Piano Lesson on How to Start Learning a New Piece

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Pianist contributor Graham Fitch explains how to tackle a brand-new piece successfully. The video lesson compliments his article inside the June/July issue of Pianist (No 114). www.pianistmagazine.com/store...
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@slivertoe 4 жыл бұрын

Graham: The pedal is something that we can get too reliant on. Me: Busted.

@p1anosteve 4 жыл бұрын

Yeah .. I used to do that too but then I realized that it's just another complication you can do without at least until you have the notes secure. Trouble is it takes self discipline and pedal can be too tempting!

@michaeltraub3614 4 жыл бұрын

You said nothing about fingering. Admittedly in the chosen pieces the fingering was pretty clear. But what about when it is not so obvious?

@deldridg 2 жыл бұрын

@@michaeltraub3614 The fingering is essential to work out right at the outset. First cab off the rank, as they say. Sometimes you need to search a bit for scores that have fingering and then you need to make sure your fingers can work with the recommended placements. Good luck!

@emilyhartman8255 4 жыл бұрын

This man is just the best - Sir Graham thank you so much. You’ve been a friend to me in spirit in these lonely lockdown months. Truly!

@gothamelliott 2 жыл бұрын

Emily, what a beautiful eulogy to Maestro Fitch! He is a fabulous pedagog, and such a pleasant gentleman!

@kathleencook3060 2 жыл бұрын

I agree.

@isostasique 4 жыл бұрын

Hey! We've missed you Graham

@OccasionalNotes 3 жыл бұрын

Graham, I am a teacher from Calgary, in the midst of teaching a Pedagogy course. You have been so helpful and I really appreciate your information

@Dominique632 4 жыл бұрын

This makes me want to go practice

@jenniferdsouza7327 4 жыл бұрын

What a systematic and comprehensive approach Sir Graham. Thank you for this. It's really useful.

@barney6888 4 жыл бұрын

notes, fingering, timing at the speed of no mistakes is the truth

@123Tidyup 3 жыл бұрын

Oh, yeah! This is what I like about relearning to play in my 70s-- going slowly, one hand, one bar at a time--is the preferred way to learn and practice a new piece. So meditative!!

@profsjp 4 жыл бұрын

Your analysis, guidance and insights are always truly inspirational. Thank you.

@fionanogawa1730 2 жыл бұрын

So encouraging as always! Inspiring, generous and some very valuable technical advice - thank you !

@starros1 2 жыл бұрын

So appreciated the simplicity and clarity in your instruction. It should be a Universal Model for us all. Thank you so much.

@florramirez4521 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Graham for sharing these videos with everyone. They are so useful!! Kind regards from Argentina

@alinagomez2773 2 жыл бұрын

And thanks to you for teaching us.

@janeroberts633 4 жыл бұрын

This is so useful and constructive, both for my own playing and my teaching. Consistent fingering and de-constructing a piece are both major challenges for some of my pupils...

@LongTran-ws3oi 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Sir, that's so much great information

@janelo369 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video ! You have given me a lot of great ideas for learning new pieces . This is very useful and helpful ! Teacher Graham, Thank you very much !

@exjwukmusicalescape9241 4 жыл бұрын

Like Graham’s illustrations about the golfer not just aimlessly striking balls great reminder.

@duanespooner6649 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you for this.

@domberta550 3 жыл бұрын

Many thanks for the excellent pieces of advice.

@jaigeyer9596 3 жыл бұрын

Really appreciated this

@chouca8303 3 жыл бұрын

Very valuable, clear and enjoyable!

@TrudiL13 2 жыл бұрын

Excellent advice. Thank you!

@gracelove886 4 жыл бұрын

So helpful. Thank you.

@credenza1 4 жыл бұрын

Very inspirational.

@zita-lein 3 жыл бұрын

Marvelous!

@tatianamendoncastudio 4 жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@ScruffyTubbles 2 жыл бұрын

Just brilliant Graham and the Gkuck piece is beautiful. I am VERY happy to pay each month for "The Pianist" and have done for a couple of years. Long may it and your advice and short tutorials continue.

