Group 1
Improve your Scales!
Scales are integral to your technique - all of music is built on them! They are singularly one of the most important things to master for piano playing!
Fellow Participants in Group 1:
Vidhya Bashyam
Ko
Michael
Andrea Buckland
Denise
hanqi4
Barbara Blakeslee
Sindre Skarelven
Jarkko Janhunen
Gail Starr
Harry Neuwirth
Peter Hirsch
Susan Rogers
Fides Cutiongco
Alistair Bertram
Some tonebase productions to get you started
"Creative Scale Practice" with Jarred Dunn
C Major Pattern Scales with Juliana Han
"Choreographing Scales" with Seymour Bernstein
"Scale Technique" with Penelope Roskell
How to get the most out of this course
- Start by watching the introduction video and practice the exercises given in the video.
- Write a post with your experiences with scales.
- Start Practicing Czerny Op.599 no.61, and 69!
- Share two videos per week and help your course partners through feedback on their submissions!
Zoom Check-In: Wednesday, June 29th at 11am PT!
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Happy Weekend, piano friends! I'm really enjoying all your posts!
Here's my attempt at the "Progress" Etude after 1 quick practice session last night.
Sorry it sounds too loud, though. I finally bought a carpet for my living room, but it didn't help moderate the sound enough.
The piano sits under my metal and glass staircase and I think the stairs make everything echo too much?
Maybe I should put a blanket on top?
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Gail Starr Super nice!!!
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Sindre Skarelven I’m so glad your hand is better!
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Jarkko Janhunen Thanks you so much!
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Gail Starr beautiful Gail! Nice and lively! I have a problem of my piano being too loud as it’s a bit large for the room it is in. I have tried a blanket on top, felt inside the soundboard. Neither made much difference in the volume. It might help you with echo though? Or those sound absorbing tiles you stick on the wall, I wonder if you could attach under the stairs. I haven’t tried those yet but I know they do help with bouncy sound, sometimes they fall off though.
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Two updates
Czerny no 61 and Burgmüller „Progress“
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Andrea Buckland Well done, Andrea!
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Andrea Buckland Lovely Andrea!
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Sindre Skarelven thanks, Sindre!
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Vidhya Bashyam many thanks, Vidhya!
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Andrea Buckland Sounding great!
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Andrea Buckland great! Sounds nice, especially like how you played the second section with all the two note slurs.
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Susan Rogers Thank you very much, Susan!
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Hello everyone! I'm sorry to not have posted anything here until now. As I mentioned somewhere else, I had so tension issues in my left hand starting this week. Then I got a last minute gig this Thursday I just had to for, big event with a band for midsummer's day (June 23.) Since it was with a band, I wasn't too concerned about the LH, because it will be lot less engaged in this music. (It was pop/rock/soul/funk and jazz) And fortunately I was right the LH feels lots better, but still I will be a little bit cautious with classical pieces that will bring much tension to it. PS: The gig was so much fun!! Outdoor concert, lots of people!!
Anyway, I started practicing Czerny op 599 this week-end, and had some fun transposing it to all 12 keys. It's a fun way to both play scales and do a little mental exercise as well :)-
Sindre Skarelven Very impressive!!! Great playing, Sindre!
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Sindre Skarelven I‘m very impressed! Super!
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Jarkko Janhunen Thank you, Jarkko! :D
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Andrea Buckland Thank you, Andrea! :D
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Sindre Skarelven Nice playing. What a great idea!
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Vidhya Bashyam Thank you, Vidhya! Yes, it's a great (and fun) exercise to transpose!
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Sindre Skarelven what a cool next level idea! I will try that. Thanks for sharing that!
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Susan Rogers Awesome! Thank you, Susan :)
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Sindre Skarelven Awesome idea to transpose! I'll give that a try, too. So glad your LH is feeling better. Glad Midsommar!
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I've been pacticing Czerny No 69 & Chopin G-minor scale today.
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Jarkko Janhunen Great playing, Jarkko!!
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Jarkko Janhunen well done, Jarkko!
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