About a year ago I was working on “The Clear Stream by: Johann Burgmuller” and was to the point where I had it down, but the mood wasn’t right and something was missing! Natalie and I tried a couple different things, but the song still didn’t sound like a “stream”. We were thinking through different possibilities at my lesson one day…when all of a sudden, Natalie got the idea to check out YouTube. If I remember correctly, her thinking behind this was to see how others played the song and see how they approached it. So we watched a couple videos, and to my surprise, they were very helpful and insightful! I could see how they were phrasing according to the mood/style; I could tell they really brought out the dynamics (which were very key-especially with this song). And, they applied a very key technique I lacked: Right-Hand Rotation + Smoothness As you can tell, I learned a lot just from watching a couple online videos!

Next time you feel something’s amiss in one of your songs, try watching it on YouTube; I’m sure you’ll gain a few helpful tips.

Here’s the wonderful result I experienced after applying the things I learned from YouTube…ENJOY!: