Thank you for this video. While most piano "teachers"say a lot how you should play, in my experience they never say how to practice in order to get there. They say a lot about techniques that you should be able to do, but never say how to acquire such technique. Showing your practice routine is very valuable,this is the first actually helpful video on piano playing I saw on KZitem that is not just a bunch of empty advices. It's shame this video have so little views while other useless "piano practice" videos have hundreds of thousand views. This channel is indeed a gem.
@pennyplaysbach
8 ай бұрын
Thank you so much!!❤️❤️ I am fortunate to have had excellent teachers. I love to practice and I consider my art as close to a religious experience as I’ll ever come. I know my own personal standards and I want to share as much of the creative process as I can. Growing a channel is very hard work and I suppose that I like to think that if there are videos out there with hundreds of thousands of views, then that must mean our instrument is alive and well and that people want to play! I try to focus on that and do my own thing, as I could never make content in any other way than that which feels right to me. I am becoming more comfortable with sharing my practicing and such with folks, and hope that I can keep improving my content. Thank you again for the thoughtful words!☺️
@baumwieselinunterwegs6931
20 күн бұрын
Ich habe Kirchenmusik studiert und arbeite als Klavierlehrerin in Deutschland. Ich freue mich sehr, diesen Kanal entdeckt zu haben. Er erweitert meine Fähigkeiten, Bach zu lehren, enorm. Herzlichen Dank. Ich hoffe ihre Reichweite wächst. Werde sie meinen Schülern empfehlen!!! 😊
@pennyplaysbach
20 күн бұрын
Thank you so very much!!❤❤
@rithmx
2 ай бұрын
thank you, i recently performed this piece and wish I had seen this video first. I appreciate just watching you work on small passages to make them precise and comfortable to play.
@pennyplaysbach
2 ай бұрын
Thank you, Dan! I really appreciate the feedback! 🎹
@PaulPlaysPiano954
4 ай бұрын
Very helpful information, Penny! I love your detailed descriptions. I am getting back into practicing and playing piano after a few decades, and I’m working on this very Bach Invention. I have a college degree in piano performance (1986). Your videos are wonderful and inspiring!
@pennyplaysbach
4 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Paul!😀I love to practice, and I love talking about the details. I'm glad the video was helpful. Happy practicing to you! 🎵
@greatpianomusic9457
Жыл бұрын
Hey Penny: excellent tutorial. Thank you. I really like your use of coloured boxes to illustrate the motifs. Constance Keene was one of my favourite writers for a Piano Teachers periodical: I love her idea of “scraping away those fingerings.” I had never heard the term ‘fresh fingers’ but will certainly try your suggestions. What changed my Bach fingering the most was Claudio Arrau’s suggestion that we try all major scales with C major fingering no matter where the black keys fall: Four octaves, hands together. Very interesting exercise.
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I love to come across people who knew of, or were fond of dear Ms. Keene. I adored her and we were quite close. Red was her favourite colour, so I'll give a red heart here❤. I'm glad the video was helpful. I had not heard the Arrau fingering suggestion, that would really require a lot of rotation, ha! He was a great artist!🎶
@benjaminskwirut
3 ай бұрын
Excellent video. Thank you.
@pennyplaysbach
3 ай бұрын
Thank you!🎹
@maddog3428
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Penny! I'm a teacher that is helping one of my students prepare this piece, and your explanation of fingering choices and keeping the constant movement is fantastic! Overall, I see my students build up an incredible amount of tension when they practice Bach. My student watched this video and said, "Oooooh, I get it now!" Thanks for your wise instruction and great sense of humor.
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!!💚😀
@laureltrahan1147
Жыл бұрын
Thanks Penny, really good and useful tutorial and reminder to really dig into a few notes at a time. You are truly helping us autodidacts. And I always love your driving , views of Canada, and other breaks away from the piano too. Plus its a reminder for me to take a break myself rather than going at it for hours on end and making the same mistake over and over. Looking forward to all your videos.
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Laurel!! I am glad to hear that these videos are helping self-taught players. Knowing this means a lot to me!💚🎵
@raquelemarin2370
6 ай бұрын
Melhor aula da vida! Best class of life, thank you so much!❤
@pennyplaysbach
6 ай бұрын
Thank you, Raquele!♥️
@davemorris9785
Жыл бұрын
Thank you Penny, A nice fresh approach. I'm an old dog, but I like new tricks - Thank you
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much, Dave!💙I'm a dog person, so I appreciate this comment very much!🐶🎹
@Stigggs
Жыл бұрын
Very helpful. I particularly like the difficult passage practice techniques. The fingering is helpful too. Thanks
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much! I am happy to hear that it was helpful! 🎹🥰
@4mebach
Жыл бұрын
Excellent! I find your presentation captivating and enlightening! I am a sporadic early intermediate sort of pianist who derives pleasure from scales and Bach. I do your take apart different rhythm method. But you enrich it with so much more! The Halloween dissection is adorable. And useful. The driving break was refreshing. Hope to see some Canadian autumn beauty! The hand discussion, the scraping of prescribed fingering….. really a very good video!
