Thankfully, when I had my teacher she told me most of these, now self-teaching myself with a little harder pieces I like I find those techniques more useful. I will describe myself as a memorizer, but lately I found out that combining both work the best, since with harder pieces short silences, are difficult to memorize and reading where those are is very useful to help myself. Thanks again, great video.
I clearly rely to much on memorisation. I don't fall that much in other traps since I've learned the actual efficiency of praticing that at slow pace a few amount of thing in isolation. Putting hands together is actually the hardest time, maybe it's 1+1=7 in my case.
FIVE BAD HABITS 5. . Always practicing hands together. (One plus one equals 5 ) 4. Always practicing with the pedal. 3. Not practicing daily. ( Allow your sleep to transfer memories of whatever little you've learned instead of trying to cram too much into long rare practices) 2. Working too much by memory or by reading. Develop both skills. 1. Practicing too fast. Always go back to slow practice so you can be conscious about the notes and play cleanly
Another bad habit, according to my teacher, is what he calls "biting off more than you can chew", in other words, wanting to play through the whole piece all at once, instead of starting off with a few bars and not going on to the next few until those have been mastered. It can be slow going -- and a little frustrating when you are chomping at the bit to move forward -- but I think the approach does ultimately obtains the best results.
When learning a new song, I learn two lines a day. Master those and move on. I did start out wanting to play the whole song, but then frustration set in. My teacher and your teacher are right. Learn slow to grow.
I agree. :) I stopped playing for a decade and now im back to square one. Im trying to read clementi sonatinas and it's a pain to learn the entire movement at once. I'm learning patience more than playing piano tbh... Also biting more than can chew also mean another thing: when a pianist wants to learn a piece that's not up to his/her level. I'm a victim of that a decade before. I got too fast in learning harder and harder pieces and realized my hands can no longer do it. I got frustrated and ultimately stopped playing thinking at was at my talent's end. I didn't even give myself a chance to breathe. I was learning sonatas and i didn't even know hanon :(
Something very important to note about sleep: your brain actually solves problems while you're sleeping, too. I have noticed that if I practice a small chunk of something difficult (very slowly) before going to sleep, I almost always end up having the ability to play it perfectly after I wake up. Compared to just practicing one time at some point in the evening, I have noticed significantly better results when I practice a bit first thing in the morning, and then save whatever is causing me trouble for just before I go to bed. _Morning_ practice is incredibly effective, and it pairs perfectly with the whole sleeping thing. Often times the first thing I do when I wake up is start tickling the keys just to see if I can finally play whatever thing I was trying to practice the night before. I don't go through a whole practice routine when I wake up, but I do at least try to run through whatever small part I was working on the night before. Practice every single day for sure, but if you can manage it, save whatever is giving you the most trouble for right before you to go bed. Try to work it out, then go to sleep. And the first chance you get when you wake up, try to play it. You just might surprise yourself!
Jazer, I came into this very curious about what bad habits you were going to address, and I was astonished to find out that these are all things that I say to my students already. BUT, it's very refreshing to know that I am already telling my students the same things that a pro pianist at YOUR level would also say. I guess I'm a better teacher than I thought . . .thank you for the encouragement! Subscribed!
@@spectralavatar3550 you bet! I teach nearly 60 private lessons a week, mostly kids, and it's the biggest pleasure I could ask for. If we don't have music teachers to teach music to today's youth then there will be no musicians in the future. (set aside the likelihood of virtual teachers, bots, dna editing and music that is 100% electronic). So not only is it enjoyable, it is a necessity for our kids and the most rewarding career I could ask for.
I’ve been self learning for about 2months now and I’m glad I came across your videos even before I started playing. Every video I’ve watched makes me conscious of what my potential bad habits are, so I’m trying my best to correct them as I’m learning. Keep the amazing vids coming!!
1) I'm a memorizer and definitely need to work more on my sight reading. 2) I was about to object to the point about emphasizing practicing both hands separately, but then remembered you said this was for "Beginners." I definitely agree that it's critical for beginners to do that, so don't take this as a criticism--I think what you said was perfect. For me, however, with more than 30 years of playing music, my brain *wants* the different hands doing different things. It's hard to describe, but the closest I can get is if you're playing polyrhythms on drums, where one hand is in 4/4 and the other is in 5/4, or something similar. For me, it's actually more difficult to separate them out and NOT play simultaneously, because my hands begin to play off each other, like a dance. My right hand "knows" when to move to the next note because it's following my left hand's direction, and vice versa, so when I try to only play one hand, that hand gets confused because it's lacking a director. I still do play one-hand at a time through super complex portions while slow-playing to learn it (which is super important, as you stated). But when I do that, I have to focus on counting to such an extent that it's basically the same mental work needed to just play with the other hand keeping beat (in fact, sometimes I'm tapping with the other hand anyway, just because the kinesthetics help me keep my rhythms better). But even saying all that, I know that 1) I am weird so this could be just me, and 2) it took decades of playing various instruments that forced both hands to do different tasks simultaneously for my brain to get to that place, so definitely not for beginners.
You’re other hand is helping the other but that clearly tells that you don’t have as much hand dependency as sight reading as you could..even at high piano levels, you should practice hands separate to do independent phrasing and all in order to correct this mistake that is playing so much according to the other hand. It’s like in a band that one guy that doesn’t know how to count but he guides himself so much by other elements that he gets by. And being a memorizer (at the piano iam too) it’s so much easier to memorize the patterns between two hands, than just read hands independently according to the beat.
I’m definitely a memoriser- that thing you said about your skill feeling capped is actually exactly what I’m going through right now, if you have any tips for how I could improve my sight reading it would be much appreciated (or if there are any videos you can link)
I took piano class last year, and I'm glad how ut turns out. My teacher always gives me so much time to practice, the scales, the chords and a lot of advises. I also agree with you in no. 5. I always practice with my right hand first since I'm left handed. My left hand can cope up with my right hand easily that's why I always worked with my left hand first. I also agree with you to practice slowly and practicing everyday. Additional: At first I memorize the chords and notes of the songs but now I realized that I don't need to do it since it was easier to look at the sheet of the song
Thank you Jazer for all these lessons. I love your way of teaching and the setting. My husband, who plays the bagpipe, never uses sheet music once he's learnt the song; me, on the other hand, rely heavily on the sheet if I'm playing a wind instrument. If I'm playing the piano I prefer relying on my memory once I've mastered the song. I am guilty of playing too fast and have been working on it.
Jazer, every video of yours I watch assures me that I'm doing practice in a constructive way, and always offers me at least one thing to think about or to improve on! My bad habits i watched this with: 4: foot has always been on the pedal for exactly the reasons you said. Starting now, I will not practice with it! Makes sense I'm a memorizer, but I always use sheet music in practice to take me beyond where my memorization starts to fail (building new memorization) so i dont think i'm bad here :P I do both, i know i wont be able to memorize everything... just the really important songs
I'm just starting with piano but I've played guitar more than 50 years. I want to learn piano to help me with my writing as there's still no way to make a guitar talk to the computer with proper timing. Thank you for these lessons. This one applies to pretty much any instrument. I'm slowly working through the two hand exercises right now.
I struggle with all of these LOL! I want to play the piece so much that I have to resist rushing in without practicing properly first. I'm definitely a play-by-the-dots person but lately I'm learning to connect theory with playing which helps a lot with memorizing. I would love to see a tutorial on how to practice pedaling - lifting after one chord and pressing right at the next makes my music choppy, but if I don't I get a muddy sound. Also, I'm not always sure when to pedal and when to leave the pedal alone. Thank you!
Thankyou i am a memorizer and you made me realise it's important to focus on the other skill i.e reading instead of focusing on the one I'm already good at.
With sleeping memory, its definitely true. Every day I doing small steps. And I have one song which I was try to play everyday. Its wonderful how another day I go futher in that song than before :). Also I want point up that praciticing only one hand in one moment. Thats another strong way, how to prepare your brain. I actually started learning piano two weeks before. I didnt know how to synchronize my hands in first days. So I naturaly started by practicing right hand. When I was self-confident that I can play with right hand, I had switched to left hand. After some days of practicing, I finally start playing both hands and was wonderful how easy it was.
Thank you Jazer. Your videos are absolutely the most helpful out there for an intermediate pianist like myself. I recently began practicing "slow" as you recommend, and it does help. I also find it helpful, when playing to slow, to play all the notes loudly and emphatically. That seems to (1) require more accuracy, and (2) embed the movements into memory a little more. What do you think about that? I also found your comments about daily practice and memory very interesting. I sometimes (not always) find the first time I play a piece in a day is somehow better than all the subsequent attempts.
I got a piano a few days ago for my birthday and I'm loving it SO much, it's second nature to me just like the first time I picked up the guitar! In terms of what kind of student, I don't memorize any particular notes because I recognize them easily just by listening to it! I did eventually memorize a few basic things like the notes and some chords, I just need to start improving on it! Some tips here in particular helped me clear up some things, I think I know what to do next study session!
