Group 1
Let Your Fingers Fly with Claire Huangci!
First step, scales, second step, arpeggios! As a young student, I found myself struggling to deal with arpeggios due to the flexibility needed in so many parts of the body, fingers, wrists, arms and even shoulders. Playing piano suddenly became a much more physical activity! However, after finding the right way to ‘lock in’ to each key, and letting your motoric memory take over, I found arpeggios one of the most enjoyable technical aspects of piano playing! Dazzle yourself with the rolling waves under your fingers!
Improve your Arpeggios in Two Weeks with Claire Huangci!
- Sign-Up Period: August 11 - 14
- Course Period: August 15 - 26
- Class Size: 4 Groups á 10 Participants
- Optional check-In via Zoom: August 18, 10am PST
Assignments
Submit a video containing the following assignments:
1. Try out the pattern of arpeggios going up, contrary, up, down, contrary, down in all the major and minor keys and take a video of the keys that caused the most difficulties. And ask any fingering questions you might have!
2. In the Joseffy exercises, it’s a very extensive collection of various arpeggio exercises. Try to read through and transpose some of them during your practice session. And then pick one specific pattern which you found the most effective and record it for us to have an open dialog where we exchange ideas and comments.
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Important message from Claire:
I was very happy to have had the chance to briefly meet you and discuss practicing arpeggios!
I would like to first off thank you for the enthusiasm which is inspiring, and secondly, apologize for my delays in responding within the forum your personal questions or videos that you had uploaded.
I unexpectedly gave early birth to a baby girl on Sunday evening and have been in the hospital and will remain here until Friday. This was a bit out of schedule of course, but one never knows in such a case.. and all has been well so far!
I would like to offer one further zoom session, like the one from last time, where I answer questions more personally, from whoever would like to ask. In this session, I might not be able to demonstrate so well:), but I will do my best!
This zoom should take place within the week of August 29th, so we will be in touch to schedule the exact time very soon. I look forward to meeting you all again and working together!
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Hello everyone! I am Kerstin from Germany. I want to make progress on my pieces - Chopin Scherzo 2, and tomorrow I will start with the 3. Movement of Beethoven‘s Moonlight Sonata. So why not start with the last page, where the arpeggios starts. I have never work on arpeggios through all keys, I was always working on those ones I had in my pieces. Of the assignment Nr. 2 I will choose the black key ones. Could be funny, because I am also on Chopin Etude op 10/5.
First video comes tomorrow. So let’s see.
Have a nice day.
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Hello group 1! I’m Sindre from Norway. Looking forward to work intensely on arpeggios! Will be nice to get some input on technic, and new ways of practicing arpeggios.
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Sindre Skarelven Hi Sindre! Nice to meet you here. Followed a little bit your challenge with Bach. Great idea with great pieces. Let’s get started with the arpeggios.
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Kerstin Hi Kerstin! Absolutely, nice to meet up here! Yes, we are having a great time with the inventions, feel free to join if you'd like! Also very excited about this intensive work on arpeggios
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Hi everyone, I’m Jackie from Sydney, Australia. I am looking forward to working on my arpeggios, but I am not sure which group I am in. Does anyone know if there is a list somewhere?
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Jackie Hi Jackie! I haven’t seen a list either, but received an email from martin where it said group 1, so you can check your email from Martin. Maybe there’ll be a list here later.
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Sindre Skarelven Jackie I also received an email with the link directly to this group. If you've posted here, I'm guessing you're in Group 1?
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Sindre Skarelven thank you. I’m in group 4.
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Jackie Yes, the link you have received should bring you directly into your group! You can also see at the end of the link which group you are in!
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Jackie I will make sure to highlight it better next time!
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Jackie Hi Jackie thank you for your help with the arpeggio exercise today. I think I’m playing it correctly now. Just another 23 keys to go! All the best with your practise. Hazel ( group 3 )
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arpeggio group 1
Dear friends, the assignment video should now play back correctly!
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Hi Everyone. Randi from California here. Arpeggios are always challenging for me. I just can't seem to get them smooth. I've checked out the Joseffy exercises. They are intimidating to me!! But here goes... Glad to see you all here. :)
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Randi Hi Randi! Know what you mean about Joseffy exercises. So it’s really a challenge .
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Hello everyone. Juan Carlos from Spain. I didn't know the Joseffy exercises, a lot of work to do...
. It will be a really intensive two weeks. Let's go together with them 
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Hello!
Today I have tried out some arpeggios in various keys. In D flat major and C sharp minor I feel not relaxed at all. Choose these ones. And Joseffy‘s exercises I will start with only one of them, because I have never transposed anything in any key. Let’s have fun.
Make 2 short videos to fix my start point. LG Kerstin https://youtube.com/shorts/FTzov-xN4XU?feature=share
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Kerstin Nice playing! This seems like a great exercise, looking forward to play it
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Sindre Skarelven Yes! It’s really difficult, especially to find the right keys for the next figure. I decided to repeat one figure 4 times, so I can find the keys and than concentrate on the arpeggio itself.
Have fun!
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Kerstin Very good job! They are very useful exercises!
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Juan Carlos Olite Yes, very usefully and challenging. Which one do you choose?
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Kerstin I think I will make a video tomorrow with page 19 (stave four and next... in other keys), page 20 (first exercise, four and five fingers...) and page 22 (last exercise...). Too much, maybe...
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Juan Carlos Olite Go for it.
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Juan Carlos Olite You are way ahead of me on these exercises! Looking forward to your video!
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Kerstin Good playing! I choose the same one and also find it quite challenging. Especially at m.3 second half, when RH and LH play different chords.
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