If that’s a recurring problem (if your neighbours also don’t like playing piano in the day) then I reccomend a digital piano preferably a Roland it simulates a grand piano pretty well, although it’s probably just a joke go play piano in your dreams then nobody will be angry except for your dream neighbour lol.

@@balladin9200 nah actually I already consider to buy a digital piano. But have to pending this plan for a while

I feel the same in this moment it is almost midnight.

As long as you get in your 40 hours of practice per day!

I have both an acoustic and an electric, never sleep ;)

Thank you!

That is one of the future ideas. Not sure how quickly I can get to it, but stay tuned!

Thank you!

Very interesting comparison. Thank you for sharing!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you! 😃

That works too!

Thank you for liking, and welcome to the channel. Not only is there only few videos that cover these basics, I see many other teachers are skipping through these basics unfortunately. I'll try to keep up!

Welcome onboard!

Glad you like them!

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Yay, thank you!

Glad it was helpful!

Thank you!

I only briefly mentioned it because that wasn't the main topic of this video. But I'll keep that in mind for the future.

Thank you! Will do!

ありがとうございます。 ビデオだけでピアノを覚えるのは難しいですが、抜けがちな基本を皆さんの参考になればと思って作っています。 初めての生徒にまず一番に教えることをまとめたビデオシリーズもあるのでよかったらぜひご覧ください: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prmeftepltedZ5s.html

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One of my college professors was a specialist in Taubman Technique. But I never got a chance or need to learn it myself. So I'm not sure what they mean by or the logic behind not using "thumb under." But no matter what method or technique you follow, natural movement of your hands is a must. So if you try to move your hand gradually/consistently like demonstrated in this video, it reduced the distance your thumb has to be tucked in. So we may be talking about the same thing, just in different ways.

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The main difference between playing slowly and fast is there is less room for error when you play fast. So even when you are playing slowly, keep these concepts in mind. And when you go faster, make sure nothing except for the speed is changing. Make sure there is no tension when you are playing fast. If anything is tense, that'll prevent your fingers from working optimally.

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel thank you for the reply!❤️

Indeed, scales are everywhere in different forms.

Welcome to my channel! I do have a video on how to practice the first dozen exercises in Hanon: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/prpzl72Elpyqgmg.html Usually this is how people find me.

I just don't like having 2 options for scales. It can confuse my students. Also, it uses different cadence fingerings for different keys, but I like my students to use consistent fingering for cadences in all keys.

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel Thank you for the information! So is the version of scales in the Hanon book your favorite way to do scales? 🤔

They are basically same thing. Hanon scale is longer with more complicated cadence. I usually use Alfred book first to teach basic scales/cadences to better prepares the students for Hanon,

Will do!

Basically same smooth hand motion but in reverse direction.

I haven't made that one yet, but I'll eventually get to it.

They are not so much of errors, but I don't like how it uses different fingering for cadences and having multiple fingering choice for scales sometimes confuse my students. Glad you liked my video.

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel Thanks for the reply, Akira. It's reassuring that you say that. I have also found the fingering for the cadences odd at times. Thanks again for your brilliant work here! Look forward to having more sessions with Akira at my piano.

I wish I knew things about back pain, too. I've been suffering from it these days. Not from piano playing but from sitting too long in front of a computer.

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel i fell a lot of back pain when playing piano , probably is tension

There are a few exercises I can suggest if I see you play a few scales for me. If you are interested in, you can sign up for an online lesson from the link in the video descriptions.

I don't play chromatic scales with 3-4-5. I never had to play extended chromatic scale with those fingers in an actual piece. Do you mean fingers 1-2-3?

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel Thank you for your response! I was thinking of for example the Chopin etude 10.2 where you have to play chromatically with 3-4-5. Since it is quite a lot above my level I wanted to start by just practicing the chromatic scale with those fingers without the accompanying chords. But it is so tricky to go from 3 to 5 on the way down.

That is quite specific and special case. I wouldn't do anything special to prepare for that at this point. By the time you are ready to tackle something like that, your overall technique should be much better and has resolved many other issues that may prevent you from playing something like that. Then when you are ready to start learning it, you can address remaining issues. This is why it's very important to master the technique at each stage of piano study so that you don't have multiple issues to tackle at the same time in the future.

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel That sounds like very wise advice. Thank you so much! ☺️