Dear Robert, thank you for giving us an insight to your way of practice and memorization. I have realized that I'm too impatient with myself. I need to break things down into a few measures and stay there until it's locked in. Best Regards.
One of your BEST videos. As a beginner, it's so nice to see a professional go through the same tedious process as I do to learn my own music. "Ah crap I can't reach all those notes with that fingering, what about this one?" "Ok I think I've got the left hand, let me see if I can remember how to do the right one again." Just wonderful! It's easy to fool one's self into thinking that folks of a higher caliber are somehow above learning a piece phrase-by-phrase, one hand at a time. Having a background in string instruments, taking a piece apart and puzzling it back together, as one does on a piano, is something I am still getting used to.
After a 30 year hiatus I'm studying piano again. It's revelatory to me that we can drop notes as you did. I'm even applying pedal in spots of the WTC. You also use your own fingerings. As I wrote, revelatory!
Robert is amazing! This simple and really effective lesson is a precious advice for all pianist level. A gold we all should incorporate for all our pianist learning life. Thanks Robert. Oswaldo Schmitt Brazil.
This is actually very insightful to watch and very few others on RU-vid show this element of practice. The piece itself is not critical. I would also love you to do the occasional analysis of pieces. Enjoying as always 👍
This approach reminds of the process involved in learning a classical “ballet variation” (a.k.a. solo dance) except, instead of having a score to read, the dancer is taught the choreography aurally by a répéteur (teacher of repertoire). A good répéteur will dispense the information in 4-8 count sections spending 10-15 minutes on each section addressing every detail from head to toe before moving on the the next segment. Often taking several hours or even days to learn a 90 second solo, the process can be maddening for an eager dancer, but the method produces undeniable results.
It was actually one of the most interesting videos about learning to play and practice, I have watched recently. I wish some teachers could spend this much time teaching the details to their students (let alone all those on line piano schools who teach to “play beautifully”)
loved to see your process... never was thought now to study, unfortunately... at that time, I just had to play both hands seperately, than together, but no one told or showed me to break it up in a few measures... could have used this 45years ago... pffff...
Hi Robert. Thank you for your music. Interestingly I picked up on your Tonic Solfa as you see the scales which apply to almost any key. I see the tonic solfa as I play and after that intervals which help me to sight read. My Primary teacher taught us to sing using the old old charts on the wall of tonic solfa. When we needed to change a key, say from C to G she would sound the tuning fork for middle C and go up the scale, Doh Re Me Fah, to Soh which would be G, which then became your Doh for the new scale. My music teacher discouraged that but my Primary teacher got there before her😀☘🎹🎼
Thank you, Robert, as always, for another useful video with helpful tips. This would be a good one for me to incorporate. By the way, that is a lovely piano. Is it your personal instrument?
Good video. CAN U DO A VIDEO WERE U SHOW FROM AN ABOVE CAMERA ON ACCEPTABLE WAYS OF MOVING HANDS ON HARD TO REACH OR STRECHING TO MUCH TO MAKE CHORDS OR CONNECTING NOTES. I THINK I STRETCH TO MUCH OR WHAT NOTES CAN B SACRIFICED. THANKS
the problem with pianists is they feel the NEED to 'interpret' every piece they play as if that is 'correct' way to do things. in fact a piece may only be there to play at its most basic. it lies with another pianist.
