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Videos tagged with 'Octaves'

Chapter 27 - Baby flamingo

39:05 Chapter 27 pronates and supinates the hand while holding a large interval, to increase the suppleness of an octave...

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24 Apr 2026 01:53 Beginner

The octave jump: building foundational arpeggio technique

Learn the initial steps of teaching arpeggios, starting with the octave jump and emphasizing proper thumb movement and h...

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17 Jul 2025 06:10 Beginner

Finger extension and hand positioning

How to properly extend the second finger while playing piano, incorporating supination movements, shoulder relaxation, a...

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27 Jun 2025 05:42 Intermediate

Mastering octave technique through proper shoulder and hand coordination

Play octaves effectively by integrating proper shoulder movement, torso engagement, and metacarpal joint positioning to...

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31 May 2025 06:36 Beginner

Exploring tensegrity in hand movements for musical performance

Understanding the tensegrity structure of the human body, demonstrated using a pelvis model, can improve piano technique...

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27 May 2025 06:00 Beginner

How about octave jumps?

Are the octaves played "from the wrist" or is there something else at play?

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29 Jun 2023 04:19 Intermediate

It's not an octave, it's two orchestral voices

The way you stand up in your hand could and should allow for this

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13 Mar 2023 03:00 Beginner

The thumb should not invert

Also on forearm rotation and octaves

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02 Oct 2020 05:56 Intermediate
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03 Sep 2020 05:30 Beginner

A growing hand arch even in octaves

Pianimals teachers exercise 27

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23 Aug 2020 04:03 Beginner

Fast octaves

Alan's take on fast octaves, submitted by Mark Riches

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24 Jul 2020 05:39 Beginner

Chopin-Etude in b minor Op 25 No 10

Octaves and the beautiful middle section. Such a versatile etude.

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14 Jun 2019 09:36 Intermediate
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06 Sep 2017 02:44 Intermediate

Forte Octaves

Asked by: hadarmo2

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11 Aug 2017 08:56 Intermediate

Horowitz Style Octaves

Asked by: hadarmo2

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28 Feb 2017 09:31 Advanced

Chopin-Etude Opus 10 No 1

From a small workshop in Amherst, MA 2016.

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22 Nov 2016 23:37 Intermediate

Octaves and The Thumb

We are talking about the thumb and octaves in this lesson

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18 Apr 2016 04:01 Intermediate

Movable Structure

The importance of movable structure when playing the piano

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23 Mar 2016 07:30 Intermediate

Elastic Release for Brilliance and Ease

Structured hand is not a stiff hand if it's elastically created

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18 Jan 2016 08:17 Intermediate

Octaves and Biotensegrity

Elasticity and biotensegrity applied to octaves

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08 Dec 2015 04:36 Intermediate

Metacarpals and Rotation in Octaves

Last day of AFFI Smith 2015 lecture/Q&A

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11 Nov 2015 06:56 Intermediate

Lecture on Octaves and Chords Part 1

Lecture No.2 from AFF Institute Hope, MI 2015

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18 Aug 2015 20:42 Intermediate

Chopin - D flat Nocturne Op 27 No 2 Part 3

Even though this lesson is on Nocturno, Alan really talks about hand structure, grasping, octaves..

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14 Jan 2015 19:25 Intermediate