Bad habit 2 is DEADLY. Now i find huge difficulty in jazz/pop because i grew up as a classical junkie. I do hv good hearing but i cant play it in the piano due to the lack of practical usage. My hands wont play it without the muscle memory
Thanks for sharing your experiences ! I’m afraid i’m a memorizer so my score reading is below par, unfortunately. Regarding playing slow : it is said that before a concert Horowitz played through his programme so slow that people could barely recognize the pieces. Related to your advise to practice both hands first separetely, I want to share the “trick” to start practicing at the end of the piece. In that way you know you can finish the piece, compared to building up anxiety because you approach the point from where you do no longer know how to play the piece. ;-)
I kinda threw myself at learning piano without much direction (still don't know much) and I honestly thought the "doing one hand at a time" was the wrong way of doing things. It helps so much to know I was doing something right.
I had to learn piano through books. The hardest mistake I made was to try reading individual notes. I found that by slowing things down and phasing I could accomplish so much more. The body has muscle memory, it is there forever. Speed comes with time, repetition, and correct fingering. I started out learning chords, then went to notes. I would listen to a piece and slow it down to get the notes, then slowly increase speed. I did all my lessons that way. I would practice one hand then the other till I achieved muscle memory. After I completed that, I could add fill to suit myself. I always played for myself so I didn't have the pressure others had. When I finally could afford lessons, the instructor could not believe how far I had advanced through self teaching. I am so thankful I had the proper books to teach me with phrasing by some of the greatest musicians. I personally found that memorizing phrases is loads easier than memorizing notes. I believe I am saying I got the right books that mimic your style of instruction. Bless you for being there. I can only say that instructors make things loads easier than books, and arpeggios come in every piece at one time or another. I am no Mozart, but I did manage to win the state level and the state talent competition imitating Liberace for fun. Keep up the great work, please. By the way, the instructor gave back my money, and I used it to buy more books and recordings to slow down.
@@juniwatyhsd1157 Which one of many would you be interested in, one book does not show everything. The best one I can think of is A Photograph Guide to Piano Chords, out of print. It showed every chord based on triads. The circle of fifths gives one the chord progression, though not always the best sounding. Please let me know what you want to learn, and I will see what I can do to help. Things are loads different now than back when I started.
I can relate the memorising one I always memorise the notes and then play it my reading of sheet music is not so good so I would have to work on that now. It is stressful a little bit to memorise it
Love the fact that I watched this only 1 month in. I realized many of these mistakes while playing although I always thought it needed a teacher to show you how to fix it. UA-cam does the job!
Hey Jazer, thanks; another great lesson video! I'm an older (than dirt) beginner. I've always had a good memory, so when I play exercises and simple pieces from my method book, I consciously avoid memorizing the notes, so as to force myself to better my reading skills. I mean, I'm not even at the point where I automatically know all the notes on the scales and where those keys are on the piano, so it seems to me that I should keep on "reading only", at least to the point where I can automagically connect a note on the sheet to a note on the piano. Whaddya think, Jazer?
I'm a 35 year old beginner myself, and although i have no experience, i am also setting this same goal... to be able to look at a new song, as it is written, and instinctively know where my hands need to be. It doesnt need to be played fast for practice purposes (obviously) but i feel like you cant be a "reader" until you can translate the page instinctively to the hand. Jazer had a video on this where he asked viewers to read their sheets and play the notes, but to cover their keys and hands with a blanket so they couldn't use their eyes to guide their hand.. it was an exercise on instinct and reading, and i think it's one i'll be doing once i get a bit more familiar with the keys. Seems like an intermediate type exercise, not for someone in their third week practicing lol
@@gogotrololo Sometimes I practice with my eyes closed, just to try to embed in my mind the feeling of where my hands need to be with different intervals, it's amazing how much more aware you are of where your hands are. Try it!!
@@marianboudreau1337 i've yet to practice piano with my eyes closed, but i totally get what you're saying if we were talking about ukulele or guitar! let your hands shape into the sound, and waste no effort trying to watch your finger placement.... you just trust your hands and get taken away on a musical adventure :D maybe tomorrow when i practice again, i'll try some jazzy improv with eyes closed, and see what happens
Super helpful video! I played piano in elementary school for a couple of years (and the cello for 6-7 years around the same time) but quit as a teenager. Now at 29 I'm getting back to it, just waiting for my digital piano to arrive. I was always in the second group of learners and would just easily memorize most pieces, and therefore my sight reading never developed much. 😅 I'm deternined to learn to sight read properly this time, because I want to get into songwriting ~
I'm a professional adult educator and teacher trainer (think "trade skills") and also a semi-pro musician (strings) who has come late to the piano. I absolutely love this video. The "5 mistakes" expose underlying "core principles" of adult learning. I think the 5 "principles" here are completely adaptable to any new complex skill that demands a novel "psycho-motor" technique. Bravo Jazer Lee! Love your work!
