Play Octaves Faster With Ease: Piano Technique Tutorial | Kate Boyd The Piano Prof [1/2]

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In this video, I share with you suggestions on how to play octaves at the piano faster with more ease. In response to a viewer request, this is a follow-up to my video on Octave Technique, specifically addressing fatigue and stamina.
First I examine what is actually happening when you experience fatigue at the piano. After that I discuss the balance between tension and relaxation, and how we can use tension to our benefit when playing difficult passages.
The concept of "resetting" to a baseline level of relaxation between moments of tension is key to playing with more ease and less fatigue, and I talk about ways to approach this idea and what specifically to look for in your hand muscles.
I then give you four suggestions on how to minimize fatigue and accumulated tension while playing fast octave passages. This is the first video in a two-part series: my next video will continue an exploration of the question of how to play octaves faster with ease.
Time Stamps:
0:00 Intro
0:50 Fatigue and stamina in octave playing
1:43 A look behind the scenes!
2:32 What is happening when you experience fatigue
2:49 You don’t need to be “relaxed” at all times
3:36 Fast-twitch muscle fibers
4:42 Use the right muscles and reset between moments of intensity
5:45 Fatigue vs. pain
8:08 The importance of taking fatigue seriously as a warning sign
9:22 Maximize efficient motions
11:12 Release in the direction of the next note
12:55 Relax between octaves
15:14 Maintain a supple hand, “tapping” from the wrist
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@yusefandersen Год назад

I took your good idea to relax between octaves to heart - now I eat a snack, have a little smoke, or even a cat nap between octaves....and it works! Never, never do have any more tension 🙃 thank you! (just joking)

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

That's perfect! It might now take you 90 minutes to get through a 2-bar octave passage, but hey - at least you're not tense! (You're welcome!) 😂🤣😂

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

To watch the second video in this 2-part series, click here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nTA874pK4qE.html

@videray6812 4 месяца назад

Amazing, just amazing! I landed on your channel while searching for help playing octave passages at tempo. Your tips and explanations and demonstrations in parts 1 and 2 are so on-point that I experienced immediate improvement. These many tools you’ve shared will serve well as they’re applied over and over in the future. Thank you! BTW, I would never have thought about choreographing a passage, and it worked.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I am so glad to hear it's helpful!

@billligon4005 7 месяцев назад

Wow. This is just what I needed to play my pieces. No one ever mentioned this information to me. Thank you. Thank You. thank you.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 7 месяцев назад

You're very welcome!

@gorbeenatter 2 месяца назад

I always found just playing the first note then 2 then 3 then 4 etc each time returning to the start is helpful somehow for octaves I don’t know why but it just helps. Obviously large sections have to be broken up into groups

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Месяц назад

Definitely a helpful practice technique!

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

How play octaves on the piano (from the arm and from the wrist): ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-E8q-CWA3nis.html

@beverleyturney9207 Год назад

Hello from Canada Love your explanations Thank you🎶🎹🎶

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

Thanks so much - glad you're here! Happy practicing! 😊🎹🎶

@josephinebrown6631 Год назад

Thank you kindly🤍

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

You're very welcome!

@stephanierend1261 Год назад

Fantastic video, once again! Although octaves such as those are not yet present in my repertoire, I have been struggling with playing octave notes in sequence. I don't know the name for this, but what I mean is going repeatedly from F5 to F4, for example. The issue of a tense steady hand definitely happens in this situation. Can't wait for the next video on this topic! If I may give you a suggestion relayed to RU-vid, short format videos have been doing a great job of expanding the reach of creators, maybe you could benefit from adding more of those :D

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

Thanks so much for your suggestion! I decided to experiment with short-form video, chronicling my preparation for upcoming performances. Regarding your question, do you mean leaping octaves, or are you referring to broken octaves? If you are talking about leaping octaves, I think the key is to focus on releasing in the direction of the next octave. If you're talking about broken octaves, often I think the issue revolves around thumb tension, and rotation is essential. Hope this helps!

@BalatonDreamer Год назад

A common source of hand fatigue for me is other activities such as grip-intensive yard work or exercise. My hands can get quite tired or sore, enough that it's noticeable as I practice piano. I try to practice through that kind of fatigue, though I don't know if that's a good idea. I do take it easy at those times, working on piano activities that are less physically demanding, or slowing down and practicing for precision rather than speed. I’m strictly a hobbyist on the piano, so I don’t have the need or luxury of taking care of my hands like some people might.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

Fellow gardener here - I can totally relate. Also, carrying heavy grocery bags from their handles puts pressure on my hands/wrists. In addition to not doing one activity for too long, for me what works is separating those activities from each other in terms of time; i.e., waiting until after my piano practice to weed the garden or transplant that shrub.