One-Minute Demonstrations
One-Minute Piano Demonstrations
Inner Hearing, Movement and Sound
These compact demonstrations examine familiar difficulties in piano playing through the relationship between inner hearing, movement, touch and the resulting sound. Each video presents the problem, explores one possible cause and allows the playing before and after to be heard.
Legato
Legato
Connecting one note to the next
A familiar break between notes, the movement behind it, and the line heard before and after.
Musical Speech
Musical Speech
Feeling the color of each interval
Sensing, through inner singing, the emotional color of each interval, and the expression heard before and after.
Wrist movement
Wrist movement
Letting the wrist lead the motion
A stiff, effortful passage, the wrist relationship behind it, and the change once the motion leads.
Arm weight
Arm weight
Releasing arm weight into the key
A pressed, tiring sound, the release behind it, and the tone heard before and after.
Leaps
Leaps
Finding the distance before a leap
An anxious jump, the sense of distance behind it, and the leap heard before and after.
Phrasing
Phrasing
Shaping a phrase as one line
A phrase that breaks into fragments, the inner line behind it, and the shape heard before and after.
Dynamics
Dynamics
Where expression begins
Playing that stays literal, the inner hearing behind it, and the expression heard before and after.
Musical Image
Musical Image
Expressing music through inner singing
Expressing music not through tension but through inner singing between the notes, and the difference heard before and after.
Would you like to experience the process yourself?
The complete guided tryout brings several of these relationships together in one progressive exploration.
Follow the guided tryout