Don't Get Trapped by Hands Separate Practice! | feat. "Of Foreign Lands and People" Schumann

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Often teachers prescribe "hands separate" practice without realizing the trap they are setting their students up for. In this excerpt from Charles' Masterclass on "Of Foreign Lands and People" by Robert Schumann, he talks through the pitfalls of hands separate practice as you progress into more advanced repertoire AND what you should be focusing on instead.
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Charles Szczepanek is an international prize-winning pianist, has collaborated with GRAMMY Award winners, and has taught music for over 20 years to everyone from his next-door neighbor to finalists on NBC's America's Got Talent. Through Pianist Academy, he now brings that wealth of knowledge to you: the beginner, the intermediate, the professional, or the fellow music teacher.
Chapters:
0:00 - Intro
1:13 - Explanation of Poor Hands Separate Practice
2:21 - The Textures
4:41 - What To Practice Instead
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@PianistAcademy1 Ай бұрын

You can check out the full, 1.5 hour masterclass on this piece here! pianist-academy.thinkific.com/courses/of-foreign-lands-and-peoples-masterclass

@antoniomaccagnan7200 Ай бұрын

Great food for the musical brain. What I love about your teaching technique is that it can be applied at any level.

@PianistAcademy1 Ай бұрын

Thanks, Antonio!

@bethanywakim6175 Ай бұрын

Would you recommended practicing Bach inventions sort of the same way - separating out the voices?

@PianistAcademy1 Ай бұрын

100% yes. This principle is especially true in contrapuntal work. But if I’m honest, even teachers that will typically stress this in Bach seem to miss a multi-voice approach to learning and understanding other repertoire.

@serwoolsley Ай бұрын

I never liked separate hands practice in the way most intends it, waste of time imho, i do it just a bit at the beginning but hearing some ppl it seem they'd want you to do it for a week straight! At the end when you try combining hands you end up the same as not doing it. I might come to that later when i need to better understand the layers as you said

@PianistAcademy1 Ай бұрын

You have a perfect spot to begin applying this in the piu mosso of op 27 no 1 😉 you might not need to separate out the voices more than once or twice given your current level of preparation, but you will phrase those bars differently through this lens.

@serwoolsley Ай бұрын

@@PianistAcademy1 indeed! Now is the time to start polishing

@keys6 27 күн бұрын

Hand separate is most beneficial for learning chords with pedal in the left hand. This really helped me as I am not great with pedal.