How to play piano: Piano Lesson # 20

[TheShamwari]

I think your explanation is easy to understand,-BUT- as a one time senior-school teacher may I offer the following comments.

I. Take some speech training lessons.These would help make your lesson flow more easily.

2.Plan your lesson in concise steps so that you do not jump back to previously explained points; if you wish at then end of the lesson revisit certain points.

[SCHNRFL]

Cool hair :DDD

[Lillajohan123]

Did u toch a electric wire or u just diden't care to fix ur hear before the video? ;)

[bla18477744]

My piano teacher taught me the same "not difficult" trick. I used it to play the song "Notturno" by Edvard Grieg.

[htmlelf]

I'm about ready to officially declare you an angel for posting this. I've never been good with reading rhythm--I always learned that by ear--and I was about ready to throw my piano stool out the window before I found this. Thank you so much!

[ponderingwanderer]

as a drum teacher it is interesting to see how other instrumentalists teach rhythm. i would recommend refining the way you demonstrate 3 against 4 as it did not seem very clear. i recommend using three quarter notes to represent the three side, and four dotted eighths to represent the four side. if you then subdivide them both into sixteenth notes it is very easy and clear to see where and how they line up. composite rhythms are also a great tool. hope this helps! keep up the good work!

[SparklingStarAngel]

Dude, your amazing. your vids helpe me a lot! :D And youre so funny!

[DreamofVampire44]

Thank you so much for the lesson! Now, I can't understand the rhythm ^^

[plasma27]

I tried the "Not dif-i-cult" trick on the Arabesque and it was effective immediately.

Many thanks!

[braindead666monkey]

gay

[MrWhiskyBottle]

@braindead666monkey troll

[ionas82]

This is awesome, you showed me why (theoretically) I loved Debussy for years :)

[caseyandtim]

Damn the dad man.

[mooingmoose]

expert villaige just got OWNED

[adam2004138]

i just say strawberry each triplet :P it works

[utubestarslover91]

This is an awesome tutorial..

[realjuvelive]

Do the guitar and piano similar or something ? cause i play guitar from 5 years ago now i would like to learn piano!

[HardstyleRepublik99]

Oh Man :( :( Exactly This Vid I Cannot Watch And Dont Know Why.... My Computer Just Dont Starts It :( :( And I Really Want To Learn Arabesque :'(

[CRUNKnBehindert]

xD haha welcome to piano lesson number 20 woohoo *clap*

xD haha^^ way too cool

[CollegeSwimmerKid]

hey uhm...if you don't mind me saying...your kinda cute! girls are attracted to guys who play piano =)

[AwesomeAshz]

Wow, I didn't understand what Polyrhythms were at first but when you played the first Arabesque slowly I suddenly realised.

05:21 LOL 'huh?'

[nachotee]

That was kind of helpul, thank you

[xkshawtyy]

this is.. NOT DIFFICULT =D

haha thanks for the tutorial :]

[josiphorus]

Helped me a lot !!! Thanks !!!

[mirelalovesmilk]

this was extremely helpful :)

haha i liked it when you sung polyrhythms.. :D

[zinxout]

is there any way to practice this

when i play, it sounds choppy and segmented,

i got so frustrated...

[leondertien]

woow this helped me a lot O.O triplets always made me a little bit confused when trying to follow the tempo..

[emilyunderscoremarie]

Omg this video helped me out ssoo much with the rhythm in debussy's 1st abaresque.

Thanks :D

[Lypur]

you're VERY welcome :)

[bbisnothotkratos]

thanks man this helped me out so much. grade 10 piano has a ton of polyrhythms.

[LiiChinHo]

I'm playing a Chopin piece (Nocturne in C sharp minor) and it has parts with 4 eighth notes on the left hand and a 35thlet on the right hand. xD That is, I have to play 35 right hand notes in the same amount of time as the 4 eighth notes. xD Fun.

[pejkr]

i played this too, but i don't understand what's so ridiculous..;-)

[scp88np]

I played that too...I just basically cheated and put tons of rubato on it...lol, but this lesson is great, thanks!

