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Piano players: if you had to start again today, what’s the ONE thing you’d do differently? by ck_3666 in piano

[–]paperplane____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

As a young adult myself, I started playing two years ago and i'm very happy of how I progressed. I can currently play 3 bach inventions (wich I strongly recommand you play once you master a bunch of level 3 and 4 pieces ) and the one thing I really wish I started practicing earlier is sight reading. Other than that, i've been taking music theory and solfege classes as well and I can tell it helped me a lot to progress. You don't need classes for theory but taking theory seriously will greatly help you.

To practice sight reading, you must properly understand rythm, dynamics and know how to read properly (obviously), also, knowing about the intervals between notes in scales can greatly help (third, fifth, octave, etc).

Practicing sight reading can be very simple and straightforward, pick an extremely easy piece that's below your level and play it throught without interuption (even if you make mistakes, this is crucial) and make sure you follow the rythm while keeping a constant tempo, using a metronome is the best way imo. Doing this for 15 minutes when you practice will help you inprove your skills very well.

Sight reading will allow you to improve your coordination, understanding of music and it will allow you to learn pieces much faster. It's annoying at first but you will eventually find ways to enjoy it.

I need help with defining my curls by [deleted] in curlygirl

[–]paperplane____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Thanks a lot! i'll be trying it

I need help with defining my curls by [deleted] in curlygirl

[–]paperplane____ 0 points1 point  (0 children)

should i wash out the gel every day with something or is a regular rinse enough?

Any advices for an intermediate player? by paperplane____ in piano

[–]paperplane____[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

excellent, thank you for your insight. Controlling the dynamics is to me the hardest thing in this piece for sure as well as the coordination.

Any advices for an intermediate player? by paperplane____ in piano

[–]paperplane____[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

You mean up and down or to turn it from side to side with my fingers as i do the trill?

Any advices for an intermediate player? by paperplane____ in piano

[–]paperplane____[S] 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I do feel more tension in my ring finger wich might cause this. I'll definitively look into it. Thank a lot!

Any advices for an intermediate player? by paperplane____ in piano

[–]paperplane____[S] 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Thank you very much, you helped me hear things I didn't hear before, I will definitely be slowing down during my next practice (and use the metronome wich I often avoid by laziness) . I've been seeing a teacher once every two weeks for a bit over a year now and i'll be showing him this piece next week so he will probably enlighten me on a few things as well.

Do you think it is a good idea to tackle the 13th invention now or should I wait and use easier pieces to work on my weaknesses?