Ben Laude: Ask Me Anything about Piano Technique!
We are kicking off this new Community feature with our own Ben Laude! You know him as an outstanding pianist and pedagogue, and, of course, as Head of Piano here at tonebase, where he has produced and appeared in countless video lessons and interviews with the many dozens of world class pianists on the Artist Roster!
As he'll be the first to tell you, Ben was no prodigy; and without proper technical training, he had to solve his physical problems at the instrument the hard way. A long-time student of piano technique, Ben has researched a variety of technical schools of thought developed over the past century and is always experimenting with them in practice.
For tonebase, he has collaborated on video courses with technique specialists from Penelope Roskell to Seymour Bernstein, and is currently in the process of releasing a multi-part video series on how to practice the Chopin Etudes with Marina Lomazov. This past spring, he released a series of master class sessions on the Taubman Approach with Golandsky Institute co-founder Robert Durso, and will be recording with Edna Golandsky herself this fall.
How to Participate
- Ask your questions right here until September 2nd!
- Ben will answer questions from September 5th - 9th!
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How do I play the double thirds (?) in the Brahms-Chopin etude? Also, How do I play the piece with correct technique?
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Ben Laude Okie! Bc my piano teacher gave this to me a couple of months ago, I can play it like 40bpm slower on a good day, but I was wondering what else I could do to improve the performance. And no, I have not learned any Chopin etudes, but I've learned other etudes by Scriabin/liszt.
TKS
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Hello Ben,
I really enjoyed your course on scales. I love how you incorporate the scale forms as in the works of famous composers instead of scales themselves. However, unlike the other courses I have taken at Tonebase, I couldn't find the workbook associated with the courses "Beginner Scales Challenge" and "10 Scales Challenge". Not sure whether this is the right place to ask this question, but would really appreciate it if you don't mind taking a look at it! Thank you very much.
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Hi Ben,
Often, I got to play at a piano without prior experience of how that piano is. Some of the chopin etudes, lizst piece sounds not as great as it was in my own piano.
What is the best way to test piano and adjustment at the moment? Thanks much.
