Many pianists have to stretch to reach an octave as well, and it can be a real challenge! Aim for brief moments of relaxation in between each octave. Here are some additional videos that might be useful to you: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-L1ReHQm7GGU.html ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nTA874pK4qE.html
Thank you so much for the good information. I going to try and find piano teacher who will just teach me technique. As an adult, my big problems come with not having the proper technique to play some of the music I want to play. Thanks again.
A good teacher can help so much with technique, because they will watch and listen to you play and be able to give you immediate feedback specific to you and where you are on your playing journey. Good luck! Here's a link to find a nationally certified MTNA teacher in your area: www.mtna.org/MTNA/Find_A_Teacher/MTNA/FindATeacherAddress.aspx?hkey=68dd3621-7b57-4a9e-ac7e-dfe09eff5fd5
In the Jazz style Errol Garner incuded the 5th in R-H soloing. Q: What do you think about his technique?.It would be a good follow-up lesson. Thanks for sharing your knowledge, we always learn something from you.
Octave passages. Takes me back nearly 40 years when I was a sophomore in college. One of my repertoire pieces was Papillons. So many octaves in both hands, bouncing all over the place. I don’t recall how I was being taught to play them at the time. Much of what you say in this video feels familiar. But it’s been so long since I’ve played that piece, and with a 30+ year hiatus from serious practicing 😳, I’ve lost much of the technique I had back in the day. I hope to be able to play Papillons again some day, and these tips may help get me there. But not yet. In the meantime, I think I’ll start working in this exercise to my practicing. Great video! Thank you!
If you've become familiar with Dohnanyi"s scale patterns in his book of exercises, the octave pattern is an octave version of that pattern If you are familiar with Guy Maier's work....in his exercise book Thinking Fingers 1, he gives several nifty exercises for gaining facility in playing octaves. Maier used the additive approach many times ...as well as impulse practice. Thank you for making these teaching videos I am learning a lot.!!
