1. Slow practice 2. Separate hands 3. 4:4 (slow / fast) then switch around, and 6:2 / 2:6 4. Repeat each not twice 5. Dotted Rythms (long / short, short / long) 6. Place finger on the following note 7. Practice in sections 8. "+1" adding one note as you go (through a passage) 9. Practice the other hand as well (even if it's easier) BONUS TIP : transitions by adding notes on each side (one before, one after) 10. Gradually increase the tempo Thanks, Danae 🤗

Wow! This is gold and sage advice by someone who pianisticially can back up what she's saying! This should have thousands of views!

maybe the most helpful video ever! really helping me on a passage that i’m trying to increase the tempo on. thanks!

Practising fragments, then connecting them together is brilliant, and insures a solid technique. This has helped me a lot. Thanks once again Danae for all your invaluable tips. Richard.

Excellent information. Makes difficult pieces manageable and within reach.

I must say that every excercise in this video is super helpful! I feel very grateful for you sharing all your secrets!

I studied with Dr Mary Vyner at the Lancaster Conservatory. Katchatorian Toccata.

Excellent presentation! And helpful! Thank you!

THANK YOU FOR THIS VIDEO!!!! Now I have all your fast practice tips in one video!

can't wait to start implementing this really useful information

Thanks!

Great tips

Thanks Danae! 🤗 This video 100% helped me play the fast notes on the piano very comfortably. Thanks again! 🤗

This is awesome 👌. Thanks for sharing it 😀.

Thank you so much for these creative tips. I have been playing the piano for a while, but I always struggle with playing fast passages evenly. I am trying to figure out ways for myself to practice smarter rather than playing the same piece or passage multiple times in a row. I will definitely be trying some of these tips the next time I practice!

This is wonderful I come from third stream noir .but I ve ignored some practices thus video is so helpful

OMG! It's very very effective.I use these exercises for Beethoven op.31 no.1 mvt.1 which has a lot of fast passages. It makes my fingers more active. Danke!!!!

Thank you for your amazing tips, puting them in practice to really nail my audition. Greetings!

Thank you for your advice 👍♥️

First play 4 notes slow, 4 fast. Then 4 fast, 4 slow. Next play each note twice. Practice one dotted then fast and then opposite. Practice super slowly, with next finger already on top of next key to be played. Divide passage into sections, and play up to full tempo. Etc

Liebe Danae Vielen Dank für Ihre Videos - ich finde sie alle ganz hilfreich und interessant. Alles Gute

So after about 20 years of not practicing piano, I have come back to the instrument. All these techniques you mention are techniques that my brain is starting to remember. I like that even when you “mess up” you just keep going, which is excellent because not many people keep the “mistakes”. Goes to show that even when you have “mastered it” it can still go wrong. So those who are beginning should not give up just because you mess up once. Everyone needs to remember that practice is just controlled failure. Keep up the good work, and happy practicing everyone.

Great video;)

Great tips!! I will try some of these out for sure 🎹🎹🎶

Your advice on a piece where the right-hand is played fast with a slower left-hand reminds me of a piece on which I am working - Chopin's Prelude Op. 28, No. 16 (B-flat minor). I will certainly try your technique on several right-hand passages that have been causing me some difficulty. Thanks again. Tony R. (Also thanks for your reply to my comment about the left-hand octaves in the 1st movement of Schubert's Wanderer!).

Terrific! These tips will help me with L'Isle Joyeuse by Debussy. I look forward to much improvement in my playing, and thank you!

I just noticed that you did all the talking parts of the video in your hotel room, and you did all the piano parts on the concert stage. So in case anyone sneaks into the auditorium to watch you practice, they don't catch you talking to yourself. That was super-clever! LOL

Thanks so much for this wonderful and helpful lesson, you are really a great player and I enjoy seating under your lessons. But please can you still make a video on this with a top view camera, so that the movements of your fingers are clearly seen from the top???

Best set of tips which i had seen in quite some time! Would you please share the notes of this run? Thank you so much for the most helpful insights!

Thank you so much, I'm going to use all these tips in the Brahms' Op. 10, No. 3 Ballade, have you ever played this piece?

Great tips!! How often do you do these practice? How long does it take to do these? You might finish with only these practices sometimes?

Looks very thorough and reasonable. How does that look in terms of the whole, though? When do you move from one way to the next, or change between them - after some time, or after you're bored, or once you get to a certain level? And you memorise it first, or was that only because you took a familiar passage as a sample?

hi i wish to do this practice but not seeing the keys and witch finger r u using, am from India am a violinist now just start to learn piano thanks for the tutorial

Dear Danae, thank you so much for the valuable info… all wonderful- I would like to have a question; for longer passages that are lets say few pages (etude-like) would you suggest for example take one these exercises a day and repeat many times to master and maybe something else the next day, or mix up? You already play like a master the exercises!

Awesome tips! What piece are you playing in this vid?...sounds amazing!!

nice advice! curiosity: is some piece from mendelssohn that you are practicing??

When I’m practicing slow should I play the notes as hard as I can

But what notes were you playing. That also we have to know

What is this piece??

Piano is too loud in relation to your speaking voice.

Excellent information. Makes difficult pieces manageable and within reach.