🎹How to Play Fast Piano Scales - Piano Pro Tips🎹

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Welcome to another Top Tips for Piano video from Merriam's Online Academy. In today's video tutorial, I will be showing you my top 5 suggestions to increase tempo when playing scales.

Whether you are playing scales as a warm up, as a technical exercise to prepare for an exam or in your repertoire, these tips are essential to help build your technique. As well, these tips can apply to pianists at any level, so even if you are a beginner, feel free to watch this tutorial for important tips on the following:

1. Correct posture and hand position needed to facilitate speed
2. How to cross your thumb over and under effectively
3. How to use your body weight for clear even tone

We’ve laid this piano tutorial out as a stand-alone video, or as a practice aid to use within an existing lesson system.

About Mary Ficzere:

Programs Taught: Piano Lessons, Advanced Piano Lessons, Enriched Studies
Levels Taught: Intermediate, Advanced
Styles: Classical, Jazz/Pop
Teaching since: 1996

Mary is a teacher at the Merriam School of Music in Oakville where her primary focus is teaching talented young piano students in the Enriched Piano Lessons Program. As a faculty member at Merriam, Mary held the positions of Piano Department Head, Enriched Studies Department Head and Director of Examinations for many years.

As a piano teacher, Mary has taught both group and private lessons for all ages and levels. Teaching classical music is her passion, but she also enjoys exploring jazz and pop music with her students and incorporating technology into her lessons.

As a clinician, Mary runs seminars on Performance Technique and Injury Prevention. She has a Master’s Degree in Piano Performance from the University of Western Ontario and also studied at the Golandsky Institute in New York City where she acquired in depth training on piano technique and coordinate movement. Mary is active as an adjudicator for Music Festivals in Canada and can also be seen performing as an accompanist for instrumentalists and singers throughout the GTA.

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