Most of my adult students get unnerved when starting a scale three notes into it. And to make matters worse, they become panic-stricken when one hand is not a carbon copy of the other. (i.e. both hands are not playing the same notes at the same time) In the case of E minor, using the… Continue reading Piano Technique: Applying Various strategies to unravel a scale in 10ths (VIDEO)
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Staccato scales: Staying on the PLANE without a bumpy ride
Most students become very disconnected when traveling through a staccato scale so their journey from lift-off to landing is often bumpy. In the E minor Natural form, for example, a redundant E, F# occurring in every octave will fool a player into thinking he's got to brace for ELEVATION that makes his hand jerk forward… Continue reading Staccato scales: Staying on the PLANE without a bumpy ride
