An Octave Exercise – Jeffrey Biegel

The prolific concert artist and sought-after teacher Jeffrey Biegel demonstrates the octave exercises devised by his former Juilliard teacher, the late Adele Marcus.

Carrying on the legacy of Marcus’s teacher, the luminary 20th-century pianist Josef Lhévinne, Biegel tailors the exercises to his own technique and shows you how to do the same. Do the exercises work? Take a look at Biegel’s scintillating octaves and see for yourself.

 

  • 1:44 Wrist exercise
  • 4:15 Shape of the hand
  • 5:58 Add-on technique
  • 7:43 Posture