I have the Hanon - virtuoso pianist book, having been introduced to Hanon many years ago by a piano teacher I was taking lessons with until I had to move to a new place. I’ve been off and on with the piano most of my life, having recently returned to it as an older adult, to take it as far as I can, and I feel I’m making steady, slow progress. Can you recommend any other types of finger exercises I can use to build strength, finger independence and dexterity for those times when I’m not in front of the piano? Since I play by ear fairly well, I often find that I just memorize what I read on the page of sheet music without reallly trying so that, albeit with simpler beginner pieces, I don’t have to refer to the sheet music after a couple of run throughs, but I realize that doesn’t help reinforce my sight reading ability, and I have to force myself to follow the music with my eyes as my hands already know what to do. Any tips to encourage myself to follow the sheet music even if the motions/sound of the music is committed to memory?
Same thing here. The thing that has most helped me is unfamiliar pieces. It's hard to keep a stream of novel pieces so I've also dug out my old bass guitar and saxophone books. I also go back to older pieces that I no longer play and have forgotten sufficiently that they're new again.
I also belong to this category and it is a problem because the ear soon takes over the sight so the sight doesn't progress as it should. In order to practice sigh reading I use a couple of apps and they really help.
I started learning piano just yesterday. A little bit of music theory, a little a bit of sheet reading, memorising and practicing Moonlight with both hands. It's messy, but I love music. I'll try to be more considerate tomorrow. Thank you!
Sometimes I don’t even have the time to do this. But I just use random videos from a UA-camr who has any piano songs you want to play on a video with a piano on the screen with these green bars that hit the piano keys and shows you how long to keep your finger on the key. Although I find it ok, the thing is they don’t have the full parts or the left hand. I am hoping to see more from this channel.
Great info. My problem is I played the organ for a couple of years when I was a kid. 50+years later I always READ the music and the lower graph is further from the organ chords. I am constantly correcting myself.
I remember one bad habit I had of keeping my farthest joint of the finger (he distal inter-phalangeal joint) straight instead of curving it. This is an important thing that I think you could have mentioned in this video. Maybe you have before, but I thought I'd mention it. Thanks for the video!
Glad to know I'm on the right track 😊. Took lessons as a kid, and there was so much she didn't teach that I got frustrated and quit. Thing is, I could play some fairly difficult pieces, but couldn't tell you what key they were in, or what the chords were. I used to play in a church, and the woman that played the organ played by ear. So I even got to where I could transpose since she didn't always play in the key the songs were written in. Started teaching myself a few years ago, and was doing all these. Then my husband was diagnosed with cancer. I eventually had to stop practicing because I just didn't have time. I lost him last month. So I'm starting to be able to practice again. Still working on getting a schedule since I still have so much to do. ETA: almost forgot to ask, what piece were you playing? I've played it before, but can't remember what it is.
Dave, my personal opinion on this is that just repeating something enough (correctly) is key for memorization. Muscle memory is something we all have and rely on it day in and day out without realizing it (like every time you take a step). Everything from tying our shoelaces to driving a car has become easy and second nature to us because of muscle memory. I find that just memorizing the sequences of pitches and chords by note name only, without the muscle memory to back it up means we are still thinking too much. . .though it is, of course, still necessary to read everything down first . . . but we become unstoppable when muscle memory takes over. I really believe it's one of nature's greatest gifts to musicians when it comes to playing our instruments.
I'm a drummer learning piano, so my hand isolation is actually very solid, and playing with both hands at the same time is harder. I have to think about it like each of my fingers is hitting different drums and program them in my head to alternate or synchronize note by note.
I have just returned to learning after a break of 40 years AND I find I need to sight read for 2 reasons; firstly to play the correct notes and secondly to be reminded of the accents. I'm too new to playing to add my own interpretation.