@sebastiantaylor9929 3 жыл бұрын

Very good advice in this Graham, this inspired me to give Arabesque a try and I'm glad I did - it really is a pretty piece.

@andrevicente5995 2 жыл бұрын

Impeccable as usual

@vanessapalmer9714 Жыл бұрын

Thank you for your video which I found very useful and you explained everything so well. I’m hoping I will find more of your videos. I have subscribed so hopefully there will be more I can watch and learn.

@paulofil72 4 жыл бұрын

Really useful, as usual.

@audreyt.5587 3 жыл бұрын

Thank you!!!!! This helps me and thank you for that.

@mog2910 Жыл бұрын

This is gold 🎉

@TheSIGHTREADINGProject 4 жыл бұрын

Thanks - ABRSM new syllabus about to wear us all out! I like the idea delaying going to the piano. This will be the first time I try it when my book arrives

@tatianamendoncastudio 4 жыл бұрын

I have compared the new syllabus yesterday and didn’t find the selection on my level much better than the 2019-2020 syllabus.

@chainanalyst639 4 жыл бұрын

Great Stuff!!!

@scdobserver835 4 жыл бұрын

Great tips!

@kathleencook3060 2 жыл бұрын

Brilliant. I need to take it much more slowly. I live the concept of studying the piece from several perspectives before touching the piano. I live the concept of the planned stop. Will be giving it all a go. Thank you sim much You play so Beautifully.

@DenZhdanovPianist 4 жыл бұрын

Rock-solid approach and explanation!

@lpa9974 3 жыл бұрын

I have just found you-Thank you so much for this video series. It is very enlightening! Take care.

@breezybird403 4 жыл бұрын

I am starting the Brahms intermezzo op 118 #2. This is so helpful! XOXO

@secretmission7607 4 жыл бұрын

Very helpful video. Like the loud shirt, too!

@billligon4005 3 жыл бұрын

When this 'madness' is over you must have a MasterClass in person, somewhere wonderful.

@geopalmer6346 4 жыл бұрын

Inspirational

@i.norman 3 жыл бұрын

Thanks !!

@johnpickering4579 4 жыл бұрын

Good ideas about controlled stops as practice scaffolding

@RanBlakePiano 3 жыл бұрын

So fine !

@oiva.siltamaki. 9 ай бұрын

Great!💯🙋‍♂️

@sublibrarian 2 жыл бұрын

Just excellent. My teacher would agree with nearly everything.

@pericologan 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for sharing your musical wisdom! I would really appreciate if we could see your performance from up above to clarify better your musical ideas. Kind regards.

@tomarmstrong1281 Ай бұрын

Excellent advice; it ought to be evident that the would-be pianist must be prepared to devote time, effort and patient application.

@NicoleRetuta 4 жыл бұрын

Just in time! I’m learning a new piece. :D

@WingSun 4 жыл бұрын

Same for me ! Are you learning bass ? D.504 ? 2SetViolin?

@NicoleRetuta 4 жыл бұрын

@@WingSun Hi! A piece from the Notebook of Anna Magdalena Bach (Polonaise BWV Anh. 119) and a piece from the grade 3 ABRSM exam book. Lol! I'm a subscriber to those two channels. They're awesome! :D

@gobaby2263 4 жыл бұрын

I am a follower of pianosecrets and he said this exact same thing on his Arabesque tutorial. Lol

@bme7491 4 жыл бұрын

I'm still struggling with Czerny's Etudes de Mecanisme.

@pwnedshift1 3 жыл бұрын

where do you buy your shirts? great lesson btw

@MySecretJourney 4 жыл бұрын

Hi where do you have the sheet music for Orfeo? You seem to be in a different key with base then the original which sounds amazing

@jackiew7246 3 жыл бұрын

Sounds like he said it’s a Siloti arrangement.

@donnythedealer9110 3 жыл бұрын

What is the name of the piece played in the intro?

