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Topic: Even flow in legato scale passages  (Read 9554 times)

Offline theodore

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Even flow in legato scale passages
on: April 28, 2014, 01:48:18 PM
Are there any drills available or does anyone have any tips for improving scale passages within piano pieces ??  My scale passages are even but some of the notes are glossed over.  The first 3 right  hand fingers are strong and loud but fingers 4 and 5 tend to be almost inaudible.

The same problem is there when playing broken chords. The 3rd and 4th fingers are weak when compared with the other three. My right hand needs more muscle development and agility development for fingers 4 and 5. 



  

Offline gyzzzmo

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Re: Even flow in legato scale passages
Reply #1 on: April 28, 2014, 02:27:54 PM
I used to practise them by doing different rhythms and/or accents, like on every first, 2nd, 3rd or 4rth of the 16th note of the scale.
1+1=11

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Re: Even flow in legato scale passages
Reply #2 on: April 28, 2014, 02:42:13 PM
Are there any drills available or does anyone have any tips for improving scale passages within piano pieces ??

  

Do these:

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Re: Even flow in legato scale passages
Reply #3 on: April 28, 2014, 03:08:17 PM
I practice the scale passages to make scale passages sound better.

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Re: Even flow in legato scale passages
Reply #4 on: April 28, 2014, 04:53:17 PM
Are there any drills available or does anyone have any tips for improving scale passages within piano pieces ??  My scale passages are even but some of the notes are glossed over.  The first 3 right  hand fingers are strong and loud but fingers 4 and 5 tend to be almost inaudible.

The same problem is there when playing broken chords. The 3rd and 4th fingers are weak when compared with the other three. My right hand needs more muscle development and agility development for fingers 4 and 5. 

Without a video it's hard to know what the problem is. It is possible that your wrist and arm are lined up more or less parallel to fingers 1,2 and 3, but that when you get to 4 and 5 you are reaching out with the fingers without adjusting your wrist and arm position. You want to have your arm and wrist positioned so that the finger playing a note is in a straight line with your forearm. If you are using ulnar deviation to reach the notes played by 4 and 5 you will be tense and not get a good sound. So you can try moving your arm farther to the right as you do an ascending scale in the right hand, paying attention to how 4 and 5 are lined up with your forearm when you are using them. That, at least, is what my teacher would advise, I think.

Diagnosis without a video is hard, and so is description of a motion without demonstration, so take this all with a grain of salt.

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Re: Even flow in legato scale passages
Reply #5 on: April 28, 2014, 07:21:42 PM
OP, it sounds like you are over-relying on fingers to depress the keys when you should be involving the entire playing apparatus.  Here's one suggestion that would immediately and noticeably improve your playing: rotate the forearm slightly to depress the keys for the 3-4-5- fingers.  Guaranteed to work wonders or your money back! ;)
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