Sviatoslav Richter - Chopin Etude Op. 25 No.11 - Winter Wind

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Learn how to improvise on the piano! This is a great video tutorial on how to choose random notes and apply basic left hand chords to them to create improvised songs. Notice how he uses only one finger on the right hand each time and then concentrates on the three finger chord with the left hand to match it.

With this basic pattern in mind you can move around anywhere on the keyboard and sound great doing it! Improv doesn’t have to be complicated, you just need to pick out notes and match any type of corresponding chord to it.

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Take a break, have some fun with an online piano game!

Fiddle around with this virtual piano keyboard, and discover the relationship with pitch and keys on the piano.

See how the notes go higher when you play to the right- up- on the piano and vice versa.

Of course the best is to play on your real piano, but on this piano game you can see the relationship between both notes and keys!

If you press the “Loop” button and then “Play”, you can hear your masterpiece (!) play over and over!

You can change the rhythm slightly by adding quarter rests as well.

Have fun!

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When learning to play piano we often don’t pay very close attention or even give much thought to our playing posture. Interestingly enough, your posture can be just as important as learning your first chords. If you practice bad habits, you may end up learning to play incorrectly, hindering yourself from progressing as well as you could.

Pay close attention to how he describes proper hand placement, finger positioning, arm positioning and sitting posture in the video. Practice these habits and even make it a habit to concentrate on each of these posture exercises as you play. After you’ve practiced it enough times it will become second nature for you and you’ll no longer even realize you’re doing it!

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