How do I learn piano making my hands work together?
Playing different things with right and left hands is one of the most difficult skills the beginner pianist has to learn. Still, this is the core of piano playing and so it is something to be mastered at an early stage.
Some able adults will despair to their piano teacher that they feel they'll never master this skill, whereas many tiny tots seem to learn independent hands with no apparent problem. Let's face it, everyone's brain works slightly differently. Some are just wired naturally for piano playing and some are not.
But don't despair when taking piano lessons. By following the steps below anyone can learn to play piano. Some will take longer and some may have to keep repeating and repeating whilst feeling they're getting nowhere, but in reality there is improvement; it's just very slow.
Here are the three steps.
First of all be sure that the music you are studying is easy enough for you. Don't try to gallop ahead. You'll only get frustrated with the challenge. Adults often try to tackle piano music which is technically way beyond them whereas long term success comes quicker by mastering very simple steps along the way.
Remember that it's not just about training your fingers for the piano keyboard, but your brain has to cope with many, many new commands. So, take your time and take each piece steadily. Think about the hare and tortoise and when you start to play the piano, slow really is the best policy.
Second, practice each hand slowly and by itself until you can play almost perfectly. You should be so confident that someone walking into the room would not distract you from your piano playing.
A powerful practice technique is to learn to play the left hand accompaniment whilst singing the melody of the right hand. This helps to train your hands to be independent of your conscious thoughts as well as helping you to hear how right and left hands fit together before you can actually play both.
Lastly, be sure to take everything slowly at first. When practicing independent hands take a very slow tempo. Watch your fingers playing the notes and know that you are in control.
When you put hands together take it at just half the speed you have managed with hands separate. If you make mistakes in notes or timing by playing too quickly then you are reinforcing bad technique. Go as slowly as you need to make it sound right.
By following these simple steps, you will learn piano very quickly. For some people it will happen almost instantaneously whilst others will have to struggle, but if you persevere and keep repeating these steps the hands will eventually seem to know instinctively which piano notes to play and when.
Some able adults will despair to their piano teacher that they feel they'll never master this skill, whereas many tiny tots seem to learn independent hands with no apparent problem. Let's face it, everyone's brain works slightly differently. Some are just wired naturally for piano playing and some are not.
But don't despair when taking piano lessons. By following the steps below anyone can learn to play piano. Some will take longer and some may have to keep repeating and repeating whilst feeling they're getting nowhere, but in reality there is improvement; it's just very slow.
Here are the three steps.
First of all be sure that the music you are studying is easy enough for you. Don't try to gallop ahead. You'll only get frustrated with the challenge. Adults often try to tackle piano music which is technically way beyond them whereas long term success comes quicker by mastering very simple steps along the way.
Remember that it's not just about training your fingers for the piano keyboard, but your brain has to cope with many, many new commands. So, take your time and take each piece steadily. Think about the hare and tortoise and when you start to play the piano, slow really is the best policy.
Second, practice each hand slowly and by itself until you can play almost perfectly. You should be so confident that someone walking into the room would not distract you from your piano playing.
A powerful practice technique is to learn to play the left hand accompaniment whilst singing the melody of the right hand. This helps to train your hands to be independent of your conscious thoughts as well as helping you to hear how right and left hands fit together before you can actually play both.
Lastly, be sure to take everything slowly at first. When practicing independent hands take a very slow tempo. Watch your fingers playing the notes and know that you are in control.
When you put hands together take it at just half the speed you have managed with hands separate. If you make mistakes in notes or timing by playing too quickly then you are reinforcing bad technique. Go as slowly as you need to make it sound right.
By following these simple steps, you will learn piano very quickly. For some people it will happen almost instantaneously whilst others will have to struggle, but if you persevere and keep repeating these steps the hands will eventually seem to know instinctively which piano notes to play and when.
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