How NOT to Play the Piano! Tips on how to play very very BADLY (Pianist Dr. Duane Hulbert)

Enough with the positive approach to playing piano! Let's learn how to play the piano as badly as possible. Dr. Duane Hulbert, a Grammy-nominated and Juilliard-trained piano professor with over 30 years experience, has seen and heard enough bad piano playing to last a lifetime. Here are some of his top tips to achieve the worst possible performance at the piano as possible. (If you have other tips, put them in the comments below.)

Tip 1: Slump! (0:43) example is Brahms' Sonata No. 1 in C major , 1st movement

Tip 2: Tip 2: Play Mechanically! (3:10) Bach Prelude & Fugue in C major

Tip 3: Pound the piano! (5:23) Chopin's Sonata in B major

Tip 4: Curl Your Fingers! (7:15) Debussy's Doctor Gradus ad Parnassum

Tip 5: Sink arms! (8:15) Brahms' Piano Concerto No.1 in D minor, 3rd movement

Tip 6: Pedal poorly! (10:10) Chopin's Waltz Op. 69 No. 2

Dr. Hulbert received his BA and MM from The Juilliard School of Music and his DMA from The Manhattan School of Music. Hulbert received the Gold Medal at the 1980 Gina Bachauer International Piano Competition, and also won prizes in the 1981 Leeds Competition and 1985 Carnegie Hall International American Music Competition. He has performed as a soloist with symphonies across the United States and has given recitals at Merkin Hall in New York, Kennedy Center in Washington, D.C., and Benaroya Hall in Seattle. In 2002, his recording of the piano works of late-romantic Russian composer Alexander Glazunov was nominated for a Grammy Award for Best Solo Instrumental Recording. David Hurwitz of ClassicsToday.com called the CD “a production that makes the best possible case for this really excellent but sadly neglected repertoire.” Dr. Hulbert taught at the university level for over thirty years.

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