
It's important to know your right hand's role as a pianist, so let's start with covering this topic in detail.
Here's some simple warmups you can do to get your right hand ready for the techniques to come.
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Let's start with something rhythmic to help you find your groove.
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Learning how to fly around the keyboard, outlining harmonic changes, is easily one of the funnest part of playing this instrument!
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Lets take the simple 1 octave arpeggios to the next level and learn how to extrapolate this technique even further.
This class is all about making the most out of some simple right hand patterns.
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Here's an easy way to beef up your melodies.
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Just as it says, we're going to play some top notes of your chords, followed by the thumb. Sounds simple...and it is, but it gives some great results.
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Going back to some basics, let's talk about lineating a 3 note chord and some of the ways to approach this technique.
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Let's take a tip from Back and get into some pedal tones (sometimes called oblique motion).
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A classic - a fundamental - a NECESSARY component to mastering your right hand.
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Here's some tips for making the most out of this course material!
A little bonus video giving your some more info about yours truly.
In this right handed world, pianists are expected to have strong, fast, and diversified right hand parts. This course is designed to give the student plenty of right handed techniques that range in difficulty, but are all very obtainable even for beginners!
From setting the correct rhythmic pulse, to lineating chords and breaking up blocked chords we will cover plenty of different approaches. So, whether you feel you need to improve your rhythmic confidence, or if you'd just like to extrapolate your chord progressions into something more impressive, this course has something for you!
We will cover:
- functions of the right hand
- right hand warm-ups
- pulses
- 1 and 2 octave arpeggios
- ostinatos
- playing in octaves
- top notes - thumb
- 3 note lineations
- pedal tones
- inversions
There is also a sprinkle of left hand discussion when the right handed technique is easily complimented with a simple left hand addition.
So if you're feeling stuck with your right hand parts, and you're looking to break out of the usual devices that you play at the piano, then this course might just be perfect for you! So whether you're looking to add speed to your right hand, strengthen it, or simply have more ideas to work with, I've got you covered with this course ALL on right handed techniques.