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Practise 2 Hands Together on Piano with Contrary Motion Scales

by Bill Hilton

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Published 5 Nov 2021

Playing piano or keyboard with two hands together is one of the biggest challenges learners face — playing with either left or right hand by itself is relatively easy, but once the hands have to work together things can get challenging, fast. The single best type of exercise for improving your hand independence on piano or keyboard is contrary motion. You can practise contrary motion using scales or broken chords, and it's massively effective at getting both hands working at the same time because it's regular and controlled, but both hands are doing something different throughout the whole exercise. In this video I demonstrate a C major contrary motion scale and an F major contrary motion broken chord. If you want to push you hand independence skills even further, try going faster, playing over more octaves, or playing the exercises with both hands in harder keys with more black notes. By the way, if you're interested in other strategies that will help you get your hands working together better on the keyboard, I have a full tutorial on the subject here: /watch/MeJp6bgT5w5Tp #Shorts #Piano

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@uncomfortablyoversizedbrea63473 years ago Really good tip indeed! I've been playing the piano for over 13 years and this is one of the important first steps in learning to play 324
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@ary93443 years ago These short videos are really helpful , keep doing it! :D 96
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@cybermyst1c3 years ago Good tips! This is actually one of the things I have to do for my Level 1 piano exam soon 55
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@weeklysanta58283 years ago Thank you!! I hope i will get better at piano thanks to you 😁😁 10
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@parky696 months ago i have been a harmonium player for a long time so i had no use of left hand on the keys but i started to get curios and tried playing piano but couldnt sync the notes with chords this has helped me a lot
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@RokhartMusic10 months ago Thanks for this. I’m working on contrary scales. Your broken chords tip will help me too 🎶👍 1
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@Mocha_Anims2 years ago I just can’t multitask with my fingers and make one do a different pattern while on does another. 14
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@rustyneuron8 months ago Nice video. If you are about to buy a keyboard to learn, make sure you get one with weighted keys. A keyboard won't build that hand strength with keys that aren't weighted. 1
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@NoOne-Some17 months ago Thank you for this tips! I'm actually going to perform playing piano on the stage this month(with my classmates), hope it goes well🙈 5
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@hiphoprajeshlifeksr220last year tank you so much sir these exercises improveed my two hands coordination ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
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@gloriaturnip13553 years ago I'm 30 years old and wanna learn piano so bad 18
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@spencerplaysguitar81797 months ago Thanks music man, me small guitar brain learn much from video. 1
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@spectre59827 months ago I gave up piano when I was in primary school cuz the main problem was my hands weren’t in sync with the notes and also I couldn’t read notes instantly hand to count them a,b,c,d etc 2
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@genex89446 months ago What's the fingering pattern for the F major broken chord contrary motion? 1
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@nicemercado9164last year Thank youu! How you do that with your hands 🥺 I can't keep up 1
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@dwsellast year Or do Bela Bartok's "Mikrokosmos" - I'm still at the beginning of the road but so far it helped me tremendously. 1
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@serialkillerdoingnormalhau69266 months ago Actually, i don't struggle to play both hands if both of my hands maintain the same position, but i do struggle when each hand has to play in different orders. My brain suicides 2
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@NeoArmstrongJetArmstrongCannon2 years ago I've always thought how is practicing scales in contrary motion or starting on a different interval going to help me develop a good technique. Until I tried it with a scale other than C major.
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@oOwHaTeverOo1last year I'm struggling with playing different things simultaneously, the same thing is not a problem....is there a tip maybe how to train the brain to do two different things, at the same time? 1
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@MyLorena8710 months ago Loud miss tour so my car cut boys main 😻
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@davonralls85556 months ago Understand notes not fingering and understand chords and name need help with fingering is there away to help
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@finger3030last year And THIS is what I gotta get rid off. Cant even play piano without my other hand getting distracted and starts to play the same rhythm as my other hand, how do I get rid of this? Please send any tips, thanks! 1
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@caitlinbelforti8707 months ago It's hard to see what exactly he is doing with the F major part. Can anyone break it down note by note for me? :/
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@JammyLammi2 years ago can I know what app/website you use at the top? 1
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@Aghaka_swu2 years ago How am i suppose to play when your fast
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@ldgaming42132 years ago Oh god I'm getting flashbacks of the contrary motion arpeggios and scales for Abrsm grade 8 😨 3
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@HarrietNdarelast month Hi pls I really love ur teaching pls can u be my private teacher online 🙏🙏
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@alvodin61978 months ago Doing contrary motion, will make you good at, well contrary motion. It will do little if anything for general "hand independence". I'm sick of hearing about these supposed tricks by people with decades under their belt l, simply regurgitating what their piano teacher said 30 fucking years ago. Other than that, this is guy is pretty solid. If you want to play two hands together, then okay two hands together. Start with a simple 4 or 6 note pattern with your left hand, while playing a scale in your right hand. Could do swinging 8 notes, triplets, 16 th notes etc. Try doing the reverse after mastering that. Keep counting precisely until it's automatic. If you want to do hanon and other silly things such as contrary motions scales, now you have. A choice. ...
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@BrunoNeureiter3 years ago Hey man there's an awful hiss in your videos. Try to pitch it down to hear it. Really annoying 2
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@uncomfortablyoversizedbrea63473 years ago Really good tip indeed! I've been playing the piano for over 13 years and this is one of the important first steps in learning to play 324
@

