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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Hollie Thanks for your patience. I'll have a video for you ASAP this week!
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @John @Gail Starr Thanks for your patience. I took a look at this passage again last night, and it came back pretty quickly. I actually have a really helpful way of organizing mentally/physically -…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @trevor Tomorrow has come and gone! But, I will respond with a video ASAP this week. Thank you for your patience.
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Catherine Donkin Thanks for your patience. I'll be responding with a video ASAP this week. I've played the first mvt of the Grieg Sonata since High School and performed the whole thing on a…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @John Hi John - thanks for your patience. I've had a lot on my plate and will be getting to this ASAP this week. I'm learning this exact passage to film with Edna Golandsky in November - I looked at…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @John I hope this helps! (One thing I forgot to mention in the video: I'm using soft pedal the whole time.)
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! Hello everyone! I've been enjoying answering your questions. I have just a few more and then some videos to make, but I WILL get to everyone. It's just that it might take until Saturday to finish up.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Hazel Indeed! The so-called "in-and-out" movements are essential to developing your technique to play just about any repertoire. When you see pianists moving nearer to the fall board,…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Georgie C @Gail Starr @Shoshana Kalson Sounds like a popular topic! So, I don't have small hands. They're not enormous either, but I can reach mosts 10ths comfortably (some more easily than others;…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @ALICE Now let me address your practice regimen. What you described sounds quite comprehensive to me, especially for a beginner! Let me just caution you about your notion of "technique practice.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @ALICE First of all, I'm delighted to hear you're making progress on your Bach! On the question of loud playing and weight transfer, remember that dynamics are controlled simply by the speed of the…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Don Calvert Interesting. to be honest I haven't thought a ton about pedal action. If I had to choose, I would say that I prefer "stiffer" action (so long as "stiff" doesn't mean "rigid") simply…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @khoi So it turns out there are no muscles in your fingers (actually there are very very tiny ones in your hair follicles, but those aren't relevant). The muscles you use to move your fingers are all…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Heidi Good questions. In reverse order, with respect to your second question I recommend you scroll up and see my response to @Niraj who asked a very similar question.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jenny Harrison that means a lot, and thank you! I was accepted to Northwestern for college to pursue a dual degree in math and music, but ended up going to Rice for just music instead.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jenny Harrison Oh, of course. I'm assuming you've watched Garrick Ohlsson's lesson on the piece. He speaks quite a bit about the coda. But I'll also make a video for you addressing your specific…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jenny Harrison Interesting insights! And yes, sometimes we can slide away from the fallboard. It really depends on the context of the passage and what kind of color you want to achieve.
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @John @Gail Starr I'll have a video for you on this by tomorrow!
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @trevor I'll make a video for you on this by tomorrow!
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jenny Harrison Indeed! And different pianists/teachers will advocate more or less for different angles of attack. Fleisher, for example, is a proponent of flatter fingers and using a sliding motion…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jenny Harrison do you mean this passage? And if so, right hand or left hand? Or both?
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Roy good questions. Without watching you play a little bit, it will be hard for me to tailor this especially for you and your technique. For example, I do think hand independence is something to be…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Jeanette Berntson Good question. For the record, if we're following the Taubman approach, the conscious act of rotating one direction or the other should happen only in practice.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @Ian Gilchrist If you want to sound fluid in these passages, the solution has to do with developing more hand independence - and not doing polyrhythm math.…
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Re: Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique! @John (this one too)
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