4-Note Form Tutorial | An Exercise That Will Transform Your Piano Technique

I'm going to show you the most amazing

exercise

you can use for warm-up, agility, coordination, circular motion, flexibility and movement. Also, if you stay until the end of this video, I'll show you some cool ways to vary it. the

exercise

that

will

help you with many other things Four

note

form

This is a popular exercise that is based on chords of four major and minor

note

s that go through different inversions the major triad and the minor triad are the basis of this exercise the key the difference is the third descent to make a four note chord.

I simply add the lower note to the higher one. Each step requires a simple change to get to a new chord in a different inversion, so we start with the major chord in root position and then lower the third, to get to the minor chord, then switch to the major chord first. inversion raising the fifth, if we raise both middle notes, then we reach the minor in first inversion, the last two changes take us to the second inversion chords, the first being major. raising the third followed by the minor, lowering the sixth and finally we raise the octave a semitone and that's it, a new key for a new round.

Sometimes it's helpful to think about chords and keys, so it's really good to keep in mind where the root is. The note is that I'm going to play the roots of each chord so you can see what I mean, so first of all we start in the root position with C is the root in both major and minor when we change into the next chord. A flat becomes our root in flat major and then a minor when we enter our second inversion chords, F becomes the root in both major and minor and finally our raised octave takes us to a new key with D flat as our new root, so see if you can.

Follow the next two keys, as you can see. I'm using contour movements. I find this is the most effective way to work in circular motions, just make sure to keep

your

wrists loose and keep the movement subtle. The opposite movement can be a bit complicated. at first, so if you're not 100% comfortable with the pattern, start with just

your

hands or try a similar move first. If you like this video, please subscribe as I would love to help you with other exercises, practice

technique

s and the best ways to learn

piano

. music now, as promised, here are some cool variations you can try once you know the pattern really well.

The similar movement is an excellent alternative to the contrary movement. It's a little difficult to coordinate at first, but I find the movement of the egg beater to be really real. Try to start. Whether on the bottom or top notes, this is one of my absolute favorites because it doesn't matter if you start with a white or black key, you're going to use the same fingering, which means you really have to move through those black notes. Shaping the keys as smoothly as possible is one of the best devices you can use to ensure you don't have any bulges, especially in those thumb crosses.

Here's another view so you can see those awkward junctions more clearly. You can't see this, but I'm trying to stay very close here. I'm combining a broken string in the left hand while doing a two-octave arpeggio in the right hand. This is great for hand-to-hand coordination, of course, you can turn it around and do the opposite if you want. you want to develop strength and power, this variation is for you, make sure you push forward from the keys, this

will

give you a warm and lush sound, finally basic octaves, of course the jumps can be tricky, but this is very useful to develop precision in jumping and the

technique

of staying loose and bouncy to play the octave.

If you would like to see these steps written to music, I have attached a PDF link below in the description, thanks for watching.