@sergiobravo252 Жыл бұрын

Do you start HT in the video , no HS ?

@muraliram8802 2 жыл бұрын

Sir When you play looking at musical score, I don’t know if the score is shown at bottom without obtrusion so that we understand the locational point of note that is being played. If that would be possible, I think it will be better for a person like me !

@audreyschley8517 4 жыл бұрын

awesome, Having just this problem now..stuck in the beginning of the piece, and can't coordinate the fingering.. like the analogy at the end about the golfer.

@breezybird403 4 жыл бұрын

Maybe memorse one bar of the LH to the downbeat of next measure. Then the right hand, just memorise it. Then play hands together. This solidifies hand coordination. If you are very advanced you can work backwards. The last bar of the passage memorise H S, then play together, then learn the preceding bar.

@rwharrington87 2 жыл бұрын

What song is in the intro?

@emiliandarie7277 2 жыл бұрын

Nice,but if I am such a beginner lacking enough theory to see all those chords or building blocks? And on top of that the fingers,notes and rhythm just are not there because I am a beginner … What is the solution,what do I or my teachers do wrong here that I am always in this situation ?

@rts4097 4 жыл бұрын

What’s the name of the piece in the beginning because that’s basically what I’ll learn after this video

@AdamSowinski 4 жыл бұрын

I’d like to know that as well.

@danhuyle 4 жыл бұрын

On this video 0:37

@GOLTSYNTH 4 жыл бұрын

GLUCK MELODIE from ORFEO ed EURIDICE

@DihelsonMendonca Ай бұрын

💥 I wish I could afford purchasing a good piano 🎹 like those. The piano sound is half the success of a recording or a concert. No matter how good is a performer, if the piano is terrible, or poorly recorded, it would be a disaster. There are hundreds of excellent recordings of the same piece you can choose on music platforms. Now we choose for the sound quality, among the outstanding pianists. Those recorded by Deutsche Gramophon and other excellent studios gets on top. People don't like bad recordings. So, besides being a good pianist, it's not sufficient for success. You need to be backup by an excellent instrument. All the greatest pianists in the world are supported by great piano manufacturers. It's like the horse and the horseman. Pianists have a great disadvantage over other instruments. The flautist can carry an excellent flute along, but most pianists depends on what they have to play. 🎉❤

@kofiLjunggren 4 жыл бұрын

Piece name at the beginning?

@jackiew7246 3 жыл бұрын

Glück/Siloti melody from Orpheus

@musiclive-punarjanmam-Studio 4 жыл бұрын

Sir dialog over,few study🙏

@hornet224 4 жыл бұрын

I am a beginner pianist. Nevertheless, your brilliant analysis is the same methodology I could use to learn a simple beginner piece such as Claire De Lune or Tempest. I've got so much to look forward to. Thank you 👍

@donnythedealer9110 3 жыл бұрын

I thought Clare de Lune was an ABRSM grade 8 piece, hats off and good work to you if you can play it.

@fanofstanchinsky2967 3 жыл бұрын

Tempest Sonata? I wouldn’t define that as beginner

@jackiew7246 3 жыл бұрын

Neither of those are beginner pieces.

@tedzhang4168 4 жыл бұрын

First to comment!!

@leiwang5921 4 жыл бұрын

good for you

@zacharyslotkin4275 2 жыл бұрын

I was wondering if maybe in another video we would be able to see your true process in which you apply your knowledge to playing a piece that you have never played before, rather than playing a piece you and many others already know.

@jnelnormeda4292 Жыл бұрын

I'm always comforted when it's not that 145 or Taco Bell

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@jnelnormeda4292 Жыл бұрын

Voice to text is hilarious

@vitalityedge9406 2 жыл бұрын

pp radar

@OldCanadianguy953 26 күн бұрын

The video here seemed to lose cohesion after 8:14 when he abruptly changes away from the first piece and jumps into something alien and unfamiliar. If he had just stayed with the first piece and kept it all the way through it would have been more helpful.