The Hidden Expressive Clues in the Time Signature

🎯 Troubleshoot your piano practice: https://practiceguide.thepianoprof.com/ 🎹 Full practice playlist: https://www.thepianoprof.com/practice... Playing the piano expressively is something a lot of pianists find challenging. How often does it happen that you diligently learn all the notes and rhythms for your piece, but then still feel, when you are playing, that the music you are making is just not as musical or expressive as you wish it were? In this video I show you how to use your understanding of the time signature of a piece to play with more musicality and expression. Throughout the lesson I demonstrate using Bach's Invention No. 1. 🎼You can follow along in the score by downloading it here: https://thepianoprof.com/Bach-Inventi... Time Stamps 0:00 Intro 0:44 What is the beat pattern in music? 1:46 How to shape the downbeat 2:51 How to shape the middle of the bar 4:16 How to shape the final beat of a bar 5:41 What is the role of the second beat? 6:58 How to use the beat pattern to shape Bach invention No.1 8:26 How to use the beat pattern to play the piano expressively #pianopractice #pianotips #pianolesson