Hi there! Are you an intermediate or advanced pianist who is looking for an
exercise that isn't boring to do? Hi I'm Jazer! I play the piano. In this video,
I want to share with you an exercise I used to do when i was 13 or 14. This exercise is probably for
someone who has played for about three years or longer. if you're an absolute beginner
and you want to try it, you're most welcome to. Let me know in the comments how you go.
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Now guys I wrote this myself when I was about 13 or 14 because I really liked this
chord progression. And when I was thinking about doing a video about this, I felt both excited and
a bit embarrassed as well to share this with you because I think it maybe sounds a bit tacky now.
But it's really, really good for warming up my fingers as you can see so many semi-quavers there.
So good for building that accuracy, dexterity and control. Right? Just before you start working on
your other pieces. For this video to make sense, you probably need to know something about chords.
So if you're not familiar with chords, just make sure you click on the cards above. I have other
tutorials on chords before you move into this next bit. Guys, let's have a bit of a breakdown. So
the chords that were used first were the C. Okay and then we have the G with the B on the bottom.
And then we had A minor and we've got E minor with a G on the bottom.
And then we had F.
And then C major with E on the bottom.
and then D major with F sharp on the bottom
and then G sus and then ending with G. And you just repeat the whole thing again.
So the first thing we need to know is the right and left hand are always playing the same group
of notes in the same chord shapes. But they're playing different notes within those chord shapes.
So what's right hand doing? Right hand is always doing top, middle, bottom, middle.
Do it 4 times. Move on to the next chord. Same thing, 4 times.
Next, 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, 1 - 2... so on and so forth.
Now what's left hand doing? Left hand is doing something called the
Alberti base. So Alberti base is this... it's the base top. middle top.
This was made very famous in the classical era. So if you played any Mozart, Beethoven or Haydn,
this will not be unfamiliar to you. Four times next chord...
next 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, 1 - 2 - 3 - 4, so on and so forth. There you go. So that's the right hand
and the left hand. You just need to make sure you know how to play all of these
patterns within the chords. Let me play really slowly for you, so you can see what's happening.
And you just repeat that, yeah and then you just keep repeating that. So awesome! Practice that
make sure you're playing every single note together. Okay so
make sure you're not doing something like that...
It's really important that you're playing it cleanly and everything to the dot.
...so on and so forth. So for the more advanced pianists, if you want a bit of a challenge. Why
not now do it in other keys? so you just did it in C major, let's move up to now D flat major...
...and then more maybe now in D major.
If you were to do it like this, it becomes not only a great exercise for your fingers
but a great exercise for your brain as well. Because you're not having to
think about sharps and flats, and which ones are black keys, which ones are white keys,
so great exercise all around. And there you go guys, this concludes the warm-up exercise I have
for you intermediate and advanced pianists. Let me know in the comments please how you
go because I'm very curious to find out. Have a great day and catch you in the next video.