This video seems to combine techniques I have seen elsewhere into a nearly cohesive package that is expertly explained. I will be using this video as reference for my own playing!
This video opens my eyes! 😊 I just realized I‘m teaching a lot after the Russian Method without knowing that it‘s specific the Russian Method. Thank you so much for your clear and precise explanations. It helps me a lot to organize my thoughts on Piano Technique. 😊😊
Thanks for the explanation the proper way to sit on a piano bench. This is also the proper way to sit in a chair, or on a stool, and a couch. The hand and wrist positions are also the same that can be used on a computer keyboard, thus avoiding the dreaded carpal tunnel syndrome. These techniques take the stress off your lower back and spine. I learned this over 40 years ago from my doctor when I had muscle spasms in my lower back as age 24. These techniques will save you from a lot pain, and allow you to practice longer before tiring. Please get up to stretch about every 30 minutes.
I am baffled! After a few months of work with chapter 1 + some later stuff - and concentration on wrists and independant fingers - I have a fast-running machine to learn to control. Madame Conus was right - flexible wrists cannot be overestimated! I am happy!
Dear James, thank you for your video and work very much. I think these are the most important principles, without it education is absolutely useless! I am studying at Moscow conservatory now with a great teacher, but I had to change a lot of places and teachers before to find out all these basicall things, waste a lot of time and had to change all habits completely. The irony is that this Russian method is not so common for russian teachers. Cause a lot of them doesn't take care about your movements, considering you too 'adult' to talk about basicall things in conservatory. Or just doesn't want to start such a huge process...
To be able to achieve great technique in playing piano is to be able to do any way, many ways with your fingers, hands, arms when a piece requires, only doing one way but not the others as suggested posts limitation to the development of good technique for players
I really want to adapt this technique into my playing.. I feel like I got it, but I would have so many questions to ask while playing.. maybe even ask to speak in metaphors to describe it. Maybe like finger painting or something idk. Like how it feels.
Makes sense that hand movements should be ‘economical’, but this doesn’t necessarily mean your hands shouldn’t be close to the keyboard, like is said in this video. Watch Paul Barton here: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-2SVAL5JfYRg.html - this is about as economical as it gets and yet he frequently moves his left hand close to the keyboard so he can place it in such a position where he can hit the keys without moving it.
@@SusanMcKeever Sorry to hear that. I hope he will get better soon. My playing has been improved a lot with the book and the video and I’m very thankful for that. All my best wishes to you both.
The real Russian method is play till your arms fall off or else you’re getting beat with a stick till you get it right... can this guy even play piano ? He seems very nervous and full of it 🤣 Asian method seems to make virtuoso pianist now more then ever anyways
Asian artists Dont get beaten. No artist gets forced to play. There are more asian pianists because the parents and the enviroment is Much more open to invest heavily in Music education.
Asian method is actually the Russian method. Many asians moved to Russia during the Soviet era to receive correct tuition and it had a direct affect on how they teach there today.