All good points for beginners Jazer. When playing slow, watching notes and making conversation points, should one watch his/her hands on the keys or complete this task by touch. Thanks…
it‘s interesting to see that most of these habits or what you should do instead equal not only on piano but also on other things like school, or other instruments
FIVE BAD HABITS 5. . Always practicing hands together. (One plus one equals 5 ) 4. Always practicing with the pedal. 3. Not practicing daily. ( Allow your sleep to transfer memories of whatever little you've learned instead of trying to cram too much into long rare practices) 2. Working too much by memory or by reading. Develop both skills. 1. Practicing too fast. Always go back to slow practice so you can be conscious about the notes and play cleanly
I'm new here. I am 83 years young and learning to play the piano 🎹. Love it! I have gone through Parts 1 and 2 video lessons on hand Independence but don't find continued videos. Can you help me?
Thank you for this video. I, unfortunately, do some of these bad habits, and a pianist teacher I had told me to not do them. For example, I keep playing hands together and expect to know at least a few measures, only to screw up at the second measure (if I'm lucky). I understand, thanks to you and my piano teacher, that I need to learn the top and bottom parts individually before playing together. I had to use this habit to figure out Chopin's "Minute Waltz." I'm becoming self-taught in playing piano pieces because I believe that learning it individually helps me substantially.
I've played guitar for 30 years, went to Berklee, but am just getting into classical piano. I 100% am the second type, in that i HATE reading music and all I want to do is memorize it. But I think that's part of the problem of why I've failed in the past when I've tried to start playing piano. I cut too many corners. I am getting a teacher now and he told me that my playing will progress much faster if I work on sight reading. And it will allow me to learn pieces much faster. So I'm going to give it a try and not give up on it this time.
Thanks Jazer. I really enjoy your videos, as I’m sort of teaching myself. Reading/Memorising: I really want to be able to read music fluently, but I’m more comfortable memorising. Partly because I feel I need to look at my hands, especially for leaps. I keep telling myself I should do sight reading practice, but rarely do, especially not both hands together. I actually feel there is some brain hardware that I need to develop in this area, because piano music seems like a lot of information to take in, compared with flute (which I am totally comfortable reading with) and it worries me slightly that Im not developing it.
Not having enough sleep, infact I make almost all mistakes...please also, can you tell us the meaning of all the signs on the piano like the breve, FP,crotchet, semi quaver, demi semi quaver and more, also explain how to use bits
Your hints are great - but they focus mainly on "classical piano" - especially the reading vs. memorizing tip. "Memorizing" is a very complex thing - most people (coming from classical music) consider to remember a certain song/composition. Of course by combining concsious memory and muscle memory. Still this is a very limited approach: As some youtubers rightly emphasize it is important for some styles of music to learn its LANGUAGE rather than memorizing a certain song. This is especially true for jazz. In classical music the notion to understand "the language" has dissappeared (which is very sad) by "elitizing" musical knowledge (there are languages used in all composistions, a vocabulary, a grammar, patterns...this is why we recognize composers and/or styles after all!). A remark on "practising too fast": IT is NOT a great tip to always start at a low tempo. There is research about learning the piano that say: Start with infinite speed and then slow down. This is true for a lot of virtuouso pieces - because the playing technique differs depending on the tempo and you simply cannot practice the right technique if you practice with a lower tempo than the "target" tempo. Bottom line: This tip requires a far more differenciated consideration than given in the video.
I think sight reading notes are very very Crucial however when comes to creativity contemporary Music also works better! In Few i would say its better to be.deeper into both of them 😍
Your videos are so sensible and helped me understand what I’m doing incorrectly and what I’m doing correct. The tips will help me as I am becoming frustrated that I can’t keep up with the fast paced songs in SP app, essentials 2 completed. I am self taught, into 8 weeks. I need to slow down, learn in “chunks”, master one thing well before moving on. Thank you!
I want to learn to play by ear, so I guess I fall in category number two. Thanks so much for these nuggets to help me become the best player that I can be.
My piano teacher is always telling me that I go too fast, so I've started trying to go a bit slower, although that still doesn't help the fact that I can't read sheet music and play at the same time: I have to read the sheet music and memorise it roughly before playing, and I often have to listen to the piece being played otherwise I have absolutely no idea what's going on. What also doesn't help with this problem is that I'm so horrible at reading sheet music that I have virtually no motivation to try, for example I tried to learn Gymnopedie no 1 recently and couldn't get any further than the 2nd bar.
I am a memorizer and I regret not enhancing my sight reading skills. There’s this one person that I know that when you show her a sheet music, she can just play it almost instantly in which I was just amazed and envious. Whenever I’m infront of a sheet music, my mind just goes blank. Thank you for the tips, new subscriber here (:
I think I’m more of group #1. I don’t love reading sheet music but it’s an important part of learning any piece. After two or three weeks of me practicing everyday on one piece I’ll eventually remove the sheet music and be fine because I already memorized it without realizing or trying.
