My piano teacher explained the same thing to me, that practicing the wrong thing at first will cause problems later on and will be much harder to fix than if you practice it correctly the first time (practice makes permanent, not perfect). So for those out there that think it's too tedious to get each note correctly, it helps a ton to write it down if you aren't that good at sight reading as he said. One tip for memorization that's worth mentioning here, is that it's a skill that can be trained. Practice memorizing something for 30 minutes a day, and eventually your memory will become much more confident, you'll be able to memorize more and more, in less and less time. I don't know how to explain it but memorizing a measure or page before i play it feels like cheating because i'm able to put both hands together after just playing through it once or twice lol
This video was really helpful! Do you have any more specific tips for tackling the left hand arpeggios and the chord section that comes in the later half of Rach 2 first mvt?
Someone is paying attention to my videos 😂 1. Practice left hand separately and if it was written as left hand solo (play it musically as this will help you anchor the notes under your fingers) 2. always keep your hands as close to the keyboard as possible, especially during jumps 3. pay attention to the chord/harmonic progressions and don't miss any notes inside the chords I hope this helps
This was a super helpful video. Im currently learning chopin etudes and I also need to remember to not just play thru the piece as soon as im able to but to actually build all the strength and accuracy thru slow and meticulous practice first. I learned Ballad no. 1 in way longer than I had to due to poor practice strategies. Need to reminf myself to have more patience fs
I'll give you another challenge: how slow can you play an etude but still make it sound musical and project? This approach helped me a ton. Lemme know what you think
Someone asked me this exact question. I must’ve not explained it correctly. Sorry 😂 I meant to write in note names next to the notes so it’s easier/faster to read. (e.g. F, A, F, C, F)
i never play my piece perfectly, there will always one or two mistake like slip finger, i played the C# instead of C note which is the correct one, kind of that, can you share me tips hownto check whether i'm secured to play in public or not? or maybe because i still haven't fix the mistakes enough and drill the correct one? or i need specific technique to overcome it?
It's hard for me to cover everything since you actually asked 3 different questions 😭 but in general, no one plays a piece perfectly. Not even professionals. So don't beat yourself up for making one wrong note out of 3 million notes in a piece. You can secure your fingers by practicing very hard and slow (but make sure that you don't end up playing too hard or too slow in performance). Lastly, never expect to play well the first time you perform a piece in public. Public performance is a skill that needs to be practiced on its own (which means performing in public more frequently). I hope this helps.
In classical music, we tend to call musical works “pieces” since they’re usually instrumental works without lyrics. I guess it’s a more precise way of describing the work. It’s the same word used in “Art ‘Pieces’” When it is a work written for a (classical) singer, we use the word ‘song’.
I want the emphasis that it is entirely up to you whether you take a break or not. However, it's more important that you do the slow 10 minutes for the next couple of days before playing it fast again or putting it all together.
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My piano teacher explained the same thing to me, that practicing the wrong thing at first will cause problems later on and will be much harder to fix than if you practice it correctly the first time (practice makes permanent, not perfect). So for those out there that think it's too tedious to get each note correctly, it helps a ton to write it down if you aren't that good at sight reading as he said.
One tip for memorization that's worth mentioning here, is that it's a skill that can be trained. Practice memorizing something for 30 minutes a day, and eventually your memory will become much more confident, you'll be able to memorize more and more, in less and less time. I don't know how to explain it but memorizing a measure or page before i play it feels like cheating because i'm able to put both hands together after just playing through it once or twice lol
Perfectly said.
This video was really helpful! Do you have any more specific tips for tackling the left hand arpeggios and the chord section that comes in the later half of Rach 2 first mvt?
Someone is paying attention to my videos 😂
1. Practice left hand separately and if it was written as left hand solo (play it musically as this will help you anchor the notes under your fingers)
2. always keep your hands as close to the keyboard as possible, especially during jumps
3. pay attention to the chord/harmonic progressions and don't miss any notes inside the chords
I hope this helps
@@seankimmmmmm When I finish I'll upload it for you :)
This was a super helpful video. Im currently learning chopin etudes and I also need to remember to not just play thru the piece as soon as im able to but to actually build all the strength and accuracy thru slow and meticulous practice first. I learned Ballad no. 1 in way longer than I had to due to poor practice strategies. Need to reminf myself to have more patience fs
I'll give you another challenge: how slow can you play an etude but still make it sound musical and project? This approach helped me a ton. Lemme know what you think
@@seankimmmmmm yeah that's a really interesting way to doing it. Helps with really bringing out the musicality of the left hand in op 10 no 12
12:40 lmaoo. Thanks for the tips, I will definitely try this methodical approach in my next piece!
When you say to write out the music, what does that look like exactly? Sorry new to piano and these videos have been super helpful
Someone asked me this exact question. I must’ve not explained it correctly. Sorry 😂 I meant to write in note names next to the notes so it’s easier/faster to read. (e.g. F, A, F, C, F)
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i never play my piece perfectly, there will always one or two mistake like slip finger, i played the C# instead of C note which is the correct one, kind of that, can you share me tips hownto check whether i'm secured to play in public or not? or maybe because i still haven't fix the mistakes enough and drill the correct one? or i need specific technique to overcome it?
It's hard for me to cover everything since you actually asked 3 different questions 😭 but in general, no one plays a piece perfectly. Not even professionals. So don't beat yourself up for making one wrong note out of 3 million notes in a piece. You can secure your fingers by practicing very hard and slow (but make sure that you don't end up playing too hard or too slow in performance). Lastly, never expect to play well the first time you perform a piece in public. Public performance is a skill that needs to be practiced on its own (which means performing in public more frequently). I hope this helps.
Great video and advice! English is not my first language so I don’t understand why you call a piece of music for the piano “a song”?
In classical music, we tend to call musical works “pieces” since they’re usually instrumental works without lyrics. I guess it’s a more precise way of describing the work. It’s the same word used in “Art ‘Pieces’”
When it is a work written for a (classical) singer, we use the word ‘song’.
when you practice a phrase slowly for say 10mins, do you walk away and take a break before continuing? Or do you just move on to the next section?
I want the emphasis that it is entirely up to you whether you take a break or not. However, it's more important that you do the slow 10 minutes for the next couple of days before playing it fast again or putting it all together.
Nice video, just one question, what do you mean by writing in the notes? Aren’t the notes already there?
yeah sorry for the confusion. I meant write in the note names for people who have trouble reading notes off of the staff
@@seankimmmmmm ah, thanks for the clarification
this becomes harder when you have a 5 voices fugue
I don't even want to go there