Pianist as a profession. How scales can help develop technique.

In this video I share a story about how musician occur as a profession. Also I give a variety of fun exercises and scales to learn with students.

Mentioned in video:
Not so boring scales: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1RoeI...

Czerny step 1 Etudes opus 823 https://www.amazon.com/Czerny-Pianist...

Czerny step 2 Etudes opus 299 https://www.amazon.com/Czerny-Velocit...

Czerny step 3 Etudes opus 740 https://www.amazon.com/Czerny-Dexteri...

Time codes:
0:00 Musician/pianist as a profession
0:48 Harpsichord and clavichord
1:13 Skills for musician of 1700-s
1:41 Pianoforte, newly invented instrument, what was it like?
2:24 Ludwig van Beethoven is the first pianist
4:12 Development of pianist as a profession
5:35 Carl Czerny is the first piano pedagog
6:07 How Czerny and Beethoven met
8:29 Why Czerny was dissapointed about lessons with Beethoven
10:09 "Not so boring scales"
10:34 Exercise 1 "Three Musketeers"
11:08 Exercise 2 "Snail and Gazelle"
11:45 Exercise 3 "Hedgehog and kitten"
12:17 Exercise 4 "Hard elements"
13:09 Exercise 5 "Unstoppable train"
13:40 Exercise 6 "Thumb solo"
14:29 Exercise 7 "Prokofiev scales"
15:20 Exercise 8 from Lennie Tristano - playing scales with two fingers
16:41 Conclusion
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2. Piano & Classical Music lover all her life with 16 years of dedicated piano training in Russian schools and a Conservatory. Additionally has a Master’s Degree from School of Music (University of WA) and currently pursuing Doctorate Degree in Piano performance.
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