Piano Technique (32B of 38) Scales

[zalorthethird]

wow, this is by far the best piano lesson ive seen on youtube (ive only seen this video by you :p). Ive been looking for how to play scales on youtube and its all a bunch of crap but this is VERY helpful. anyway, time to go practice! thanks!

[rizaaa]

thank you so much! this is what every piano teacher should be teaching at their lessons.

[DesseinsEternels]

Excellent. I totally agree. Congratulations for your clearness in explaining.

[wendygroth]

thanx a lot man you're really helping me out =)

[alanrealcom1]

Great video, thx!!!

[123eldest]

Great video. Really helpful!

[Aul1kki]

It's funny how most teachers skips 1-30 lessons when you start to play the piano or just gives you a really small scratch of it. Even though in my opinion it's even more important than these, since to be able to study these it requires everything there are in lessons 1-30.

[AlexChiusday]

Thank you so much for posting this

[jpage99999]

Wow, great advice. That tip about thinking of the playing of a scale as ONE physical, flowing idea is the key to ease, brilliance, and virtuosity. Thanks for your masterful teaching!

[septiemakkoord]

Suppose you want to play a scale and you start by dropping you arm on the first note with your 2nd finger (Db maj) Your armweight then pulls on the 2nd finger in a backward direction forcing the muscles of the 2nd finger and the triceps to tense in order to prevent the arm to move backwards. This sensation of preventing the weight of the arm to slip backwards continues as you play fingers 3-1-2- Very uncomfortable. Question continued in next reaction

[adollar4u]

All for free?  Wow....

[septiemakkoord]

Question continued :

In what condition must the arm ideally be during the playing of a scale ? In a sort of neutral position, neither pulling backward nor pushing forward but moving sideways in the direction of the scale and assisting the fingers to find stability ("Ethel ") ?

[dstef01]

Wow so helpful! Thanks!

[3screamingkids]

Ever notice on some pieces (even complex Chopin pieces) the suggested fingerings seem to make no sense initially, you'd rather tackle it your own way, but if you think about what Frank has discussed in this video, the fingering numbers are preparing you for the hand positioning that best benefits the music from that point on.

[HeartCheetah]

ahahhaahha nice lesson! xD

[maulcs]

Great vids man. You're one of the few on here who actually knows what they're talking about.

[slvstr1985]

thanks for the lesson, it really improve my fingers coordination.