How to Build Speed on Piano: Play Fast With Control (E Minor Exercise)
Speed without control just leads to crashing — here's how to play fast on the piano while staying in command. Jason Zac from Nathaniel School of Music helps you develop speed with control, using an E minor melody with a left-hand arpeggio pattern, gradually moving from crotchets to 32nd notes with the metronome fixed at 60 bpm. You'll also learn how to use your body and head pulse while playing, the correct technique for crossing the wrist without injury, why speed without control leads to crashing, hand independence, and a bonus exercise on rhythmic displacement and anticipation. 🏫 Courses, Workshops or Private lessons ➡️ https://forms.gle/fsbhFKSgJbZ5xZEr8 00:00 - Performance 01:07 - How do I play fast? 01:41 - How we’ll be tacking the lesson? 01:55 - The E minor melody 03:16 - Let’s learn the Melody 03:51 - Moving the Body 04:11 - Left Hand Arpeggio Pattern 05:14 - Practice in Quavers 06:42 - Crossing the Wrist 07:45 - 32nd Notes - Demi Semiquavers 08:00 - Speed variations with the Metronome 09:22 - Speed Thrills but Kills 09:43 - The Crashing effect 10:03 - Confidence & Control 10:53 - Equating the Hit points of both hands 11:32 - Pulse Speed - Metronome at 60 bpm 13:07 - Regular Challenge with Students 14:20 - Speed Change with Quavers 16:49 - Changing Chords 17:37 - How to play with Swaras 18:15 - Practicing on all White Note Scales 18:47 - Bonus Exercise - Beat Displacement 19:02 - Displace beat 2 20:06 - Bar 2 - Beat 1 Displaced 20:50 - Bar 2 - Beat 2 Displaced 21:15 - Bar 2 - Beat 2 & 3 Anticipated 22:08 - Conclusion ============================= 📹 Our Video Courses (Everything for Life Bundle) ➡️ https://learn-music.nathanielschool.com/ 🎹 Piano Courses & Private Lessons ➡️ https://piano.nathanielschool.com ============================= ▶️ Related Lessons & Playlists 🥁 All our lessons on Rhythm (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT85tF6cGvZK6jc5u6yZg5uU 🎵 Music Theory lessons ➡️ https://geni.us/PianoTheory 🎹 All our lessons on 'Unique Arpeggios' (Playlist) ➡️ https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLrNNL05e9FT--QPXO3vIz_6SiSWILivlS ============================= 🎓 Learn Music with Nathaniel School of Music & Jason Zac ➡️ https://nathanielschool.com 📚 All our YouTube lessons (1000+) by skill level, topic & genre ➡️ https://learning-portal.nathanielschool.com ============================= 💰 Donate on PayPal ➡️ https://geni.us/DonatePayPal 📸 Instagram ➡️ https://instagram.com/jasonzac 📞 Call +91 98454 65411 · 💬 WhatsApp chat +91 77604 56847 📧 Customised & Private Classes ➡️ music@nathanielschool.com 🎧 Listen to Jason Zac Music ➡️ https://riffs.jasonzacmusic.com/ #PianoSpeed #PianoExercises #PianoTechnique
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