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!! 🥰I had fun making the "spooky" analysis of the main entries. 🎃 Sharing how one practices and fingers a piece is quite personal and so it does always feel a bit risky to be putting these things "out there." I am very happy to hear that it was helpful and also that you liked the driving footage. I try to make the kind of content that I would want to watch, ha! I had a chance yesterday, to get some more footage driving thru the fall foliage. It was my favourite kind of day, grey and blustery and the colours were/are at their peak.🍁❤ I found a quiet, rural road and lo and behold, a great tune from The Bob Crewe Generation came on the AM. I was in absolute glory! 😅
@4mebach
Жыл бұрын
@@pennyplaysbach I had learned the take apart/variate method from a beloved piano teacher. Also the art of practicing sloooowwwllyy :)
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
@@4mebach It works, just like magic! ✨
@user-fq6bq8rq8d
7 ай бұрын
Thank you for this really clear guidance and demonstration. Most helpful
@pennyplaysbach
7 ай бұрын
@@user-fq6bq8rq8dThank you, Derek!
@pedrod.7576
7 ай бұрын
This was great. You seem like a lovely teacher. Thanks for sharing.
@pennyplaysbach
7 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Pedro!🎹
@stephaniecheng8483
6 ай бұрын
Thank you for your sharing💕 love it🫶🏻 This video really helps a lot when you want to get serious about playing a song.🫰🏻
@pennyplaysbach
6 ай бұрын
Thank you so much, Stephanie!💚🎹
@garyjohnson5513
Жыл бұрын
Very very interesting ...thank you Penny !❤
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Gary! ❤️
@belay626
14 күн бұрын
Thanks for your lessons. Very helpful. And yes sadly i have small hands too short fingers. Thanks on how to manage with them!!
@pennyplaysbach
14 күн бұрын
Thank you, Maria! Happy practicing to you!🎹
@camilla4726
Жыл бұрын
Wonderful Penny, thank you so much. I found your videos as I’m doing some preliminary work/research before starting to learn this for my Grade 5 ABRSM (I’m in the UK). It’s been really helpful and some fabulous ideas. I loved the drive and think you have a lovely way.
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you so much!💙It's wonderful to hear that you are learning this piece and yes, I do indeed love going for rides. They've managed to work their way into a few of my videos. Happy practicing to you!🎹
@ririthereal
7 ай бұрын
This helped me ! Im preparing for exam without a teacher
@pennyplaysbach
7 ай бұрын
That’s great to hear it was helpful! Thank you!🥰
@andredelacerdasantos4439
20 күн бұрын
I absolutely love these classes!! May I ask you a question? For someone who plays 4 of the 2 part inventions, can you recommend something other than a 2 part invention that's a little bit more challenging?
@pennyplaysbach
20 күн бұрын
Thank you! I suppose the 3-part Sinfonias would be a good next step for after having played some of the Inventions.
@andredelacerdasantos4439
20 күн бұрын
@@pennyplaysbach Thanks! I'll take a look at some of them and choose one. I'm so excited!! 🤩
@fleursfourmirouge8776
10 ай бұрын
Thank you so much 😊 it’s really good for me to see you…. I will practice now 😅😅😅 I’m from Belgium 🇧🇪
@pennyplaysbach
10 ай бұрын
Thank you and greetings back to you in Belgium, from here in Canada! Happy practicing!🎹🇨🇦
@joseneves6052
3 ай бұрын
Merci ❤
@pennyplaysbach
3 ай бұрын
Thank you, Jose!
@juanjoseayalagomez6166
5 ай бұрын
My principal problem with this piece is the tempo. Mi teacher says that i sound arrhytmic, like without an order., and he tells me to use metronome, and now metronome and me are enemies 😆
@pennyplaysbach
5 ай бұрын
In addition to the metronome (or perhaps in place of it, for a while) you might try counting out loud while playing at a slow to moderate tempo. I have learned to make friends with my metronome, however, I know exactly the feeling you're describing and it can be very frustrating. I still count out loud and find it to be the best way to ensure rhythmic and tempo control. Happy practicing!
@myfirstselection
Жыл бұрын
Wow , so helpful! Trank you❤
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you! I'm glad to know it was helpful!🥰
@TerpsichorePiano
Ай бұрын
how do you decide what parts of the scalar passages to break apart and repeat? do you just feel for any weaknesses and inconsistencies and practice them out? I've been breaking it down into measure-long sections and just repeating those but i would love to try practicing this way instead.
@pennyplaysbach
Ай бұрын
@@TerpsichorePiano Thank you for the question! I practice based on what I hear as being unclear, wobbly, out of focus, harsh, uneven, etc. I isolate the trouble spots and will usually break them into very small bits, much smaller than just a bar, even down to half a beat and slowly, as needed, until the desired quality is attained. I think it’s always important, even when breaking things apart like this into tiny units, to keep a very clear sense of the strong part of the beat. Counting can help. It does take a lot of patience, but it will come!🎹
@TerpsichorePiano
Ай бұрын
@@pennyplaysbach Thank you so much! I'll definitely give that a try then!
@danielrosen4496
Жыл бұрын
Thank U so much. I'm "self-taugt"-I play in memory of my Sister, an exquisite pianist, on Bach, Scarlatti, and Chopin and a Juillard graduate. She studied with Lev Schorr, teacher of Leon Fleischer, for over ten years in San Francisco. Maybe U culd do some Chopin videos.🥀
@pennyplaysbach
Жыл бұрын
Thank you, Daniel! It's wonderful to hear that you are learning great music at the piano, with the memory of your sister by your side.🥰 It sounds like she was a very skilled musician! I do love Chopin's music very much, other composers, too, for that matter and, while the focus of my channel is Bach, many of the practice concepts I teach can easily be applied to other composers. My teachers in New York, were not necessarily Bach specialists, yet their wonderful advice helped me to form my own approach for playing Bach.
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