank you!

[@davidhorenstein1410]

Marina, You are truly amazing! Thank you so much for sharing. Stay safe, and Happy Holidays! Warmest Regards, David Horenstein

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thanks so much, David! All the best to you!

[@jean-alainpynandee4668]

You are really an icon of beauty and a talented artist, key board keys are ur slaves 👐......keep it on and Stay well ! From ur faithful follower on the other side of the world where we are until now safe from Covud 19 .blessing

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thank you so much! I appreciate your kindness. Stay safe and healthy!

[@ricardourkutaki7194]

Amazing video as always! Thank you so much! Will immediately start this with moonshine sonata, which guess what, I’m learning with your help. 🥰🥰🥰

[@ThePianoKeys]

Wow, that's great! Let me know how it goes. 😊

[@gregrosendahl7362]

To your question about creating a course on scales and arpeggios: Yes, that would be very helpful. For most people like me, and I suspect many of your viewers, the only education we get on scales and arpeggios is from a book or online source - so we sit down and practice them, get bored very quickly, and reach a point where we can't make any more progress. I know that I'm doing them wrong, but I don't know any other way, so all I can tolerate is occasionally practicing them just to make sure I still know them.

[@ThePianoKeys]

Yup, that's the problem. Great intention to learn scales! But it leads to frustration and stalling if you don't do it in a way that's productive.

[@drutgat2]

Thanks very much for this. Ironically, as someone who has played guitar by ear and tab (even though I can read Western notation to an extent), and as someone who looks for patterns, I am trying to learn to play from musical notation and am finding that much slower than learning a piece by ear or from a video. REQUEST - I find the volume on your videos to be very quiet, which means that I have to be careful in boosting the volume because when commercials come on they are very loud unless I can quickly turn the volume down. I do not find this on others' videos, but maybe, for some reason, my experience is unique. If not, would you please increase the gain on your audio interface?

[@ThePianoKeys]

So sorry about the audio! I just uploaded a new version with louder audio, so if you'd like to rewatch, please take a look at that one. The reason you're finding it slower to learn from notation is probably just because you have less experience with it. Keep at it, you will definitely improve!

[@drutgat2]

@@ThePianoKeys Thanks very much for the encouragement, and for re-doing the audio. Keep up the good work - I love your channel and your enthusiasm.

[@R.Williams]

Thanks Marina! I wouldn't mind a course on scales. I feel that if I could do all scales well I would be able to increase my speed and accuracy on runs which are for the most part scales. I've tried learning them in the past but get impatient and end up just playing whatever as usual. Hope you and Elvis are well! You audio is still low...the commercials blast me because I have the sound turned way up.😅 Thanks again for super practical info!

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thank you R! I uploaded a new version with louder audio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KQhn6QhtGFhLc Please let me know if this is better.

[@R.Williams]

@@ThePianoKeys The new audio sound perfect, thank you!

[@northwestdestiny1388]

Love your tutorials but audio on this one seems too low. Anyone else notice this?

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thank you! I uploaded a new version with louder audio: kzbin.info/www/bejne/h4KQhn6QhtGFhLc Please let me know if this is better.

[@JHeidt-dt6ih]

Hi could you make a tutorial for Schumann's Träumerei(Dreaming) please? I need help😫❤️

[@ThePianoKeys]

It's on my list!

[@sorinoprea5365]

Very interesting and I love your teaching, but is to hard for me to play every single song in all 12 scales 🎹

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thanks! I don't think you need to try to play every single song in all 12 keys - just tiny portions, like I demonstrate in this video.

[@sorinoprea5365]

@@ThePianoKeys To be honest I tried to "I jus called to say I love you, Hallelujah, and Let it be", the result was disastrous. After almost 6 months I couldn't play accurately anyone. Waste of time properly.

[@Youssef-iu8dn]

Please do La Campanella

[@ThePianoKeys]

Thanks for your request! I stay away from most of Liszt's piano music because my hands just aren't built for it.

[@Youssef-iu8dn]

@@ThePianoKeys La Campanella is so hard

[@hidden4est]

I play moonlight sonata every day, because I don't want to try and learn it again. :)

[@ThePianoKeys]

That's exactly the way to keep it in your fingers! Good job!

[@SoulShineLiveMichele]

If you have it really well, I would move it to weekly and then eventually monthly. You want to move it to your long term memory and then you only play it when you're in the mood. Just my take knowing how to memorize things.

[@gregrosendahl7362]

It's almost scary that you would post this video with this specific piece at this time. It's like you can read my mind....or maybe I'm being watched.

[@ThePianoKeys]

Well, I did spend a lot of alone time in your house, and my dad WAS in the KGB. Do I need to spell it out for you?

[@gregrosendahl7362]

@@ThePianoKeys No, you don't need to spell it out. I just thought I was the only one who was good at hiding cameras.

[@monukeys1105]

1st view and like !! And first comment !!

[@ThePianoKeys]

Yay!!! Thank you!

[@philjones2483]

How can practicing scales up and down the keyboard might be a waste of time? How else do you practice scales how about just looking at the keys and hope for the best? Or how about let's just pretend... Practising scales is never a waste of time, definitely unsubscribing.

[@ThePianoKeys]

You clearly feel very strongly about this. I would invite you to be open to learning ways you may not be familiar with yet. Playing scales up and down in and of itself isn't a waste of time - it's just that the way most people do it isn't productive. Since you're unsubscribing, you'll probably miss the video in which I explain WHY it might be a waste of time and how to better optimize your scale practice.