The first habbit, It just is so much true it happened to me a few days ago while I was playing a piece very fast and then i just kinda forgot how to play it slowly 😂😂
actually i dont know notes and i cant read them with paper , but i can play für elise, turkish march, moonlight sonata(full) and other hard songs only with memorizing keys
Excellent! Because I memorize so well, it was a struggle for me to learn to read music. I still have difficulty translating what I read onto the keyboard, but I do use the music for a long time. I already do avoid the other 4 mistakes, maybe because this got drilled into me over the years, and I agree: these are major bad habits.
Definitely a memoriser. When I got my keyboard at age 14, I mostly relied on UA-cam videos to pick up new songs, or I'd learn a new song by ear and just memorise how to play it. I have tried sight reading at around age 20 (I'm currently a month shy from 25). And it actually was fun. But it kind of fell by the wayside because it requires a lot of time and energy, and I struggle to dedicate time due to my studies. And when I play, I usually just mess around with songs and scales to improve my technique. And my technique has improved a lot over the years. I don't have any tension in my fingers when I play.
Another bad habit is tensing your wrist/arm to much I call this the “bad plank” syndrome this is because it makes playing not only more difficult it also makes it more painful just like doing a “bad plank”. To avoid this rotate your wrists when possible try to rely on movement in the arm instead of large reach
I don't know if I'm a site reader or not. It seems like way more to chew on than I'm ready for. But I'm just at the beginning. Hopefully I can continue. I understand the autopilot thing though from violin. I got a lot of simple music that way. I could play it in my sleep, but I wasn't sure it was on time.
So, which of these bad habits do you find yourself doing?
0:00 5 Bad Habits to Avoid
0:32 Habit 5
2:01 Habit 4
2:55 Habit 3
4:03 Habit 2
5:05 Habit 1
Hello bro i love your content and can you do a full musique on piano pls just for see how well you play i love listent musique from you❤
Habit no. 3 & 4 really i found this my habits🙏
Thankfully, when I had my teacher she told me most of these, now self-teaching myself with a little harder pieces I like I find those techniques more useful. I will describe myself as a memorizer, but lately I found out that combining both work the best, since with harder pieces short silences, are difficult to memorize and reading where those are is very useful to help myself.
Thanks again, great video.
I clearly rely to much on memorisation. I don't fall that much in other traps since I've learned the actual efficiency of praticing that at slow pace a few amount of thing in isolation. Putting hands together is actually the hardest time, maybe it's 1+1=7 in my case.
FIVE BAD HABITS
5. . Always practicing hands together. (One plus one equals 5 )
4. Always practicing with the pedal.
3. Not practicing daily. ( Allow your sleep to transfer memories of whatever little you've learned instead of trying to cram too much into long rare practices)
2. Working too much by memory or by reading. Develop both skills.
1. Practicing too fast. Always go back to slow practice so you can be conscious about the notes and play cleanly
Another bad habit, according to my teacher, is what he calls "biting off more than you can chew", in other words, wanting to play through the whole piece all at once, instead of starting off with a few bars and not going on to the next few until those have been mastered. It can be slow going -- and a little frustrating when you are chomping at the bit to move forward -- but I think the approach does ultimately obtains the best results.
When learning a new song, I learn two lines a day. Master those and move on. I did start out wanting to play the whole song, but then frustration set in. My teacher and your teacher are right. Learn slow to grow.
I agree. :) I stopped playing for a decade and now im back to square one. Im trying to read clementi sonatinas and it's a pain to learn the entire movement at once. I'm learning patience more than playing piano tbh...
Also biting more than can chew also mean another thing: when a pianist wants to learn a piece that's not up to his/her level. I'm a victim of that a decade before. I got too fast in learning harder and harder pieces and realized my hands can no longer do it. I got frustrated and ultimately stopped playing thinking at was at my talent's end. I didn't even give myself a chance to breathe. I was learning sonatas and i didn't even know hanon :(
I am the opposite of that, I am often staying with the parts i learned, which then holds my progress back.
@@tomwanders6022 bro sameeee
yes you should do this with any instruments
Something very important to note about sleep: your brain actually solves problems while you're sleeping, too. I have noticed that if I practice a small chunk of something difficult (very slowly) before going to sleep, I almost always end up having the ability to play it perfectly after I wake up. Compared to just practicing one time at some point in the evening, I have noticed significantly better results when I practice a bit first thing in the morning, and then save whatever is causing me trouble for just before I go to bed.