[lindapratiwi34]

wrapped around your finger........

[spotdathief]

Hi Andrew...

Can you PLEASE make a video on how to read music sheets? Because I am having trouble and I need to know how to read music an easy way. Thanks!

[akurei123]

Thank you very much for this. I got this problem while starting with the arabesque. The two hands for their own aren't the problem but puttin them together is not only DIF I CULT ^^ but more like a pain in the ass -.-

I'm going to try it with your system.

Once more, thanks for your help.

[colorclown26]

I'm having the same problem!

[Eulex88]

Been trying to do these in a piece of music I'm trying to learn to play, but failed... took some searching to find this as I didn't know the proper term for it, but with these tips and tricks I think it will be easier ^_^

So, back to the piano! Thank you :)

[Lypur]

that's awesome!

[stinkypillow11]

thanks..needed this

[didilene07]

you're teachin' well at any way, you're funny and have a generous style, heh-heh... (sorry the bad english, i'm from brazil.) thx u, i think i learned a little about it, despite the obstacle of languages.

[raegrats]

Thank you very much for this video~!

[lukejs1]

"these lessons are free.....so you can't complain ..." I love it !!!!! hahahhaa

[titotito666]

It IS ve-ry dif-i-cult!

[ex1sted]

In other words a any pianist plays more of a polyrhythm when hit the keys at with both hands.

simple eh

[appleczech5]

hey! that's what my teacher told me to say too.

[redrose198]

Thanks for putting this up; it helped a lot! (: great job.

[frmarrese]

I'd abandoned Arabesque for a while because those 'polyrhythms'... but this helps a lot. It'll be a slow-progress, but doesn't seem quite as impossible now.

Thanks :D

[Lagellys]

I def. will need this in the future, thanks Lypur.

[Seth225]

thanks for posting this video! I've been looking all over for this!

[TokioHotelFan4life89]

Very helpful. Thanks.

[EinSofVirtuoso]

Awesome. This helps out a lot for Philip Glass' "Glassworks" and Fantasie Impromptu (though I am sure I'll learn the former faster..lol)

[dude340]

Hi. Great video, but I'm still struggling a bit. I'm working on First Arabesque, but when I get to the decending part (with the polyrhythm stuff) I can play it, but I pause after every two notes of the triplets. It's quite frustrating because the free-flowing sound I'm trying to achieve does not come through. Any ideas?

[Lypur]

use the metronome and go SLOWLY for about a week, then go faster with the metronome still, then take off the metronome, then you should be free to do what you want :)

[h0llypops]

you're ace at explaining things in a way that can be remembered, i enjoyed that whole video, thanks, that helped me alot.

[Lypur]

an ace? thanks! :D I'm happy to hear that! ^_* thanks for lovely comment

[mot5]

My problem with these has been that when I play polyrhythmic stuff faster or in smaller notemeasures, it starts to sound very sloppy

[Lypur]

It just takes more practise to get it right :) it's harder to do a polyrhthem at slow speed actually.

[feiyinglye]

i like that it's hard to co-ordinate but something good to practice.thanks :)

[domtar]

If you want a really good example of 3vs4, check out The National - Fake Empire.

Probably the most simple yet best example of a polyrhythm ive heard.

[fuyuko713]

cms r 2morro & i have 2 play the 2 vs 3 polyrhythm 4 b flat major (RH 3 LH 2 & the other way around) ur "saying" helped me a lot!! ty

[Lypur]

glad i could help!

[GabTH]

First time that I see a more favorited video than rated... I print this screen.

For your lesson, I prefer understand deeply the rythm than use tricks. If you use tricks, you have to know one trick for one type of rythm. Without the basic technique to understand, you can't progress without teachers. That makes "knowers" higher than "ignorant". The basic technique of my ignorant status is :

[GabTH]

listen to the nature and analyse. For this exercise, try to do one note with left hand while three with the right VERY SLOWLY. When it's mechanical and that you don't have to think of your right hand move, try to just had a note or double the rythm (as it sounds easier for you) with your left hand. And then increase the rythm. While doing this exercise, you have to think of one think, then one other etc...

