Tremolos Piano Lesson - Josh Wright Piano TV

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Josh Wright Piano TV - Tremolos. Relaxation, rotation, and agility are addressed in this video to help the student maximize speed and ease when playing tremolos. Passages from Beethoven's Pathetique Sonata are used to demonstrate these concepts.
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[@michaelbrown192]

Thank you Sir! By far the best video on how to practice the tremolo in this sonata on the whole internet, I kid you not. I made very good progress in 15 minutes.

[@jeremybogard1216]

Just discovered your page, and this is totally freakin awesome. I have honestly wrestled with this exact technical problem for decades, and watching your lesson for just a few minutes I have had a major breakthrough. Thanks so much for sharing your wisdom and skill with the world!!!

[@joshwrightpiano]

Jeremy Bogard Thanks Jeremy! Feel free to email me if you ever have any specific questions.

[@iampetergriffin]

Wow!!! This helped me *tremendously*. I've been playing a piece for about a year that has octave tremolo's and have struggled with it the entire time. I thought I was incapable of such speed, I'm immediately almost playing it perfectly. Excellent video and excellent teaching, Josh.

[@caldrago1470]

Get out.

[@daydreamsparkle1262]

@@caldrago1470 what? The guy was merely recounting how this video helped them improve their tremolo. You needn't be so rude.

[@shagerg2238]

It is amazing that I found the exact video I needed

[@edwarda.casimiro9808]

This is exactly what I needed to know about tremolo! By instinct, I knew it was more about the wrist movement than finger movement, and this video helped me increase my speed. Thank you!

[@zeroevilz]

This is so helpful!!! I’m learning Pathetique and definitely struggling with the left hand. So glad I found this video 💜💜

[@semibrevehongkong9151]

Thanks Josh so much! my teacher cant help me technique problems for years... just kept asking me to practice n how the music should sound... you provide me a way to practice!

[@user-qk3pu2xw2s]

You were really great playing that piece in the end of the video

[@brianbernstein3826]

I would love some insight into harder tremelos (4 note chords divided in half, sometimes you alternate 3 and 1 note, sometimes 2 and 2 notes) - these ones are so hard!!!

[@lawrencewei3583]

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[@BrianKim-ij6gh]

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[@catcadenza2493]

Or left hand of Liszt Valse Oubliee

[@lindaportney43]

Josh - you’re amazing!!!! I would sell my soul to play like you. Can you do a video on tremolo using your second and third finger on your right hand?

[@dggd]

So very helpful for me! Love the groups of rhythm technique! I will practice for improvement! Thank you Josh...you're wonderful.

[@joshwrightpiano]

dggd I appreciate that so much. All the best in your studies!

[@SharmaYelverton]

Great vid. Thanks Josh! The ultimate challenge with this tremolo is going to be the dynamic controle. I was watching a video on how the tremolo in this should be used to controle the expression. Think I just need to get it even and soft first though.

[@steppin808]

Thank you, Josh. Your videos provide so much valuable input in addition to the piano lessons I take. Thumbs up!

[@fatousourang-composer]

Thank you! You really help me, and you have a very good technic!

[@sunnyprk100]

Thank you so much 😢😢😢

[@guitarboogie2]

Josh, Thanks so much for sharing!! Your lessons are inspiring and I surely will try to apply them ... Thanks again!!

[@mhkkarami2435]

Perfect vid

[@EdwardWhelanPiano]

I have this very same problem. This sonata is a favourite of mine and I'd love to be able to play it properly.

[@jessicachapman1374]

Great lesson - than you

[@RexAstrum]

so useful! thank you so much :D

[@nukillerfridaymusic911]

i would recommend drum rudiments for these types of articulations. The LR translates well and you i get volumes of drills including being able to doing precise rolls and accenting when you desire, also , you can apply each lr to any finger combination ,

[@raondaim]

Yesssssssssssss !!!!!

[@wojtekklos7857]

Woah! This video surprisingly helped out a ton! Thanks so much :D

[@aliamirkhan9932]

I can’t thank you enough man 👌🏼🙏🏼

[@cottoncandy113]

SO helpful! Thank you!!!

[@juneneju7520]

Thanks a lot

[@TimSoederstroem]

Thank you. I will try this out. :-)

[@gauden942000]

Wow, Josh's serial is back :3

[@users1992]

very educational thank you

[@kimechung]

Very helpful tips! Thx

[@sariahsil8486]

i love!!

