You are not only an excellent piano player but also are an equally excellent educator. You are truly gifted in communicating effectively. Thanks for sharing your insights, Akira. You have a new subscriber.
Awesome content as always. The best tips I got when it came to musicality were this one and playing the last note of a phrase softer. They change a lot how a song sounds! Are there any other one? It would be great to see more videos about it :)
I remember there is a conductor who wears the shirt with the crescendo and diminuendo signs printed on it. During the rehearsals he would just point at his chest to remind the orchestra what to do.
Thank you for another very helpful video, Akira! I have a couple questions: What should the left hand be doing dynamically in these examples and in general, if it isn’t carrying the melody? Also, I’m working my way through Burgmuller’s Easy and Progressive Studies (Schirmer). For example, in measure 5 of La Candeur, a cresc. is indicated, followed in measure 6 by a drawn crescendo on the 3rd and 4th beats. I’m not sure how to interpret that. Thanks again!
Good question. It depends on what the LH is doing, but in general, it can follow RH. But, you have to consider voicing, too, and keep it under the melody. So it gets too complicated to fit in a RU-vid video so I couldn't explain it in details. For Burgmuller Op.100, I have a while playlist of tutorials, so check it out! I'm getting lots of positive comments on them, but viewer numbers are low, so it's taking forever to make new ones, but I've already covered Nos 1-5.
This is good. I am learning music from the scene to Interstellar, titled, "Years of Messages." The music is difficult because of the lack of dynamics, so I am sort of feeling it out as a practice the cue. The music is heavily repetitive as well, so memorizing this piece has been a challenge. I am a beginner, taking private lessons from a master pianist. I will say, tutoring has helped so much from where I started, to where I am now. I am diving now, into Czerney, lesson 8. Independently, no issues, but putting the two hands together has been a STRUGGLE. My instructor told me to SLOW DOWN, that I was playing it too fast. I am learning that using both hands together can take longer than the independent hands. I often get very frustrated with myself, so, patience is also something I am learning. I am a beginner, I won't just look at a piece and fly through it, especially Czerney, since he likes to have fingerings switched up.
