Robert Estrin gives interesting lessons on various aspects of the piano, its history, and music in general.
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/pianos/steinway-victorian-art-case-grand-piano/ Here is a Golden Era Steinway art-case piano that has been completely restored to like new condition. This is a rare Victorian design with detailed, hand-carved woodwork. It features Steinway’s revered A2 scale design, which is still being produced today in New York and Hamburg, Germany.
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/are-staccatos-accented/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about staccatos. Are staccatos accented? You see the little dots in your music, and you know to play short or detached, but does that mean you also articulate them with accents?
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/pianos/mason-hamlin-grand-piano-5/ Mason & Hamlin has been building pianos in Massachusetts for over 100 years. They still produce a limited number of hand-crafted pianos in their U.S. factory. Many people seek out Mason & Hamlin pianos for their big, rich tone and exceptional build quality.
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/how-to-make-memorization-easier/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. Today I’m going to show you how to make memorization easier. Memorizing piano in music is one of the most difficult things you’ll ever do mentally. It takes all of your concentration. I’m going to show you how to approach this so that you…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/pianos/steinway-sons-grand-piano-2/ Steinway & Sons was started in New York by German immigrants in the middle of the 19th century. This piano was built in the New York factory at a time when some of the best American pianos of all time were being produced. And Steinway was at the pinnacle of piano building.…
From LivingPianos. Full Interview: https://livingpianos.com/what-makes-a-great-teacher-interview-with-william-fitzpatrick/ https://www.violinist.com/directory/bio.cfm?member=emusishare Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. Today I will be talking with William Fitzpatrick about what makes a great teacher. I’ve had the good fortune to study with great pianists John Ogden, Ruth Slenczynska, Constance Keene, and I started my piano studies with my father, Morton Estrin. I want…
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/how-to-have-a-piano-while-traveling/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about how to have a piano while traveling. Sometimes I go on vacation, and it’s frustrating not having a piano. I finally have time to devote to the piano, but there is no piano to play! What kind of vacation…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/will-playing-by-ear-hurt-your-classical-playing/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about playing by ear. Will playing by ear hurt your classical playing? There are many teachers who tell their students they must not play by ear because it will mess up the precision of their classical playing. The only ounce of truth…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/how-to-recharge-your-piano-playing/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. Today, I’m going to show you how to recharge your piano playing. Have you ever gotten a piece to a really high level and played it on a regular basis, but somehow it goes stale? It’s just not quite there. It’s not like there are trouble…
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From LivingPianos. Clair de Lune of Debussy is the iconic third movement of his four movement Suite Bergamasque. Maintaining a solid rhythmic pulse can be a challenge. But that is how to create the ethereal mood this piece offers. For a complete free tutorial of this piece, please email: Robert@LivingPianos.com
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/do-you-need-a-practice-checklist/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about why you need a practicing checklist. What’s this all about? A lot of my students want to have a routine in their practice to do a certain number of things in a certain order on a daily basis. And…
From LivingPianos. SEE MORE OF THIS PIANO: https://livingpianos.com/pianos/baldwin-artist-series-grand-piano-made-in-usa/ The Artist Series Model L Baldwin is one of the great American pianos of all time. Living Pianos has the distinction of having sold more Baldwin model L grand pianos than any other piano. On a personal note, Baldwin Model L’s have been my personal pianos more…
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/what-are-primary-chords-why-you-need-them/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about why you must know your primary chords. What are primary chords? Well, I’m going to break it down for you today. I’m going to show you something called diatonic chords first, because that’s how you can discover what your…
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From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/how-many-levels-of-pianissimo-are-there/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about playing pianissimo. How many different levels of soft playing are there on the piano? By the end of this video, I’m going to reveal the answer to you!
