Tone Quality - Create a More Beautiful Sound At The Piano - Josh Wright Piano TV

[@joannechoi2279]

As a hobbyist this was something my teacher never got to pinpoint to me probably b/c she’s not taking me seriously (yet) but KZbin algorithm has blessed me into this channel and ik my music will never be the same as before! Thank you for sharing this precious tip :D

[@animalcracker2159]

Thank you! You have the ability to articulate things in a way that is immediately applicable in practice. Not all piano teachers have this comminicative gift. Sooo helpful!

[@kedapofeng8993]

Ah, Horowitz, the talented young pianist!

[@lastcliff]

HBSurf lmao 😂😂😂😂 i was like hell nah bruh

[@passage2enBleu]

I'm realising more and more the importance of the narrative of the piece, so that the heart can participate in the expression. And I don't even play piano. Yet.

[@socratesherrera5459]

Thanks very much,Josh for sharing your expertise!

[@terryhammond1253]

You are so right, Josh tone quality is absolutely critical. I am always cognizant of it. Horowitz was the master of this.

[@framboise0711]

Thank you Josh for making this insightful video! This is exactly what I am searching so that I can enlighten my daughter how to have nice tone rather than stiff, tense, ugly harsh loud sound, thank u so much. Going to show her tomorrow!

[@johnschlesinger2009]

I think that the concept of swinging the key, and finding ways to do this, is a key point in tone production. The hammers need to accelerate from rest to the escapement point, not "pushed down" at a constant velocity, which produces a wooden sound. Of course this is only one of many types of touch; sometimes hard percussiveness is necessary.

[@YinYeung11]

Handsome and talented man, appreciated all your hard work!

[@muminnabil7473]

3:06 It really just seems to be a matter of volume. It is very unscientific to assume that if a hammer hits the string at speed X, more than one tone quality can be produced. I'd like to hear two tone qualities at the same volume.

[@richtrophicherbs]

EXACTLY!!! I'm relieved that someone else realises this.

[@gurenig]

I totally agree with you. I think that the only parameter in play here is the velocity of the hammer right before hitting the string. However, from experience, I can say that given the same volume (hence velocity), touch does affect tone quality. This observational fact really messed with my head for the longest time, that is until I found a research article titled "Perception of touch quality in piano tones" (I can't link it here). In the article, the authors demonstrate that a perceivably different tone *can* be obtained with the *same* velocity. Logically, something needs to vary in order to produce a *different* tone, and in the article that parameter is whether the player has reached the bottom of the key or not. Perhaps there are other variables as well! However, I still believe that velocity is not one of them.

[@danielche2349]

Yeah Josh is flat out wrong about this

[@robertpanico8256]

What a wonderful resource. Thank you.

[@kelvinrojas5547]

thanks for this video I'm a young pianist and this has helped a lot I'm looking to become a concert pianist hopefully I can get there I've been playing since I could remember

[@pjbpiano]

All the best!

[@katttttt]

How's it going?

[@dehash666]

Thank you for sharing all this little, but so important details.

[@aaronjlk]

Thanks! Just what I needed!

[@Stampin494]

Thank you! Good information and I appreciate the "tone" of your presentation!

[@wordysmithsonism8767]

Great lesson! Thanks.

[@beth9603]

Thank you for this video! Very helpful..

[@katiemckinney3994]

Thanks for this video. I've been playing lot of Debussy lately and this video really made me reevaluate my tone in certain sections. :)

[@otaviosantosdealbuquerque]

Such amazing work! Thank you for these videos!!

[@MOVINGCLASSICS]

thank you so much, appreciate your lessons!

[@VibrantViolin]

Thank you for the great tips!

[@johnds1963]

Great instruction! Very helpful.

[@noahmaillouxmusic]

Helpful as always. Thanks Josh

[@Qwerty-hj1ml]

Wow! So you are a pupil of Babayan, the same teacher of Trifonov (if i'm not wrong).. Thanks for so many videos! :)))

[@olgabaccini7846]

Omg😱😍

[@katttttt]

Thanks!

[@kNeBiStYlEz]

Very good video. Thank you! I really like your sound.

[@benjamincollins8559]

When I play another persons piano that is out of tune, what should I do with my tone quality?

[@JustMe-999a]

Take comedy lessons?

[@RUT812]

Tell them to have their piano tuned.

