What do you do during your practice?
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lavivacampeon
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Hi pf,
Well it depends individually. Before you actually physically start to press on the keys, you should listen to the song that you wanna play countless times till you can actually hear the song in your mind after you plug out those headphones.
The next step will be....
Look for chords that you are suitable with..you do not need necessarily follow the original chords..modern keyboards nowadays have 'transpose' button, so you do not have to worry in what chords you are playing the song.
N Thirdly.....
play it till you love it nnn N keep on playing it.
Try it pal..
Well it depends individually. Before you actually physically start to press on the keys, you should listen to the song that you wanna play countless times till you can actually hear the song in your mind after you plug out those headphones.
The next step will be....
Look for chords that you are suitable with..you do not need necessarily follow the original chords..modern keyboards nowadays have 'transpose' button, so you do not have to worry in what chords you are playing the song.
N Thirdly.....
play it till you love it nnn N keep on playing it.
Try it pal..
Cheez
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Never ever use the transpose button on the keyboard!!!!! You'll never learn if you do. And once you use it, it's a slippery slope.
For technical skills:
I would play it again and again. Then use it in songs that I know. Then finally, use it in EVERY single key.
For songs:
I would actually play as it was intended originally. That way, not only I familiarise myself with the song, I would also learn what the writer intended (what actually goes in his head - some of his techniques in chordal progression may be helpful to me in the future). I would then play the song (original) in EVERY key (white and black, from C, Db, E, Eb etc to B). Then I would play it as I intended - in every key.
For technical skills:
I would play it again and again. Then use it in songs that I know. Then finally, use it in EVERY single key.
For songs:
I would actually play as it was intended originally. That way, not only I familiarise myself with the song, I would also learn what the writer intended (what actually goes in his head - some of his techniques in chordal progression may be helpful to me in the future). I would then play the song (original) in EVERY key (white and black, from C, Db, E, Eb etc to B). Then I would play it as I intended - in every key.
pf
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Usually, during my practice, I'll split the song up and down (into section by section), then left and right (LH and RH).
I'll practice for a while...like 20mins...get a bit frustrated when I can't get it right. Then I'll go and play something else or practice scales and come back to the difficult part again. This will continue for several days. This prevents me from getting too frustrated over the things I can't get right. Problem is usually LH and RH coordination and timing.
Comparing day by day, it seems I hardly make any improvements but comparing day 1 and day 6, the results show. But I'll end up taking a pretty long while to learn a whole song.
Should I concentrate on working all the kinks out and doing nothing else except that or continue like what I'm doing?
I'll practice for a while...like 20mins...get a bit frustrated when I can't get it right. Then I'll go and play something else or practice scales and come back to the difficult part again. This will continue for several days. This prevents me from getting too frustrated over the things I can't get right. Problem is usually LH and RH coordination and timing.
Comparing day by day, it seems I hardly make any improvements but comparing day 1 and day 6, the results show. But I'll end up taking a pretty long while to learn a whole song.
Should I concentrate on working all the kinks out and doing nothing else except that or continue like what I'm doing?
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lavivacampeon
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for a new, hard song i teach my students to play it well with the right hand first, then the left hand, and when they can play each hand well, then they can play it both hands.
if it's a long new hard song i split it into sections for them to learn.
for a new technique there seems to be really nothing more you can do than practice hard.
if it's a long new hard song i split it into sections for them to learn.
for a new technique there seems to be really nothing more you can do than practice hard.
nah ..... dun use the transpose button ....
learn to play in every key is totally better .....
ps: i can't use the transpose button unless i got a score in front of me .. if i'm about to play by ear ... i need to play whatever i hear in my ear ... meaning every single key that i press needs to be a specific note ..... i can't press 1 note (hearing it in my head as that note) but it come out as another note .....
learn to play in every key is totally better .....
ps: i can't use the transpose button unless i got a score in front of me .. if i'm about to play by ear ... i need to play whatever i hear in my ear ... meaning every single key that i press needs to be a specific note ..... i can't press 1 note (hearing it in my head as that note) but it come out as another note .....
Cheez
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Yes, you're right. That's how it is in the beginning. After you get used to playing in every key, you'll find that a particular key has a certain "feel" to how your fingers move. Ab major has a certain feel to it, so does Db, and so on and so forth. Your fingers flows into the "shape" the chords are supposed to be played. It just take practice and getting used to.
