The Piano Keys

The Piano Keys

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Hi everyone!

I'm Marina and I'm a professional musician and teacher. I've had so many people ask me to teach them how to play specific songs on the piano, or to give them quick tips about the mysteries of music that I decided to save myself a bit of time and make videos. :)

If you want to reach your goals of making beautiful music at the piano but you don't have time for years of piano lessons, you're in the right place! I break things down into simple steps that you can follow - on your own schedule.

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  • @MonsieurCashow
    @MonsieurCashow5 сағат бұрын

    Hi, this actually works. I've tried that for small fast passages in Bach's c minor partita sinfonia movement, and it showed me that my wrist really had been too low. Thank you! Subscribed

  • @vincentmaloney5835
    @vincentmaloney583512 сағат бұрын

    All the girls in my group piano class are playing piano with very long nails. I don't know how they do it. I think the nails must go.

  • @efasf51
    @efasf5121 сағат бұрын

    😍 amo os seus vídeos.

  • @kazuki2748
    @kazuki274821 сағат бұрын

    Thanks for your help.

  • @marcelvdberg4140
    @marcelvdberg414023 сағат бұрын

    ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤🎉🎉🎉❤❤❤❤thank you soooo much Greetzzz from holland

  • @PianoBeginnerAge48
    @PianoBeginnerAge48Күн бұрын

    Thank u❤

  • @arvindsethia4671
    @arvindsethia4671Күн бұрын

    Nice tips 👌 watching from India.

  • @gioseffozarlino1107
    @gioseffozarlino1107Күн бұрын

    Great video as always, Marina !!! Thanks a lot !!! 💓

  • @weissrw1
    @weissrw1Күн бұрын

    I follow your advice on listening to great pianists playing the pieces I am learning. I have my sheet music in front of me and I make marks and comments and draw arrows and all kinds of things to show to myself what they are doing! For example, I love when they play a bass note on the beat, but the melody note ever so slight after - to bring out the melody note. I love when they play the second note of a melody or phrase slightly louder than the first to "carry" the phrase (and, of course, the first note takes care of itself). Your advice is great, but I would add have the sheet music and a pencil ready. I am from St Louis, Missouri and I am a big fan. You the best.

  • @lawrencetaylor4101
    @lawrencetaylor4101Күн бұрын

    Watching from my salon sitting in a chair bought from a Scandinavian furniture store in Switzerland. Your advice about rhythm was spot on for my self-analysis. And you gave me inspiration for finding the solution. Valuable video.

  • @eilidghmacdowell3204
    @eilidghmacdowell32042 күн бұрын

    I'm enjoying your tips - from NC

  • @2liter8
    @2liter82 күн бұрын

    I like where she talks about slowing it down. That's a big one for me. In my haste to be a piano player I was biting off more than I could chew. Working on half a page-no! Cut it down to a couple measures until you get them down well.

  • @willodonnell3254
    @willodonnell32542 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the tips! Watching from Margaritaville, South Carolina!

  • @kristiandonny6988
    @kristiandonny69882 күн бұрын

    Hai mbak cantik, ajarin aq main piano ❤

  • @luvzfrance24
    @luvzfrance242 күн бұрын

    Usually the rule of thing is that the grace notes and appoggiaturas are played on the down beat if you're playing Mozart or composers before him. In my opinion depending on when a piece was composed you could probably get away with it in the early works of Beethoven but I know things are very subjective with him.

  • @johnhayes6526
    @johnhayes65262 күн бұрын

    I hear you but it’s Tuesday.

  • @DJPashn
    @DJPashn2 күн бұрын

    Amazing teacher ♥️🙏

  • @dmswan3172
    @dmswan31722 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much for this wonderful, clear land concise lesson - your demonstration showed so clearly how applying these tips to a piece makes all the difference in how it sounds!🌷🌷🌷

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys2 күн бұрын

    So glad you liked the tutorial, Diane! 💖💖

  • @timallen6025
    @timallen60253 күн бұрын

    Beautifully articulated , both in explanation and movement . Thank you , an amateur writes..

