Taught by renowned
pianist
Dominic Cheli
Dominic Cheli teaches the beginnings of playing scales through the 5-finger hand position as well as healthy habits to start incorporating into your playing immediately.
The 5-Finger Hand Position
Dominic Cheli teaches the beginnings of playing scales through the 5-finger hand position as well as healthy habits to start incorporating into your playing immediately.
General Principles for Scales and Setting up the Hand
In this lesson, Dominic Cheli teaches general principles for scales, setting up the hand, understanding enharmonic equivalanices and the importance of parallel/relative minor keys. In addition he provides advice on playing the "fastest" scales at the keyboard: glissandos
How to Play Two-Octave Arpeggios and the Role of the Thumb
In this lesson, Dominic talks about the role of the thumb in playing 2 types arpeggios: slower legato ones, and faster virtuosic ones.
How to Play Basic Triads
In this lesson, Dominic Cheli teaches you how to play basic triads, voicing chords, using different parts of your body depending on the musical passage, and an intro to playing octaves.
How to Play Staccato
In this lesson, Dominic Cheli teaches how to play staccato (short) notes. He talks about using the finger, wrist, and arm as well as why staccato notes can be the most physically demanding of any articulation.
How to Use the Right Pedal, and Pedaling Basics
In this lesson, Dominic teaches how and when to use the right sustain pedal, how the pedal can help smaller hands, and general advice for the movement of the foot.
Trills and Ornaments Across Musical Styles
In this lesson, Dominic Cheli teaches the technical approach to trills from Baroque, Classical, Romantic, and Contemporary periods.
Dominic Cheli’s career includes debuts at Walt Disney Concert Hall and at Carnegie Hall. He has CDs out on the Naxos and Delos labels and is the Head of Piano at tonebase.
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