The official RU-vid channel of Edna Golandsky: Leading Exponent on the Taubman Approach, Piano Pedagogue, and Institute Founder.
About Edna: Edna Golandsky is a world-renowned piano pedagogue, the leading exponent of the Taubman Approach, and the Co-Founder of The Taubman Institute and The Golandsky Institute.
A graduate of the Juilliard School, where she studied under Jane Carlson, Rosina Lhévinne, and Adele Marcus, Ms. Golandsky has earned worldwide acclaim for her pedagogical expertise, extraordinary ability to solve technical problems, and her penetrating musical insight. Edna has conducted masterclasses at the Eastman School of Music, Yale University, the Curtis Institute of Music, and Oberlin Conservatory among others.
Her expertise has been featured in publications such as The New York Times, The Strad, Classical Music, Interlude, Authority Magazine, Piano Marvel, D Major, Clavier Companion, Cadence JazzWorld Magazine, and TopMusic among others.
I was struggling with the decsending 3rds on the 4th page of Clair de Lune. Watching this series immediately helped me to change how I play that section and improved my playing of it. In addition, listening to other Taubman videos, from this channel and others, I understand what my son's piano teacher is teaching, and I'm listening even more closely than ever before. It really is transformative.
You can read the entire historic bibliography about piano technique. There are some good ideas. But the Taubman Approach hits the key like no other!!!👌Edna is doing it again...bravo!👏👏👏
Amazing news! Thank you so much for sharing your great knowledge on physiological piano playing with us. The Taubman approach helped me a lot, even in self-confidence. I can't wait for your book!
We are happy. But. I assume that Taubman technique is an ocean of knowledge. How did you put all of this in a such little tiny booklet? How many pages does it have?
Exciting! Congratulations, Edna! This will be your greatest contribution to the future, besides your legacy through your teaching. This is great news. Thank you for your considerable effort to make this available. All of your followers are excited to read your book.
This is HUGE news for the piano community. After decades of her teachings being shared primarily through workshops, institutes, and videos, we're finally getting a comprehensive written guide straight from the source. The Taubman Approach has been a game-changer for many pianists. Its focus on natural, coordinated movements and preventing harmful stress has unlocked a whole new level of freedom and expression at the piano for me. While I don't know how comprehensive this guide will be, having insights directly from Edna in book form will be an amazing reference to have. I'm sure this won't replace the need to study from other sources, but it will be illuminating to explore her philosophy and methodology in her own words.
When you have a choice to go to sleep, but you see that Edna has uploaded a new video - who cares about sleep anyways 😄 Amazing video as always. Nodding with every word 😇
Thank you Edna, great analysis and it cleared up some things for me about when to start coming in and out and how much motion to have. I hope in a future video you could talk about when to go forward and back and what that feels like, as well as dual motions like the out-forward and back-forward, since these have been more elusive for me than the basic in and out as they are so small.
Trying It on Feux Follets and Saint-saëns Op 111 no.1...It feels really pleasant and as if the hand is telling you how it wants to play. The problem Is increasing the tempo!
Amazing Edna! Will you please go over how to comfortably play the right hand tremolos in Mephisto Waltz no.1? (they're almost double thirds, but not really) I can't get them to speed without losing one of the notes in the trill. Thank you for this!
I have not learned this piece, but here's what I know just from looking at the passage. They're all single rotations except the first, which is a double since it comes from an interval. All the rotations are very small in speed. Play back on the finger that plays by itself, forward on the interval. The forearm plays down on every note because of mixed single and double notes. Experiment with fingering - I think a lot of people would like 2-3, but try 3-4, and on the one between B-flat and C natural try 2-4 and 3-5, which will require the walking hand and arm to be a bit further to the left. I also wonder if the left hand can helpfully take some of the lower notes to divide up the work. If none of this works, it would be great if you could specify which notes tend to disappear, and as many sensations as you can possibly put into words that you feel as you try to play the passage in different ways (e.g. which fingers feel uncomfortable, what is the upper arm doing, do any of the notes feel unbalanced, etc.).
@@KingstonCzajkowski This is a very helpful summary thank you very much! I needed confirmation about the rotation but that's exactly what i was doing. I'm using 2 and 3 for all of them almost except for the second one where the interval is bigger. Thought about trying with 3-5, but them realized i should be able to do it with every possibly fingering, and shouldnt give up on it. It's usually the 2nd finger the sometimes gets stuck inside and can't play fasy, I think I feel it not letting go/releasing fast enough to play again. It's hard to work on that.
@@yuvalavital2357 You shouldn't necessarily be able to do it with every fingering, some will fit better in your hand and some may just not work (for instance, I think 4-5 would be a bad choice on the wide one). I like 2-3. Are you thinking of the 2 as staccato? The passage is so fast that any repeated notes have to be released instantly.
That certainly helps. on the journey of fixing my technique i constantly have to remind myself to release immediately, so i sometimes drill the passage staccato and slow. however i think another problem lies on the fact that i feel like my arms are locked with tension as i approach the tremolos. How do I work against that issue? Thank you for your guidance! @@KingstonCzajkowski
