How to Play Piano Keys: Most Important Yet Neglected Tips on Piano

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How to Play Piano Keys: Most Important Yet Neglected Tips on Piano

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5 ай бұрын

This is such an important and fundamental rule that affects your approach to everything you do on the piano. Yet, everyone is forgets/neglects this and ends up in struggling to advance beyond certain level.
In this video, I'm revisiting the finger shape rules, like I do regularly in my piano lessons, with more details and examples to further explain how you should play the keys, why important, and how it affects your overall performance.
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@BohdanChub 5 ай бұрын

That violin sound has the unlimited meme potential.

@cloverab 15 күн бұрын

I wish I had you as my piano teacher when I started learning. This video is gold!!!

@sp1704 5 ай бұрын

Okay, I may be a terrible pianist, but Akira-san's violin playing makes me feel a thousand times better about my life choices. Thank you for that. 😊

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

If it makes people happy, embarrassing myself in front of the entire world was totally worth it :)

@sp1704 5 ай бұрын

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel 🥰🥰🥰

@zevelgamer. 4 ай бұрын

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel Such a humble man

@paddyknits 5 ай бұрын

I’ve been letting my students go and needed the reminder! I will implement a stricter approach for curved hands! Thanks for posting!

@Kivancli79 5 ай бұрын

You have a good sense of humor Akira san ... it makes watching your videos enjoyable and thus makes a person want to learn more as a result.

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

That's great. I'm glad you are enjoying my videos.

@harleysayer8928 Ай бұрын

Excellent and engaging lessons. Subscribed!

@ToughLuck808 5 ай бұрын

These are great lessons on subtle things, not commonly mentioned. Thank you so much Akira!

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

Not sure why it's not commonly shared. We piano teachers mention this every single day during lessons (or maybe other teachers don't) :)

@aravindappat 5 ай бұрын

Thank you for the video! Its always good to be reminded to keep good technique when playing 😌

@NimeuMusic 5 ай бұрын

This video is super helpful! Thank you!

@taylorflowers4598 5 ай бұрын

Really clear and helpful!

@somebodyintheinternet5478 5 ай бұрын

thank you so much for the video, you are amazing Akira!

@PeiwenTanbassoon821 5 ай бұрын

I think you need more violin lessons with Julie 😂

@defragsbin 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for the timely reminder!

@felissia 5 ай бұрын

All the flaws are on my fingers. Hahaha.... Thank u for reminding.

@epipafapprendlepiano4901 4 ай бұрын

Very good reminder ! I think i have a problem with my fifth finger tho (and maybe others haha). It seems so flexible that i have difficulties to form a good arch with the three joints. My second joint (middle one) tends to "collapse" and my finger is flat until the last joints. Depending of the position, my last joint can collapse too and flex on the other side. My last teacher said i probably have some kind of "hypermobility" for my finger joints, but i feel it can be hard to have a good control on it... I will try to work on it, but i'm not sure how to overcome this problem right now. Congratulations for the videos, very useful stuff !

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 4 ай бұрын

One of my colleagues has double joint, but she still plays like everyone else. I hope you can overcome your issues as well and enjoy this beautiful instrument.

@thatcrazybutcher1682 5 ай бұрын

I’m playing that violin lullaby to every baby I meet to put them to sleep from this point forward.

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

Way to nurture their musicality from early on :)

@johnjeyakar2876 5 ай бұрын

Excellent

@southpark4151 5 ай бұрын

Nice vid! It generally can apply to all! Except for the V or H words (eg. vlad, or horowitz).

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

I wish Horowitz commented on my video to tell me about his technique :)

@Dark_side9999 5 ай бұрын

What would I do if my index finger nails is in the way. If I cut it any shorter, it would cut into my flesh. The most I can make is a 45 degree angle with the key without touching the key with the nail first

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

I have never seen that before. But if that's really the case, we have to come up with workaround. But I really need to see to determine what's the best course of action is. If you are interested, you can sign up for a consultation at www.pianowithakira.com

@katttttt 5 ай бұрын

I mean some notes on the violin didn't sound that bad lol

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

Haha. I was actually surprised how some of the sound came out OK myself :)

@rileyslate2969 5 ай бұрын

I am trying to improve my technique. Thanks for the video! Flat fingers does bring to mind Horowitz. Thoughts?

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

Someone else mentioned Horowitz in this video's comments. Check out my response there!

@JoseVGavila 5 ай бұрын

Hi Akira. What about Horowitz?. He used special prepared pianos, but used quite a different technique

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

Good question! When you are at Horowitz's level, you can do whatever you want :) He eventually found his own way of playing the piano (probably after years and years of trials and errors). But that doesn't mean it works for everyone else. I'm not sure if it's true or not, but one of my teachers who studied with Horowitz said he told his pupils not to play like him.

@rileyslate2969 5 ай бұрын

I imagine that you are 100% correct. Thanks again for this. I've been a pro musician since the 80s and I still haven't figured out technique.

@Danglutas 5 ай бұрын

R.I.P. Akira 😢🙏 Ups wrong Akira

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching and commenting :)

@Danglutas 5 ай бұрын

@@AkiraIkegamiChannel Thanks to you for this superhelpful video!

@Danglutas 4 ай бұрын

Hi Akira! I've seen some professional pianists collapsing their fingers, even when they are playing fast, you know why? Is there any exception? This is an example by Lang Lang: kzfaq.infoBxlhA103gn0?si=5ajjSBNA0Et_Xpxl

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 4 ай бұрын

I don't see him collapsing fingers in this video. In fact, I see his fingers beautifully executing fast passages using all 3 joints of fingers. What may looks like collapsing fingers is him stretching fingers to reach wide intervals. The curve is shallow, but not completely collapsing, as far as I can see.

@Pavel-qt1cw 5 ай бұрын

どうもありがとうございました😊

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

どういたしまして

@kyaume21 5 ай бұрын

I think this is totally wrong advice. The problem with this claw like finger shape is that the wrist is held above the back of the hand, and that requires lifting the hand from a relaxed position. In fact, it is very tiring, and good piano playing shouldn't be tiring. Instead, one should use the normal weight of the hand.

@AkiraIkegamiChannel 5 ай бұрын

That is a wrong approach. But not because of the claw like fingers, but because you are awkwardly lifting your wrist. I've seen a few students do that to curve fingers, and it's probably a bad habit you picked up at some point. I didn't mention anything about lifting your wrists above the hand, and if done correctly, curving fingers shouldn't cause any of that. I play this way all the time and my brain gets tired before my hands do.

@senseitartine 5 ай бұрын

The only thing I want to respond is at 12:06