Piano CHROMATIC scales FASTER and easier! 🎹🎵💨

👋For a complete tutorial on chromatic scales, check out the related video!🥳

[TheSoulBlossom]

I'm a linguistics nerd and I appreciate the fact you said FEWER instead of less!

[orthoh]

I sometimes use 1-3-1-3-1-3-4 and so on (you guess it) as it allows the thumb to just slide onto the keyboard reducing the move needed to play the key, and the transition 4-1 following is perfectly natural. I play easily twice as fast this way than 1-2-3 (I have trained years that way though).

[AmberCaddy]

That's how I was taught, too. Over time I learned other techniques on my own that produce better results. It's crazy how I had to unlearn so many things.

[nynjahgyal]

Been doing Hanon exercises to strengthen 4th &5th fingers.
What she says is so on point.

[angellee]

Lets start at the very beginning, a very good place to start. 🥰🤓👍🏽

[eganiac]

my old piano teacher tried to teach me correct hand placement but I just *could not* lmao
so I've gotten really good at just.. doing whatever my hand is most comfy with 😢

[MrFunnyPenny]

Yes, less hand movements and repositioning but it would require a huge amount of time to practice finger works. Brahms has an exercise in his book doing chromatic with all 5 fingers

[kristinadavidovic]

Whatever it makes it good-acc!Were been tought-but lets not be blind and exklusive!🎉🎉🎉

[FuriousCheddar]

Just bought a portable keyboard to practice/introduce myself to piano your channel seems to be a valuable resource, subscribed!

[parkerchace]

Lowkey mind-blowing how you're maximizing economy of motion

[jmcqueen]

Would have been cool to hear how fast you can play it with the fingerings you recommended

[penguindrum]

I ended up discovering I did this the other day for really fast short chromatic phrases when improvising.

[richardb]

That is an awesome technique. Thank you for sharing that!

[shesaidso]

Your advice is similar to reenventin the weel. It's a lot easier to cross thumb over 3d finger rather then over 4th.

[philburpalooza]

Yes I discovered this on my own I agree with you❤

[SterlingLacaden]

I think in single direction chromatic you just have to use whatever you know you’re most comfortable but if it’s particularly slurred or detached then definitely one or the other

[cirofodere]

If you use 1234 starting on C, what do you use on B? 5? Not quite right. She's on the right path. 1234 only on G going up. Rest 13. Second movement of Saint Saens piano concerto will teach you all you need to know about this.

[khangmapiano]

I first learned these fingerings when I had to play that really fast chromatic scale at the end of Liszt 1 first movement and it blew my mind lol

[Alwpiano]

I think I'm far too familiar with the "typical" fingers to ever use the second pattern. I feel I can make faster predictions with just 1, 2, 3. I do use 4 and 5 at the end of a contrary chromatic movement when ready to move back inwards.

[rustOfunk]

So is it a two octave run before it repeats? The one’s being C E G B D F A C? Or 4 3 4 3 3 4 3?
Thanks for your videos!