_Morning_ practice is incredibly effective, and it pairs perfectly with the whole sleeping thing. Often times the first thing I do when I wake up is start tickling the keys just to see if I can finally play whatever thing I was trying to practice the night before. I don't go through a whole practice routine when I wake up, but I do at least try to run through whatever small part I was working on the night before. Practice every single day for sure, but if you can manage it, save whatever is giving you the most trouble for right before you to go bed. Try to work it out, then go to sleep. And the first chance you get when you wake up, try to play it. You just might surprise yourself!
Jazer, I came into this very curious about what bad habits you were going to address, and I was astonished to find out that these are all things that I say to my students already. BUT, it's very refreshing to know that I am already telling my students the same things that a pro pianist at YOUR level would also say. I guess I'm a better teacher than I thought . . .thank you for the encouragement! Subscribed!
:D thank you for teaching such a beautiful instrument
@@spectralavatar3550 you bet! I teach nearly 60 private lessons a week, mostly kids, and it's the biggest pleasure I could ask for. If we don't have music teachers to teach music to today's youth then there will be no musicians in the future. (set aside the likelihood of virtual teachers, bots, dna editing and music that is 100% electronic). So not only is it enjoyable, it is a necessity for our kids and the most rewarding career I could ask for.
I feel like I've seen you in real life.
@@SloshyString164 nah that was some other guy
Sir Emory it's me Joe
I’ve been self learning for about 2months now and I’m glad I came across your videos even before I started playing. Every video I’ve watched makes me conscious of what my potential bad habits are, so I’m trying my best to correct them as I’m learning. Keep the amazing vids coming!!
1) I'm a memorizer and definitely need to work more on my sight reading.
2) I was about to object to the point about emphasizing practicing both hands separately, but then remembered you said this was for "Beginners." I definitely agree that it's critical for beginners to do that, so don't take this as a criticism--I think what you said was perfect. For me, however, with more than 30 years of playing music, my brain *wants* the different hands doing different things. It's hard to describe, but the closest I can get is if you're playing polyrhythms on drums, where one hand is in 4/4 and the other is in 5/4, or something similar. For me, it's actually more difficult to separate them out and NOT play simultaneously, because my hands begin to play off each other, like a dance. My right hand "knows" when to move to the next note because it's following my left hand's direction, and vice versa, so when I try to only play one hand, that hand gets confused because it's lacking a director. I still do play one-hand at a time through super complex portions while slow-playing to learn it (which is super important, as you stated). But when I do that, I have to focus on counting to such an extent that it's basically the same mental work needed to just play with the other hand keeping beat (in fact, sometimes I'm tapping with the other hand anyway, just because the kinesthetics help me keep my rhythms better). But even saying all that, I know that 1) I am weird so this could be just me, and 2) it took decades of playing various instruments that forced both hands to do different tasks simultaneously for my brain to get to that place, so definitely not for beginners.
You’re other hand is helping the other but that clearly tells that you don’t have as much hand dependency as sight reading as you could..even at high piano levels, you should practice hands separate to do independent phrasing and all in order to correct this mistake that is playing so much according to the other hand. It’s like in a band that one guy that doesn’t know how to count but he guides himself so much by other elements that he gets by. And being a memorizer (at the piano iam too) it’s so much easier to memorize the patterns between two hands, than just read hands independently according to the beat.
Same
I’m definitely a memoriser- that thing you said about your skill feeling capped is actually exactly what I’m going through right now, if you have any tips for how I could improve my sight reading it would be much appreciated (or if there are any videos you can link)
I took piano class last year, and I'm glad how ut turns out. My teacher always gives me so much time to practice, the scales, the chords and a lot of advises. I also agree with you in no. 5. I always practice with my right hand first since I'm left handed. My left hand can cope up with my right hand easily that's why I always worked with my left hand first. I also agree with you to practice slowly and practicing everyday.
Additional: At first I memorize the chords and notes of the songs but now I realized that I don't need to do it since it was easier to look at the sheet of the song
Thank you Jazer for all these lessons. I love your way of teaching and the setting. My husband, who plays the bagpipe, never uses sheet music once he's learnt the song; me, on the other hand, rely heavily on the sheet if I'm playing a wind instrument. If I'm playing the piano I prefer relying on my memory once I've mastered the song. I am guilty of playing too fast and have been working on it.
I appreciate the summary screen you have at the end of some of your other videos, too.
Jazer, every video of yours I watch assures me that I'm doing practice in a constructive way, and always offers me at least one thing to think about or to improve on!
