Piano Technique Tutorial: Wrist Circles at the Piano (Your Questions Answered!) 

This video is a DEEP dive into understanding wrist circles at the piano!
Wrist circles are used in piano technique to group notes together and play with efficient, relaxed arm and wrist motions.
In this video I use examples from the classical piano repertoire to demonstrate wrist circles. I show wrist circles in slow motion as well as up to tempo. I address commonly-asked questions about wrist circles, including:
👉 How do wrist circles relate to the shape of a musical gesture?
👉 How can wrist circles help me play more musically?
👉 What is the relationship between the elbow, wrist and fingers when doing wrist circles?
👉 How can I apply wrist circles to fast playing, and should I use wrist circles in slow playing?
👉 How should I approach playing wrist circles in both hands when playing hands together?
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TIME STAMPS:
0:00 Intro: What is a wrist circle, and how will it help in piano technique?
0:49 An introduction to the wrist circle motion
1:21 What to do if your wrist is tight
1:44 What the elbow and fingers do during a wrist circle
2:34 Wrist circles for descending patterns: Czerny School of Velocity #6
3:00 Avoid playing with a fixed wrist and isolated fingers
3:31 A slow-motion analysis of how to play wrist circles in this example
4:36 Avoiding unintended accents when doing wrist circles
4:57 How wrist circles help with finger alignment at the piano
5:40 Czerny #6: Faster
6:03 Wrist circles for ascending broken chords: Czerny School of Velocity #3
7:46 Wrist circles for repeating broken triads: Bach D Minor Prelude, from WTC Book 1
8:09 Rolling hand (shoutout to Dr. Stephen Pierce, professor of piano pedagogy at the University of Southern California)
8:24 The problem with isolating your fingers
9:00 A slow-motion analysis of how to play wrist circles, incorporating opening and closing the hand and changing hand positions
9:50 Bach D Minor Prelude: Faster
10:15 The shape of each musical group is the foundation of the wrist circle motion (not the meter or rhythm)
11:29 Wrist circles for recurring circular patterns, and alternating wrist circles with rotation: Beethoven Op 31 No 2 “Tempest”: Movement III
12:20 A slow-motion analysis of how to play wrist circles in this example
13:26 Demonstrating how wrist circles help you play with better phrasing
14:37 Beethoven Op 31 No 2: Faster
15:04 Using wrist circles in a slow tempo: Chopin Nocturne in F MInor, Op 55 No 1
16:44 What’s the purpose of doing a wrist circle in a slow tempo?
18:30 Once you start seeing how to apply wrist circles, you’ll be seeing them in all of your repertoire
19:35 Parallel-motion wrist circles in both hands: Chopin Nocturne in F MInor, Op 55 No 1, Piu Mosso
20:16 Look for patterns in order to apply wrist circles to your own music
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