[GabTH]

And finally you done it. It's the same for all things on earth. With this basic technique, I can now play Chopin, op.10 n°12 (Revolutionnary Etude) after one year of piano practice... without a teacher. Believe in you and listen the life, only truth matters, a teacher can only teach you "tricks" but the job, only one person can do it... You.

[Lypur]

you're right, the only person who can do it is you, the teacher can only help, if you're willing to learn. congrats ^_^

[kryztacean]

omg this video is just what i needed. i've always wondered aobut these rhythms because i've always been confused about it.

[Lypur]

thanks ^_^

[PugzM]

thanks alot for this lesson! been trying to learn Chopin's Fantasie Impromptu and I wasn't sure how to deal with the polyrhythms in it. The are so difficult especially at full speed. Slowly putting it together now.

[Lypur]

great! i'm glad i could be of some help

[SSJ5Cell]

That's awesome. It took me hours to learn that first polyrhythm, and then I saw how easy it was when you did it. You broke it down into a very simple method. Same with the second one. Well done!

[Lypur]

thanks ^_^ i'm glad it helped!!

[melayu47]

wow bro, i have my fullest respect for u ... can u teach us guitar bro ?? plzzzz

[Lypur]

hey man, you know, i'd love to teach guitar if i actually knew how to play it, but i don't think i'm qualified to teach on guitar, sorry man :( i hope you're not to disappointed in me

[Hiaida12]

Thank you so much, their videos are very detailed and professional. It is a good teacher, jeje.

Bye. And thanks again.

[Lypur]

you're welcome!! glad you enjoy it

[tasia50]

Another great lesson- love the phrase to organize it. Thanks!

[dramagirl1174]

lol my hands dont work that way.

but yet ive been playing my saxophone and flute for the past 5 years

haha

[CBasie2856]

Thank you so much!!!

[cheeseischocolate4]

POLYRHYTHMS! is this Lypur or michael jackson?! LOL

[roukasrocker]

Only 20 =[

[Lypur]

hehe 21 just came up;)

[maldita0223]

hey i realize im left behind, but anyway theres no deadline anyway, im just enjoing it... thanks...

[chado2423]

Yay made it to 20!!

[Lypur]

congrats

[bassclarinetking]

I think a cool idea for a piano lesson you can go over dovetails and cross-overs. That would help A LOT!

[useffekijke]

nice... but i still kepon going to my music school.. 4 stars

[Spazactaz]

Wow, that was fast... thank you so much!!! I've always wanted to learn Fantasie-Impromptu, but yeah it's full of polyrhythm and I suck at it, so hopefully this will help me! :)

[lumigecko]

I'm subscribing to you and Musicguru12's videos, and you've both been on a real "video spree" lately. But that's good, of course.

Anyway, Lypur and Musicguru12 represents pretty much two opposite sides of piano playing, so I recommend that you all try both!

[Shaythong]

Cool video my friend! Learn lots about polyrhythems here.

[Lypur]

you're welcome man! polyrhythms are pretty interesting ^_^ if they haven't been explained...they can be hella hard to figure out.

[iskeypx]

im ummmmm......... oh well

nah....

[tinkerchel]

5th!! um..is the beard i see under your chin?:P

[Lypur]

yea it's hair under my chin? but i've ALWAYS had it!...well not ALWAYS...like i wasn't born with a hairy chin or anything, but i've had that chin piece going on since before i started making the videos! took you 20 lessons to notice? shows how observant you are!

[GetMeThere1]

No, I'm really the first. I just chose to post fourth :)

The rhythm method, Andrew?

[kohryusan]

third?

[Daikomo]

I'm the second..

[marionetateta]

cool im the first to view this video and comment it

[Lypur]

congratulations on first comment, i grant you one youtube wish! *poofs*