2ese019 '5 Plano Emrcises for Hand independence: PlanoT Viet (htosiwaypianotwnev) 5 Piano Exercises for Hand Independence October 8, 2016 Lowest Or HAND INDEPENDENCE (ftps p.comtwnpianatv.netwp-contentuploadsi2016/10/page0173.0n9) Today's vdeo isa subjoct Im asked about a ot, both ontine and offne —how do | make hands do different things onthe piano? So Ive got § plano ‘exercises to share wth you, in the hopes of remedying the situation, Hand independence on the piano Moving hands diferent (le hand independence) is ane ofthe biggest challenges in plano, for both beginners and advanced players, For beginners, the challenge is making sure your hands don't copy each other (where one goss, the other folws). For advanced students i's being able to make 3 ar 4 part melodies and harmonies come through clearly, wih correct volume and phrasing 'An example ko to use is: Can you pat your head ane rub your belly al the sare time? ‘That's hand independence. That's basicaly what we have to do x100 on piano. Today's piano exercises aro made for relatve boginners. | woul give thom to someone just staring - if you can play a © major scale wth both hands fart wel then youll be able to hancle these exercises ust to make sure you're at that level, dd a video on $-finger scales (htp:sAwmpianotvne¥ 20 16/08/plane-nger-exercises-beginners- Ppntascales), which you can check aut here. Once you've got the hang of those, check out his vdeo onthe C scale (tp hmapianotvne!2015/11/2-octave-c-rajor-scale-piano-tutorial). In that video we don't do the C scale with both hands, but it walks you ‘hough the fngor patterns if you need a retresher. 5 Piano Exercises for Hand Independence tps iwawpanctwnat 2016 1Opiane-oxrs0s-handindependnce! w2ese019 '5 Plano Exrcises for Hand independence: lanoT net Piano Exercises PDF {As always, Ive got a piano exercises POF up onthe blog, so you can print them out and iry them, or load them up on your tablet or however you lke to do these things. Today wel look through each ofthe § piano exercises, and tak about their purpose - wy I bothered to include them. Talo show you howrte play them, of courset 65 Piano Exere'sos (for hand independence) (htp:wmwpianotv netwp-contentvuploads!2016/10/5_Piano_Exercises pa) piano exercise #1: Dynamics ‘The first exorciso isa two-handed scale. But instead of playing C scale wth both hands and caling ia day, we're going to go a stop further. bn the frst part ofthe piano exercise, the right hand is loud whls the lat hand is qulet. This is very dif! The roles rovers Inthe socond Ine (let lous, right que) oud and Soft C Scale P a hands-together scale is too tough, doa 5-finger C scale for now (tpsi2.wp.com\wapianotv:netp-contantuploads!2016/10/vid173-1.pg) Ive used this simple but powerful exercise in my studio a lt. The reason s that skilled playing often requires your hands be at diferent volume levels hips iwapanctwnat 2016 1Opiane-oxrs0s- hand independence!zasn018 ‘Plano Bercises or Hand independence: Piano Vnet why learn this technique? Like say youre playing a basic melodyichords song. What's the most important part? The melody, of course. The melody needs to rng out fit gots lost in tho chords, no one wil know what song you's playing, So you need to play the moody louder. A lotof people don't knowhow ta do this ~ i certainly doesnt come naturally to mast of us. And sometimes ican be very dificult lo learn the lechnique while you're also learning a song. So ll have my students do this fnger exercise piano exercise #2: Legato and Staccato This exercise is similar to #1 in a couple of ways. centers around a C major scale, played by both hands. But instead of changing the volume, ths time we're playing legato and staccato. ’ Jur and Staccato (tps:0.wp.com\wawpianotv.netp-contentuploads!2016/10iVi4173-2 pg) Iteach this technique about as commonly as #1. ts simple to understand — one hand plays smocth while the other plays staccato but afoul to ‘execute, Your hands wl realy want fo-copy each other. Give i time, and dont neglect this one - eo many pieces requte us fo use this kind of coordination for them to sound eight. piano exercise #3: Canon Nox, vaire going to go ina completely diferent direction and take a look at a canon. A canon in music is wher ‘one copies it exactly, usualy by 2 delay of one bar (Casi. wp.comwaoianotv native contentuploads/2016/‘0ivd73.3 jp) ‘So as you can see here, we fst do the tune inthe right hand (which s Frere Jaques), and then the let hand comes in with the tune a bar later cone hand leads, and then the other ‘Again t's easy to understand, but dificult to execute. Being able to master this technique wth simple Kids! songs vl take you in th directon of, ‘evolving to Bach's inventions, which are prety much a staple collation of plana teachers and students everywhere. Because once You master the inventions, you can master the sinfonias. And once you've mastered the sinfonias, you can master the Créme dela Créme of piano music— Bach's Preludes and Fugues, piano exercise #4: Different Rhythms a hips iwapanctwnat 2016 1Opiane-oxrs0s- hand independence!