[@ST52655]

@@RUT812 💯🤣

[@mohammedtammous5832]

I love your videos josh :)

[@DevoidMoon]

What was the name of the last piece? He says it at 5:41 but I couldn't quite catch it

[@laflamezz1907]

the coda of ballade no 2 by chopin

[@johnrakthai]

Brahms purportedly almost ALWAYS used the una corda pedal - very rarely played without it.

[@karunaaikawa]

wow love this

[@josephschepis7258]

Good morning Josh: I appreciate your videos as I can take your teachings about tone quality and sit at the piano and implement them. I see you are a U of M graduate. I frequent the school of music frequently to listen to performances. Any plans for you to visit Ann Arbor?.

[@BrodieHPianist]

these are always so good, keep it up!

[@michellez7774]

Very helpful ^_^ thank you !

[@angrygalamb]

I'm a student in 10th grade, if things go right i'd want to get accepted into a music academy. Lately i finally feel like i started to understand music better (talking about phrasing and tones and such), but i have a lot of trouble playing the way i want to. For example, I'm currently practicing the Pathetique Sonata, and those chords in the first movement... Sometimes i can get them to sound richer and fuller, and not just like a preschooler hitting the keys, but i have no idea how to achieve that same effect on other pianos. I only somewhat understand the two pianos I play daily (my teachers' and mine), but I can't get one single nice sound out of any other piano, so I tend to frick up my pieces in every recital. It's really annoying, I always feel like I'm just hitting all of the notes, and they sound way too harsh, so I tend to play everything softly, but then it messes up all the phrasings and just... I have no idea how to fix it, my piano teacher never really taught me the "techniques" if there are any, she is a great teacher, but i just can't imitate it when she shows me how to phrase and play certain pieces. This is just complaining at this point, but I really do feel stuck in my progress. My technique is okay, but I have lots of problems with musicality, and it's getting really annoying since I finally know what and how i want to play, but just can't physically play it. All my fortes just sound like im hitting the keys with a hammer, and I can rarely get the piano parts to sound good (let alone play it the same way in recitals) Please, if anyone has any advice, let it be an exercise or way of thinking or really just about anything, tell me. I genuinely love the piano, but have little motivation to keep practicing since I'm stuck and can't improve any of my pieces above a certain level (and you definitely can't call that level music yet). (Also im sorry, english isnt my native language, but i tried lmao)

[@gnocchi.artyst]

You need to first play at slow speed and one hand at a time, and listen to the sounds you’re making and the tone quality of those sounds. It doesn’t matter how well you think you can play a piece, just slow it down and allow your ears to listen to every note. Aim for precision and control. Do it for only a couple of bars at a time. Once you’ve achieved precision and control, you can start to make your sounds expressive. Let your ear guide you. Allow your emotions to be transferred to your fingertips. This method may seem tedious and slow at first, but you will be surprised at the incredible progress you’ll make.

[@angrygalamb]

@@gnocchi.artyst Thank you so much!

[@danielche2349]

Stop thinking about tone. It’s an illusion. Josh is wrong about this

[@colorfullconcerto]

Thanks twas really helpful :)

[@leanneronaldsanglay6066]

There are some pianos like upright pianos doesnt have that “dynamic” piano voice quality. Is there some we can do or modify on the hammer felt?

[@lastcliff]

2:06 hey don’t feel bad man

[@BarnieSnyman]

3:03 ... you made me jump! :D :D

[@ahuhu]

wow so many new videos these days

[@tolmos-wh8ku]

+Arthur Hu (たく) And I love it :D

[@lennywoodman2193]

You must know Theishter/Animenz

[@switchlaserflip9243]

Why did your videos used to be in black and white?

[@dcoch2000]

No stairs! The wife finally allowed you to move the piano from the basement upstairs....into a closet!? Haha! Great videos, Josh.

[@1495978707]

Always helpful videos

[@pablo-zn1mg]

do you guys think it's worth working on tone quality on digital pianos ?

[@ryanfoley_]

You can practise it, but you won’t be able to hear the difference.

[@RUT812]

I had to sell my beloved Yamaha studio grand when my husband & I moved to Mexico. Now I have a Yamaha digital piano, & am amazed at how much it feels like my old piano. I love it! And I never ever thought I’d say that about a digital piano. It has a feature that allows me to adjust the touch, etc.

