Piano Practice - SmoothnessIn this article we are going to give you some important advice on how to practice piano properly. You see, 10 minutes of good, effective practice… is worth much more than 2 hours of bad practice. In fact, in correct practice will teach you to play things poorly and you won’t get as much enjoyment from playing the piano as you should do. So with this in mind, we will give you a few tips that you need to keep in mind when you practice piano or keyboard. Let’s get started... |
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The first thing we will talk about is smoothness. Good music needs to be played without pauses in the wrong places, if it’s going to sound good. But when you’re practicing, you’re not giving a performance. You’re allowed to have pauses. The point in practicing is to iron out those pauses, so you don’t stumble over the notes and have to stop to work out where you are. By focusing on smoothness in your practice, you will be improving the continuity of the individual phrases within a piece of music, so when it comes to performing it… it will play smoothly. By focusing on smoothness in your playing, you will learn to use good fingering which will mean your musical phrases play unbrokenly. Practicing with smoothness in mind forces you to learn the best fingerings for the music you’re learning to play. In conclusion, it’s important to keep your attention on everything you’re doing when you learn piano. This will help you to learn much quicker, and you’ll get much more skilled in less practice time – which is perfect if you’ve got other responsibilities in your life. |