[@timontran2100]

Nice. I love it.

[@joshwrightpiano]

Phong Tran Thanks so much Phong!

[@aelamp1948]

What if my hands juuust reach an octave? (i have small hands)

[@leedonghoun9848]

wait till you hands get bigger.

[@essaucruz3020]

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[@AH-uv9xl]

I know this is an old video, but I have to thank you for explaining this in a very understandable way! I turned my back on this song solely because I couldn't get the tremolos figured out. I've been practicing your way and think I may have it! It's still choppy when I change notes and my right hand is sloppy because I'm not used to playing it with the left hand actually correct, but I have hope now! Question, how are we supposed to pedal these things? Or are we supposed to? Its been over a decade since I've had lessons :) Thanks again!

[@MoKushion]

Ahhh so awesome :))

[@BerdyPIANO]

can you make a video on LIszt's transcendental etude no12?

[@pianolizo]

Thank you for this post Josh! However, I've been trying to adapt the concept in the first mov of the tempest sonata and still struggling with that. Help please!!

[@TomMKW]

this is probably very usefull for tremolo's over large intervals. but i'm struggling with a single note interval. The rotation technique doesn't really work for me as it is on a black and white note and if i rotate my finger will kinda get stuck in between the black notes when hitting the white note, also other fingers which i'm supposed to be not using will start to hit notes. does anyone have any tips on how to get better at this?

[@hasek747]

I started doing this exercise yesterday as I am for the first time facing tremolos. Is it normal that I feel fatigue in my triceps muscle when I do this exercise? Not tension or pain, just fatigue as if the muscle got tired. I feel this very quickly, maybe 10-15 seconds into the exercise. Thanks.

[@Plattensammler88]

I've learned in piano lessons that tremolos are almost "un-rhythmic", played as fast as possible. This is not the case with Beethoven's "Pathetique", it is a broken eighth octave. It is of course possible that tremolos are only defined in Germany in this way, at least the name tremolo for this figuration in relation to the Pathetique always meets me ...

[@ABigOneLikeDaddys]

trémolos So, it is French language, for: means tremors; trembling in the voice.

[@schickaneder]

No, it's not: like many musical words, tremolo is an italian word!

[@lawrencewei3583]

That is vibrato though...

[@ruthadlerPuntillismo]

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[@demosongsheetmusic]

Great lesson! Thank you! The like button showed "911" likes, so watching this video was like calling 911 for me LOL 😁 Now you have 912 likes ;)

[@bramvenema9039]

i think it is just me but i can't find the measures in the sonata where the passages are taken from can someone help me?

[@alexpianoplayer15]

However, it is much more difficult to alternate 2 or even 3 notes played simultaniously with one another note

[@lovaaaa2451]

how come you use chopin 10/4 as an example of how the left hand generally doesn't have to be as mobile as the right? The entire point of the etude is for the melody and accompaniment to be switched around between both hands and for both of them to basically work equally except for a few specific passages that feature more traditional chopin writing. Still a really bad example of the right hand having to be more mobile than the left

[@KamoLovesMusic]

What is the name of the song at 1:47 please? I know he says the name but I don't speak english well so it's hard to understand >.>

[@joshwrightpiano]

KamoLovesMusic Chopin Etude in C-sharp minor, Op.10 No.4 :)

[@KamoLovesMusic]

Josh Wright Thank you very much : )

[@lawrencewei3583]

It is not a song. It is Chopin Étude Op. 10 no. 4 "Torrent"

[@lawrencewei3583]

Ahhhh it's so satisfying as well

[@hasek747]

Anyone have the name of the piece being played around 1:50 ?

[@arman2339]

Chopin Etude #4

[@hasek747]

@@arman2339 Thank you

[@sariahsil8486]

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[@martinstahle2006]

this is not true, a few tackts later you have to play the same thing you played in the right hand on the left of the etude op 10 no.4. but you are right - many things you practice more on right hand as left.

[@OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL]

But, even prior to this you have to KNOW the notes. FIRST thing I do is get the right fingering. THEN you have to learn the notes before putting any of this together.

[@TomSistermans]

OmgLoLw2gLuvUidkROFL well that all sort of goes hand in hand doesn't it? If you can play all the notes in the piece, why should you start over to learn the technique? You're supposed to bring the knowledge of the last pieces you played to the next one, so I'd say use that to your advantage from the moment you start with the next piece

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[@kara286]

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