I have already published over a hundred videos on YouTube (not counting private ones). In many of them, I used short fragments of compositions by various composers as technical examples. I often don’t give them descriptions and they don’t appear in titles either, so it’s impossible to find them on the net. Therefore, I am publishing a list of them on this page, because some of you may find them useful.
By the way, I add some links to my lesser known recordings here.
J.S.BACH
● Fugue BWV 846 (WTC I/1)
Thumb legato - finger substitution
Bars 7 and 10/11: “organist’s legato”, finger substitutions, different fingerings.
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Entire video: Hand adduction / abduction, “legato” with the same finger(s), body movements
Bar 9 0:17: “legato” with the same finger(s). You can practice it with both hands symmetrically.
Entire video: Chopin and Bach examples - Waving wrist exercise for well balanced motor apparatus
Bar 18 5:30: RH trill - 4 exercises
● French Suite n° 5 - Gigue
Staccato exercise
BEETHOVEN
● Sonata op. 2 n° 1, mov. 1
Entire video: Octaves legato and elbows’ movements (portato, broken chords)
Bar 2 1:45
Bars 18-20 0:00: Octaves legato - mind your elbows’ movements, apply them correctly as shown later.
● Sonata op. 2 n° 3, mov. 1
Entire video: How to play broken octaves? - Pain in the forearm
Bars 253-257 3:35: broken octaves.
● Sonata op. 27 n° 2 “Moonlight”, mov. 3
VERY IMPORTANT! 0:00: action of the fingers from the metacarpals.
Bars 1-4 0:02: action of the whole motor apparatus.
● Sonata op. 31 n° 2, mov. 3
Bar 59 0:00: how to achieve legato between distant octaves?
● 32 Variations in C minor - Theme and Var. 18
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BRAHMS - Exercises
● Exercises 7, 8a/b, 17 and 40a from “51 Exercises”
Entire video
● Change of playing direction: Brahms - Exercise 8b and Chopin Etude op. 25 n° 12
Entire video
● Brahms - “51 Exercises”, Exercise no. 17: staccato, weight of the hand, synchronization
Entire video
● Staccato - Strong distal phalanges - Scale - Brahms, exercise n° 17
Entire video
● Exercise 7
Example
● Exercise 8a
Example
● Exercise 8b
Example 1 Example 2
● Exercise 17
Example 1 Example 2 Example 3
● Exercise 40a
Example
DEBUSSY
● EXERCISES: Debussy - “Pour le piano”, Toccata, bars 167-190
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LEBERT-STARK
● Etude by Lebert-Stark - What happens inside your hand when you play correctly?
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MENDELSSOHN
● Rondo Capriccioso op. 14
Entire video: Chromatic scale - the fastest piano fingering ● Live lesson - Example (in French, English tips)
Bars 169-179 0:37
Bars 187-201 0:51
MOSZKOWSKI
● “Sparks” / „Étincelles” op. 36 n° 6 (live)
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MUSSORGSKY
● “Pictures at an Exhibition”
Entire piece - playlist
“Con mortuis in lingua mortua”: How to play broken octaves? - Pain in the forearm
PADEREWSKI
● Mazurka in A minor op. 9 n° 2 (live)
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● Mazurka in B-flat major op. 9 n° 4 (live)
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● Minuet in G major op. 14 n° 1 (live)
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● Caprice (“Genre Scarlatti”) in G major op. 14 n° 3 (live)
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● Cracovienne Fantastique in B major op. 14 n° 6 (live)
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● “In the Desert” Tableau musical en forme d’une toccata in E flat major op.15 (live)
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PROKOFIEV
● Prelude in C major “Harp” op. 12 n° 7
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SCARLATTI
● Sonata in D minor Kirkpatrick 1 (live)
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SCHUBERT
● Dance op. 33 n° 1 (bars 1-8)
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SIBELIUS
● Etude op. 76 n° 2 (bars 1-4)
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SCRIABIN
● Prelude in B major op. 2 n° 2
0:00
SZYMANOWSKI
● Etude in B-flat minor op. 4 n° 3 (live)
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● Mazurka in E minor op. 50 n° 1 (live)
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● Mazurka in C-sharp minor op. 50 n° 3 (live)
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WORONICKI
● Woronicki plays Woronicki - Variations in F minor (or almost) - What I remember...
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WOYTOWICZ
● “Capriccio” from 12 Etudes (live)
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