From LivingPianos. SEE THIS PIANO: https://livingpianos.com/pianos/yamaha-baby-grand-piano/ Here is a Yamaha manufactured in Japan which was sold brand new just a few months ago. It is in new condition inside and out. It is superior in craftsmanship to the Indonesian made Yamaha pianos, and is also a larger baby grand than the entry level Yamaha baby…
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/5-things-piano-ping-pong-have-in-common/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. Today’s subject is about the five things piano and ping-pong have in common. There are so many things they have in common! One thing, and this isn’t one of the five, is that they are both things that I particularly love and have been…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/why-you-must-peak-later-in-your-phrases/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about why you must peak later in your phrases. What am I talking about? In most lyrical music, that is, music with melody, you have a line that has a rise and a fall. You may have noticed that oftentimes, when you…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/pianos/rare-steinway-art-case-rebuilt-by-steinway/ This is a New York made Steinway with furniture design inspired by Hepplewhite. This marvelous case design was only made during the 1930’s and then again for a short time in the 1980’s. Very few ever resurface from this era, simply because not many were made. This one was sent back to…
From LivingPianos. Full Article:https://livingpianos.com/how-to-solidify-rhythms/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about how to solidify rhythms. I did a video a while back called What Is the Most Important Aspect of Music? I identified rhythm as the most important part. Of course, it’s hard to say one aspect of music is the…
From LivingPianos. Full Article: https://livingpianos.com/should-you-follow-metronome-markings-in-your-music/ There are drastically different tempos concert artists choose for the same piece. Here is a great example: Rondo alla turca" from Mozart’s Piano Sonata No 11 (Turkish March) Glenn Gould – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eTZ33EVK3Ug&t=5s&ab_channel=Zarathustra Lang Lang https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0HhBr0t4VJ0&ab_channel=medici.tv
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From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/can-you-hear-the-difference-between-mozart-and-beethoven/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. In today’s video, I have a really interesting listening test for you! Can you hear the difference between Mozart and Beethoven? Many of you might think you can easily tell the difference between Mozart and Beethoven. Well, can you? Well, if you are already…
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From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/how-does-memory-work-on-the-piano/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about memory. How does memory work on the piano? People play whole programs—an hour and a half or more of music—all from memory. Their fingers know just where to go. How does that work? I received a question that addresses…
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From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/how-to-make-money-playing-the-piano/ Welcome to Living Pianos, Robert Estrin here providing ways you can make money playing the piano. Can you make a living playing the piano? Did you know that there are tens of millions of piano students in China alone? And there are countless pianists in the entire world. However: There…
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From LivingPianos. SEE THIS PIANO: https://livingpianos.com/pianos/all-original-steinway-sons-grand-piano/ Buying a used Steinway can sometimes feel like a daunting task. You have to educate yourself about how pianos are restored, what parts are used, and the methodology of restoration. Here is an all original Steinway Model M with practically no wear inside or out. You would likely see…
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/mozart-fantasy-in-d-minor/ Mozart was known to improvise music at gatherings. This was a common practice at the time. Sometimes there would be events with several keyboardists dueling it out trying to outdo each other! Naturally, Mozart astounded audiences with these displays of instant composition.
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/musical-test-how-good-is-your-ear/ There are 4 different types of triads: Major, minor, diminished, and augmented. Each of these can be in root position, where the root of the chord is on the bottom, or inverted with the bottom note of the chord on top, or the top note of the chord on the…
From LivingPianos. FULL PERFORMANCE: https://youtu.be/SNMmNpkt4H8
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/bach-toccata-in-e-minor-robert-estrin-pianist/ Bach lived in Leipzig, Germany and did very little travelling. However, whenever musicians came through town, he would make a point of hearing them. So he wrote a vast array of music of different cultures including English Suites, French Suites, Italian Concerto, as well as a wealth of other music.…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/should-you-follow-pedal-markings-in-your-scores/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The question today is about whether you should you follow pedal markings in your scores. All too often, you don’t even have pedal markings! So where should you pedal? In a nutshell, it’s where harmonies change. You don’t want to blur harmonies from one chord to…
From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/how-to-practice-reading-pieces/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. With over 1500 videos on LivingPianos.com, it’s amazing when I think of a topic that I’ve never covered before that’s so fundamental! Today I’m going to talk about how to practice reading pieces. First of all, let me explain what I’m talking about. I…
From LivingPianos. Watch the Full Lesson Here: https://youtu.be/suODd8lp-7I
From LivingPianos. Robert Estrin on LivingPianos.com provides two main reasons to change fingers on repeated notes when playing the piano. For Rapid Repeated Notes: Fast, repeated notes are almost impossible to play with one finger. Different fingers can enable a faster pace. To Achieve True Legato: Changing fingers on repeated notes can lead to a…
From LivingPianos. WEBSITE: https://www.bijantaghavi.com/ BIJAN TAGHAVI- PIANIST, COMPOSER, EDUCATOR: LivingPianos Interview with Student, Bijan Taghavi – Jazz Artist Bijan Taghavi joins Robert Estrin to discuss Jazz and the differences and similarities between Classical music, making a career in music, relationships with music teachers, teaching philosophy, and questions from listeners. YOUTUBE: https://livingpianos.com/3-piano-technique-tips-lessons-from-robert-estrin/ 3 Piano Technique Tips:…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/how-to-orchestrate-your-playing/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about how dynamics are like orchestration in your music. The piano is an amazing instrument because you have all the parts of a whole orchestra right under your fingertips! You want to think of your playing as orchestrating the sound and getting…
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From LivingPianos. SEE MORE OF THIS PIANO: https://livingpianos.com/pianos/knabe-baby-grand-piano-2/ Here is a Golden Age baby grand from one of America’s most respected piano builders. Knabe was the official piano of the Metropolitan Opera and was sought out by musicians for its rich tone and high quality manufacturing. The model 50 has a wide tail, which allows…
From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/balancing-work-and-fun-in-your-piano-practice/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about balancing work and fun in your practice. I have often said that if you’re practicing correctly, it’s hard work! There are some things that are just really tough in practicing. Things like memorization and refinement—to do these things correctly, you must…
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From LivingPianos. A friendly response to an interpretation by @BijanTaghavi Original Video: https://youtu.be/Qw2USAPz2_c