Today I’m doing a video on Dr. John Mortensen’s wonderful video series on “The Four Pillars of Piano Technique”. This is a video request from Patreon supporter Ilay. His video series is about an hour and a half long, so consider this a brief overview of his ideas, followed by my own ideas on learning…

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In today’s episode of PianoTV, we’ll be looking at four piano exercises for the fourth finger. The fourth finger tends to be our weakest, least independent finger. These exercises are to your fourth finger what kettlebells are to your shoulders. The PDF download of these exercises can be found here. We’ve done a couple similar…

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Today’s video covers the ABRSM’s grade 5 piano technique requirements. This includes scales and arpeggios. I’ll be playing with the metronome in this video at the required speeds, and will label each technique on the screen as I play them. I’ve also done the RCM equivalent of thiside vo, which you can check out here.…

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Today’s video covers the RCM’s grade 5 piano technique requirements (updated for the 2015 syllabus). This includes scales, triads and arpeggios. I’ll be playing with the metronome in this video at the MINIMUM required speeds (feel free to go a little faster), and will label each technique on the screen as I play them. Coming…

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In today’s episode of PianoTV, I’ll walk you through 5 beginner exercises for playing with a metronome. There is a free printable PDF with all of these exercises, and I encourage you to download it and play along! I wanted to create a really simple starting point for students in the first 6 months to…

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In today’s video, we’ll be looking at 5 exercises for finger independence, designed for players at an early intermediate level. These might be a little too tricky for beginners, but if you’ve been playing for a year or three, these should be quite helpful.

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