1) Playing soft chords - pull back on the keys with ur arm by like 1cm/half an inch instead of using a vertical motion of the arm
2) Equalise dynamics of all notes in a chord - place fingers 1 3 5 on a flat surface and adjust weight till you feel equal weight on all fingers. Transfer that feeling to the keyboard
3) Play softly - Play the notes loud to feel the bottom of the key bed. Once you know where the key bed is, play it again (softly this time) such that yours fingers just lightly graze the key bed. Also play with finger staccato to get 'minimal touch' of the keys
DONT:
-Finger staccato in chords (chance of uneveness in dynamics)
-Blame ur instrument for your poor dynamics (unless its a digital keyboard with really no dynamics whatsoever) work on technique instead
-Use too little arm weight (chance of ghost notes or notes in chord not soinding together) use stroking motion instead - see 1)

5:21 “and then you can play this...”

Actually, no, I can’t

If you can play it loudly, you can play it softly

This is gold. Tackled my inconsistent note dynamics and ghost note problems - exactly the things I was looking for that I couldn't find elsewhere - with amazing tips on how to correct it. Thank you.

Thank you so much, you have no idea how much you've helped me with learning piano. Ive been taking piano for 10 years and it was nothing serious... but last year  i got so into piano and you definitely helped me go further in tackling technical problems and motivational problems and now piano has become a serious passion of mine. I have much respect for what you do, you are really helping people here!

Thank you Josh! I love Chopin but each time I recorded myself playing any waltz, nocturne, etc, my left hand sounds so heavy. I will put these tips on practice! Thank you again.

Thank you so very much Josh! I’m relearning  after 30 years And you have really helped me enjoy the piano again.

To play chords fff my teacher gave me a quite similar tip: while pushing the keys down very fast pushing them outwards (left hand to the left, right hand to the right).

The better your piano, the more softer you can play...

My favorite channel these days is this.

Perfect timing! I needed this

thank you so much for making this video and all your other videos, its honestly been a super ginourmous help. Like goddamn thank you so much

your videos are so unbelievably helpful!

Wow thank you, that really works!!! Again thank you for your humility in teaching us.

For whatever reason, upon clicking on this video, I was immediately able to play softly. Probably coincidence, but I found it amusing. 🤗❤

Thank you for the tips ^^

This is a follow-up to a recent request from someone in our YouTube community, and I hope it helps each of you in your studies! Have a great week of practicing :)

Is it ,in your opinion, better to learn a song with or without sustain pedal during the memorization stage?

Love your videos Josh! Helps me a lot in my piano practice!

Yeah that girl use to play like this...sorta sliding motion and really what sound control and sound balance she got within her both hands. Her melody lines just so clear. I mean u will chords kinda buzz around in back ground coloring melody line a bit but generally not chord as poped out notes to crash melody lines.  

And I think balancing sound in both hands is far more better skill than just dynamics in your right hand. It makes your playing so much smoother and nicer to ears to listen as a audience. Most ppl either go up or down with both hands same time. And that still make your melody lines mix up with chord sound I mean chords are there to give color or some rythm but thats all that they suppose to do.. not overshadow melody line. Cause thats where the song is in melody lines. Left hand usually play or should play like background musicians are to singer. Not overshadow lead singer voice or lines cause thats where we mainly tune our ears as a audience.

I mean she plays every thing like any other but with just such control and balance that if u will get struck to listen to her automatically even if u accidently bumped into her video.

Let me give u a link ..u decide for yourself. 😀

https://youtu.be/2zUM5anGMTg

https://youtu.be/rtFv_-QT26w