  • @meddsh
    @meddsh3 күн бұрын

    Another great piano playing tips video! Thank you.

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    So glad you liked it!

  • @deerhaven3350
    @deerhaven33503 күн бұрын

    Hi, and thank you for posting this. I love playing Fur Elise! Watching from somewhere in the middle of a forest outside of Olympia, WA, USA.

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    I'm so glad you enjoyed the video! Washington has breathtaking natural beauty!

  • @gustavoatorresg
    @gustavoatorresg3 күн бұрын

    Lovely explanations Marina! And as always, nailing the tips for us to improve. Thank you for sharing so much! Blessings and all the best... from Venezuela 🤗🙏🏼

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Thanks so much! I love Venezuelan food!

  • @Alice_in_artsupply_hoarderland
    @Alice_in_artsupply_hoarderland3 күн бұрын

    Hi, your new Norwegian friend here! I found your channel yesterday, and have been binge watching your content for 24 hours now 😄Many, many years ago I got a keyboard, and learned to play some Enya songs just by listening to the songs. So for 20 years I have been pulling out the old keyboard about once a year, to play those songs, but I rather quickly was putting it away again. Recently I "accidentally" got hold of a kind of new keyboard, that is much more like playing a piano. I even have a PEDAL!! And OMG!!! I'm hooked! It is the keyboard feeling I didn't like with my old one! Now I am fighting the urge to purchase a 88 key digital piano 🙈 -Maya

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys2 күн бұрын

    Oh wow, I love this so much! And I'm definitely not going to tell you to fight that urge. 😁😁

  • @Alice_in_artsupply_hoarderland
    @Alice_in_artsupply_hoarderlandКүн бұрын

    @@ThePianoKeys Well shoot, that didn't go as planned.... You was going to ask how many keys I have. I would answer 61. And your response was going to be that 61 keys is more than enough in the beginning.... Let me tell ya... I now have 88 keys... 🙃😉 😁

  • @sarveenabubaker4176
    @sarveenabubaker41763 күн бұрын

    Thanks a lot, Ma’m. Following your videos from Calcutta, India

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    You're very welcome, Sarveen!

  • @NasserAringo
    @NasserAringo3 күн бұрын

    I like your style of teaching, it is really worth knowing. Thank you teacher.

  • @april_showers15
    @april_showers153 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much this helps a lot this is the only tutorial ive found that actually sounded like it lol

  • @elizabethpace1591
    @elizabethpace15913 күн бұрын

    I am not a professional piano player but I could tell the difference with how a piece should sound like, an excellent video and thank you for sharing 🙂

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Thank you, Elizabeth! It's true that the listener can tell when a performance isn't quite at a high level, even if they're not a professional musician.

  • @rogerparker8380
    @rogerparker83803 күн бұрын

    Thanks for the link to your pedaling course, I thought I had it down but it changes with different pieces. I need a real course! I hope I'm not the only one that feels like this video was directed at me!

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Hi Roger! The pedaling course will give you the technical skills to coordinate the pedal with the hands, as well as how to apply pedaling technique to real-world situations.

  • @janl5651
    @janl56513 күн бұрын

    These tips make sense for me. For me there are tempo issues at the beginning while teaching my brain which notes to play with a fingering that suits me. But early on in the learning proces I focus very much on the timing. It is also my exerience, that a lot of the dynamics can be picked up by listening to others. Kind of "feel" the music (If that makes sense). I really really love the pedals, and I never regretted taking your course very early in my piano journey.

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    That's an excellent process, Jan! I'm so happy that you've learned to use the pedals early on!!

  • @knives6683
    @knives66833 күн бұрын

    First I memorise with a very unsteady beat, then I work on the steady beat :) Watching from England.

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Yes, that is what I recommend! 😊😊

  • @unotoli
    @unotoli3 күн бұрын

    Pedal(s) do make a huge change. Does it make sense to introduce it to beginners, to bring motivation (rewards) back soon? If so, what are the cons for it?

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    You should add pedal as soon as possible. The cons are that you don't work on pedaling technique and just try to "wing it."

  • @unotoli
    @unotoli3 күн бұрын

    Dynamics is another dimension (axis), should beginners experiment with playing new pieces with various levels (throughout and then partially)? What is the best way to practice dynamics isolated (with and without apps)?

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    You can practice dynamics inside of technique exercises, but the best place to do it is in the music you are studying. I don't use apps for piano.

  • @unotoli
    @unotoli3 күн бұрын

    At first, I thought that beat/pacing is about control and using perfect control to perfectly alter it. But it seems, it is about learning in comfortable tempo, speeding it up to needed level when needed.

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Yes, that is correct!

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

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  • @supermeiki
    @supermeiki3 күн бұрын

    Supergood…. 🎉 thank u

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    You're very welcome!

  • @annamcdonald3268
    @annamcdonald32683 күн бұрын

    Lovely Arrangement, thank You !!

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Thank you, dear Anna!

  • @annamcdonald3268
    @annamcdonald32683 күн бұрын

    Thank You for this beautiful arrangement

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Hi Anna! It's a great song! ❤️

  • @EvaSlash
    @EvaSlash3 күн бұрын

    But how do you keep time in playing this over the beat(s)? Is this 35 notes over 1 beat?

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    There's lots of room for rubato in Chopin.

  • @EvaSlash
    @EvaSlash3 күн бұрын

    @ThePianoKeys so I guess you can group the notes in different ways as longs as they are played evenly even with rubato applied?

  • @norakat
    @norakat4 күн бұрын

    Your shaggy carpet is alive!

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Yes, it does that from time to time. 🤣

  • @mies1840
    @mies18404 күн бұрын

    Hi I wanted to play Clair de Lune with your videos but I only find practice lessons 1 & 6 😢 Where can I find the other lessons?

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    They are all on my channel - just type in my name and the piece in the search bar on KZread.

  • @gracedeatherage4955
    @gracedeatherage49554 күн бұрын

    Wow thank you very much

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    You are very welcome!

  • @Darwenhypnotherapy
    @Darwenhypnotherapy5 күн бұрын

    Greetings from Northwest England.

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Hello! I'm so glad to know I have a viewer in Northwest England!

  • @ffggddss
    @ffggddss5 күн бұрын

    Thanks for this tip! Early on, I mistakenly thought you were referring to Chopin's C# minor Prelude, which also has a fast run, but one that only goes up, not down. Once I realized it wasn't that piece, I started realizing how many of his compositions have runs. The A♭ ("Heroic") Polonaise, the "Minute" Waltz, etc. And not just Chopin; there's the long non-monotonic (i.e., changes direction) run near the ending of the 3rd Mvmt. of Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata (even the arpeggios near the beginning of that mvmt.; and in the 1st mvmt. there are rising and falling arpeggios, although they don't call for much speed). (I see that you have another video on arpeggios - I'm gonna hafta check that out, too!) So this tip is really applicable quite a lot! Fred

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Hi Fred! Absolutely right! Lots of scale-type runs in so much music!

  • @ffggddss
    @ffggddss2 күн бұрын

    @@ThePianoKeys Oops! I meant the C# minor Waltz, not Prelude.

  • @tuanhoan25
    @tuanhoan255 күн бұрын

    You are amazing Marina!!! Thank you so much for all that you do. You inspire me to do my very best and to be the best pianist that I can be ❤

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Thank you so much, Tuan!! It's easy to teach talented and dedicated students like you! ❤️❤️

  • @tuanhoan25
    @tuanhoan255 күн бұрын

    Thanks!

  • @ThePianoKeys
    @ThePianoKeys3 күн бұрын

    Thank you, dear Tuan!!! ❤️❤️

  • @ST52655
    @ST526557 күн бұрын

    I played that for a piano recital when I was 12 years old. I still love playing it.