SCALES - New Tips For Speed, Evenness, & Reducing Tension

Not everybody can become a virtuoso but your tips help everybody to become a better pianist with more confidence. In the end your tips help people experience a greater sense of joy at making music. The kindness of your sharinging is much appreciated. Thank you.

wow, mister Whrigt, you show me things no teacher ever told me before! I came back playing piano three years ago, after have played it since I was 6 until 16 years old. At that time thay tortured me with Clementi sonatas, which I much later found out beiing just beautyful, but lessons then were sooo boring for a teenager, while sun was shining outside of my room in Rome! Today, thanks to you and other great people on youtube I got rid of bad positions and habits they tought me - or just not put right - when I was young and I'm improuving every day a little more, with no fear and no tension.God bless you.

Josh, this video might be your “Mona Lisa” of piano instruction! First, the humble and honest way that you reveal your challenges brings you enormous credibility and makes people really want to listen and learn. Second, the way that you weave in layers of psychology and biomechanics gives so much practical depth to what others might view as a “how to” video. In short: wow, and great job! 😊

let me take a breath and hit the replay button... this is huge. Thank you😊

flow under not thumb under really helpes me. it is just different wording but it really helps haha

Love the tip about the importance of finding the right trigger and catalyst words that cause us to react: flow, take, pillow fingers! Thank your always Josh!

I finished your video, sat down, and tried the techniques for two minutes. I then tried to play my G scale again. This morning I could barely fumble out 120bpm. I just did 152 bpm with laughable ease, AND I AM SO ECSTATIC; such an Aha moment!! p.s. I did send you an email last week, but it was nothing urgent! If you did not receive it though, I can resend it :)

I really like the intensity, tempo, and truth of how you share your engagement with the instrument!

Josh my biggest take away from your lessons have been learning to relax. Relax posture, shoulders, arms, wrists, fingers. I did a lot of classical in early days then did rock/jazz for many years so the tendency of muscle memory to "slam down" on keys has been a mental journey of reversals and you have accelerated those efforts. A big sincere thank you. Joe O'Donnell

It's not 3 moves. It's 1 move. Brilliant 👏. That alone helped me so much!! Thank you sir 😊

Thank you for those advises. I'm learning a Clementi sonatine right now with c major scales and my teacher just tell me "perfect, now faster". And this is when I get tension and my hands, wrist and forearm get rigid. I think a teacher shouldn't tell his student to go faster but rather show him how he can get faster. Your technical advices are precious.

Josh, thank you so much! Taking from the keys and the thumb adjustment were an unlock for me. My scales are flying!

this video was super helpful in achieving even and faster scales! literally 3 days of practicing this technique and the results surprised me so much! thank you Josh

This exactly what I need at this moment, a rebuild like you said. I can relate to what you said about losing your way with scales. This will be so helpful with that. Thank you for the wonderful videos as always!

I play guitar and you have been such a good teacher. Very thankful, for your focus. Your awesome josh !

Just watch this vidoe days back but didn't really took it serious then i realise i watch somebody video related to speedy scale then i search and watch for second time, I haven't try yet but will try it this technique from now. Thanks worth watching 🙏 ❤

thanks a lot

Dude questioning his credibility because some days he can’t perfectly spit out a scale at 220😂what a beast! This video inspires me to get past 120 at some point👏💪😅

You inspire me to play more seriously again, and give me great ideas to pass along to my students. Thank you!!

Cette vidéo est extrêmement utile. J'apprécie beaucoup votre simplicité et votre sincérité à un tel niveau de compétence. Votre analyse des difficultés techniques est toujours très bénéfique.