Nice technical showcase 👍. Try some piece of baroque music, it's easier and prettier at the same time. 😉
@millburray02022 ай бұрын
Great playing and taste 👏👌 Totally agree re attempting difficult pieces. A lot of the progress I've made has been through going for the pieces I love, regardless of difficulty, and being ok with it not being at concert pianist level... Because I loved the music so much it made the drudgery of learning it feel meaningful and my technique improved along the way. Self-taught guitarists do this naturally but things seem way more rigid and formal in piano land... If they took the stick out their arse and just went for it more often they'd make progress faster and probably enjoy themselves more along the way!
@juliendiemer92 ай бұрын
Absolutely! It's supposed to be enjoyable.. but it seems like the world of piano imposes more rules and steps - likely because of the coordination that the piano requires which makes it hard to make a difficult piece actually musical if the technique's not there, but I agree that it goes a little too far. Mechanical technique exercises can be a huge help to be more comfortable with difficult "passion pieces". Moszkowski studies have been a Godsend and are also fun to play (along with daily scales and working through Bach's Inventions/Sinfonias and the WTC books) Chopin had his students play the well tempered clavier preludes and fugues to develop technique. According to my teacher who I cited in this video and who passed away over the summer, playing Bach strengthens the hands, improves site reading and it's impossible to hurt yourself playing Bach (my teacher had injured himself attempting Chopin études too early apparently)
@millburray02022 ай бұрын
@juliendiemer9 Fascinating about Bach and Chopin, I didn't know any of that. That would certainly make it more meaningful as well, to know you were following in the footsteps of the greats before you. Sorry for your loss, sure they'd be proud Yes totally agree, was a bit of a flippant remark really, piano is a much more difficult instrument and credit where it's due, for serious dedicated and experienced classical pianists. The stick is not all bad... Stick-free every now and then though I say