[@psh7193]

anyone knows what's the song name in 5:55?

[@sikroboskop3121]

Ballade no.2 in f major, chopin

[@psh7193]

Sikroboskop thank you 🥺 and I’m sorry if you’re triggered if I asked it’s a song. Yes it’s a piece 😂

[@alexyang817]

@@psh7193 you’re still technically correct, it’s a “song” in the sense that the melody is sung…(in the exposition, at least). Just like Mendelssohn’s songs without words - they’re pieces, but he called them songs. It’s debatable

[@smileybrotherslawncare9599]

0:27the

[@meladfadel1107]

How can i play fast like you can you teach me..please

[@moritzseiboth]

What's the piece: 6:45 ?

[@crisz2525]

i believe it's one of chopin ballades, no 4 or 3, but my memory is horrible and im not certain

[@moritzseiboth]

@@crisz2525 Thanks

[@emanuel_soundtrack]

Does it apply to a profi electric piano also?

[@anapereirinha8689]

Obviously no... Not even on vertical pianos

[@obanneufeld9742]

sorry but i could not quite catch the name of the second example, What was it?

[@thegreenpianist7683]

Chopin Ballade no 3

[@RizaHariati]

Very useful vid. Thanks And please change the hairdo.

[@spiderman-ej5hr]

I keep hearing and seeing these videos on "tone quality" on the piano. I would like to question if this actually exists if you look at single played notes and I believe there is no such thing. I believe the only factor of the sound of a note is how fast you attack the key and how long you hold the key down. I don't believe you can play a note at the same volume and length one time harsh, one time not harsh, this isn't in accordance with the laws of physics and the mechanics of a hammer hitting a string. I believe harshness only arises in comparison with the loudness/ evenness of the notes played before and after it. For instance if there is no evenness in volume or if the sound is very loud at the beginning of a bow and there is no beautiful build up or ending in a bow. I still see myself as a beginner piano player, I started playing seven years ago and have taught everything myself, but I have questioned this "tone quality" as an isolated phenomenon since I started playing and feel more and more convinced about it that it doesn't exist in this way.

[@StunnaCee]

Velocity is key

[@punkpoetry]

Sviatoslav Richter knew when you can produce percussive tone, because his musical imagination went so far beyond what's viewed as good piano playing in US conservatories today that just putting the two in conjunction makes one want to die.

[@farahmand4771]

Exactly. He went everything that is teached to us. Sometimes it was extreme, but he could also have the most tender tone in the world - at least one of the most tender.

[@FcleFpiano]

Off topic: we have the same door. 8 years later.

[@chunpingding1196]

I know Josh is a good player and a good teacher. However, I don't agree the concept presented in this video. I think that the tone quality only depends on how fast the hammers hit the strings. The tone quality has nothing to do with how you hit the keys, with tension or without tension, hit the key from high position or close to the the keyboard.

[@4ss4ss1n5]

that is, simply put, wrong. sit at a piano and try it out

[@teddydunn3513]

This is a myth. You can't change tone quality independent of loudness.

[@thearm95]

Teddy Dunn yes I thought that too. Like at the start where Josh plays that first chord of Beethoven 4th concerto, isn't he simply playing the chord softer the second time, rather than some esoteric alteration of 'tone quality'? Someone correct me (as pianists far better than I go on about 'tone quality') but given the mechanism of the piano, we cannot change how the hammers strike the strings beyond varying degrees of simple upward impact?

[@teddydunn3513]

@@thearm95 Yes you're totally right. The only thing the pianist can control is the instantaneous velocity at which the hammer strikes the string. This is a one-dimensional input, meaning that timbre and amplitude can't be controlled independently (two-dimensional).

[@Melodygal12]

I've always interpreted tone quality as the ability to know and have enough control to bring out the melody. So Josh is just suggesting ways on how to develop that control over a passage, how to reduce the intensity of your strikes by altering your hand position and so on

[@bendoverson3385]

your mix is so quiet, maaan

[@lewiswrigley8841]

he looks a bit like Alfie Dayes

[@debussychopin2766]

Sorry but why do you always play Chopin? No Beethoven or Bach or anything substantial. I always see kids at the college only practicing chopin as lite weights.

[@PeterWalkerHP16c]

Worst toupee.