@ary93443 years ago These short videos are really helpful , keep doing it! :D 96
@

@cybermyst1c3 years ago Good tips! This is actually one of the things I have to do for my Level 1 piano exam soon 55
@

@weeklysanta58283 years ago Thank you!! I hope i will get better at piano thanks to you 😁😁 10
@

@parky696 months ago i have been a harmonium player for a long time so i had no use of left hand on the keys but i started to get curios and tried playing piano but couldnt sync the notes with chords this has helped me a lot
@

@RokhartMusic10 months ago Thanks for this. I’m working on contrary scales. Your broken chords tip will help me too 🎶👍 1
@

@Mocha_Anims2 years ago I just can’t multitask with my fingers and make one do a different pattern while on does another. 14
@

@rustyneuron8 months ago Nice video. If you are about to buy a keyboard to learn, make sure you get one with weighted keys. A keyboard won't build that hand strength with keys that aren't weighted. 1
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@NoOne-Some17 months ago Thank you for this tips! I'm actually going to perform playing piano on the stage this month(with my classmates), hope it goes well🙈 5
@

@hiphoprajeshlifeksr220last year tank you so much sir these exercises improveed my two hands coordination ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
@

@gloriaturnip13553 years ago I'm 30 years old and wanna learn piano so bad 18
@

@spencerplaysguitar81797 months ago Thanks music man, me small guitar brain learn much from video. 1
@

@spectre59827 months ago I gave up piano when I was in primary school cuz the main problem was my hands weren’t in sync with the notes and also I couldn’t read notes instantly hand to count them a,b,c,d etc 2
@

@genex89446 months ago What's the fingering pattern for the F major broken chord contrary motion? 1
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@nicemercado9164last year Thank youu! How you do that with your hands 🥺 I can't keep up 1
@

@dwsellast year Or do Bela Bartok's "Mikrokosmos" - I'm still at the beginning of the road but so far it helped me tremendously. 1
@

@serialkillerdoingnormalhau69266 months ago Actually, i don't struggle to play both hands if both of my hands maintain the same position, but i do struggle when each hand has to play in different orders. My brain suicides 2
@

@NeoArmstrongJetArmstrongCannon2 years ago I've always thought how is practicing scales in contrary motion or starting on a different interval going to help me develop a good technique. Until I tried it with a scale other than C major.
@

@oOwHaTeverOo1last year I'm struggling with playing different things simultaneously, the same thing is not a problem....is there a tip maybe how to train the brain to do two different things, at the same time? 1
@

@MyLorena8710 months ago Loud miss tour so my car cut boys main 😻
@

@davonralls85556 months ago Understand notes not fingering and understand chords and name need help with fingering is there away to help
@

@finger3030last year And THIS is what I gotta get rid off. Cant even play piano without my other hand getting distracted and starts to play the same rhythm as my other hand, how do I get rid of this? Please send any tips, thanks! 1
@

@caitlinbelforti8707 months ago It's hard to see what exactly he is doing with the F major part. Can anyone break it down note by note for me? :/
@

@JammyLammi2 years ago can I know what app/website you use at the top? 1
@

@Aghaka_swu2 years ago How am i suppose to play when your fast
@

@ldgaming42132 years ago Oh god I'm getting flashbacks of the contrary motion arpeggios and scales for Abrsm grade 8 😨 3
@

@HarrietNdarelast month Hi pls I really love ur teaching pls can u be my private teacher online 🙏🙏
@

@alvodin61978 months ago Doing contrary motion, will make you good at, well contrary motion. It will do little if anything for general "hand independence". I'm sick of hearing about these supposed tricks by people with decades under their belt l, simply regurgitating what their piano teacher said 30 fucking years ago. Other than that, this is guy is pretty solid. If you want to play two hands together, then okay two hands together. Start with a simple 4 or 6 note pattern with your left hand, while playing a scale in your right hand. Could do swinging 8 notes, triplets, 16 th notes etc. Try doing the reverse after mastering that. Keep counting precisely until it's automatic. If you want to do hanon and other silly things such as contrary motions scales, now you have. A choice. ...
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@BrunoNeureiter3 years ago Hey man there's an awful hiss in your videos. Try to pitch it down to hear it. Really annoying 2

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