My bad habits i watched this with:
4: foot has always been on the pedal for exactly the reasons you said. Starting now, I will not practice with it! Makes sense
I'm a memorizer, but I always use sheet music in practice to take me beyond where my memorization starts to fail (building new memorization) so i dont think i'm bad here :P I do both, i know i wont be able to memorize everything... just the really important songs
I'm just starting with piano but I've played guitar more than 50 years. I want to learn piano to help me with my writing as there's still no way to make a guitar talk to the computer with proper timing. Thank you for these lessons. This one applies to pretty much any instrument. I'm slowly working through the two hand exercises right now.
I struggle with all of these LOL! I want to play the piece so much that I have to resist rushing in without practicing properly first. I'm definitely a play-by-the-dots person but lately I'm learning to connect theory with playing which helps a lot with memorizing. I would love to see a tutorial on how to practice pedaling - lifting after one chord and pressing right at the next makes my music choppy, but if I don't I get a muddy sound. Also, I'm not always sure when to pedal and when to leave the pedal alone. Thank you!
VERY ENLIGHTENING TUTORIAL.
I do ALL five, and so I have never mastered the piano.
Thank you Jazer.
Could you please make a video on chords inversions? The best way to practice them.
Thanks
Thankyou i am a memorizer and you made me realise it's important to focus on the other skill i.e reading instead of focusing on the one I'm already good at.
With sleeping memory, its definitely true. Every day I doing small steps. And I have one song which I was try to play everyday. Its wonderful how another day I go futher in that song than before :).
Also I want point up that praciticing only one hand in one moment. Thats another strong way, how to prepare your brain. I actually started learning piano two weeks before. I didnt know how to synchronize my hands in first days. So I naturaly started by practicing right hand. When I was self-confident that I can play with right hand, I had switched to left hand. After some days of practicing, I finally start playing both hands and was wonderful how easy it was.
Thank you Jazer. Your videos are absolutely the most helpful out there for an intermediate pianist like myself. I recently began practicing "slow" as you recommend, and it does help. I also find it helpful, when playing to slow, to play all the notes loudly and emphatically. That seems to (1) require more accuracy, and (2) embed the movements into memory a little more. What do you think about that?
I also found your comments about daily practice and memory very interesting. I sometimes (not always) find the first time I play a piece in a day is somehow better than all the subsequent attempts.
I got a piano a few days ago for my birthday and I'm loving it SO much, it's second nature to me just like the first time I picked up the guitar! In terms of what kind of student, I don't memorize any particular notes because I recognize them easily just by listening to it! I did eventually memorize a few basic things like the notes and some chords, I just need to start improving on it! Some tips here in particular helped me clear up some things, I think I know what to do next study session!
Bad habit 2 is DEADLY. Now i find huge difficulty in jazz/pop because i grew up as a classical junkie.
I do hv good hearing but i cant play it in the piano due to the lack of practical usage. My hands wont play it without the muscle memory
Thanks for sharing your experiences ! I’m afraid i’m a memorizer so my score reading is below par, unfortunately. Regarding playing slow : it is said that before a concert Horowitz played through his programme so slow that people could barely recognize the pieces.
Related to your advise to practice both hands first separetely, I want to share the “trick” to start practicing at the end of the piece. In that way you know you can finish the piece, compared to building up anxiety because you approach the point from where you do no longer know how to play the piece. ;-)
I kinda threw myself at learning piano without much direction (still don't know much) and I honestly thought the "doing one hand at a time" was the wrong way of doing things. It helps so much to know I was doing something right.
I had to learn piano through books. The hardest mistake I made was to try reading individual notes. I found that by slowing things down and phasing I could accomplish so much more. The body has muscle memory, it is there forever. Speed comes with time, repetition, and correct fingering. I started out learning chords, then went to notes. I would listen to a piece and slow it down to get the notes, then slowly increase speed. I did all my lessons that way. I would practice one hand then the other till I achieved muscle memory. After I completed that, I could add fill to suit myself. I always played for myself so I didn't have the pressure others had.
When I finally could afford lessons, the instructor could not believe how far I had advanced through self teaching. I am so thankful I had the proper books to teach me with phrasing by some of the greatest musicians. I personally found that memorizing phrases is loads easier than memorizing notes. I believe I am saying I got the right books that mimic your style of instruction. Bless you for being there.
I can only say that instructors make things loads easier than books, and arpeggios come in every piece at one time or another.
I am no Mozart, but I did manage to win the state level and the state talent competition imitating Liberace for fun. Keep up the great work, please.
By the way, the instructor gave back my money, and I used it to buy more books and recordings to slow down.
Please inform me your guidance Book Title. tks
@@juniwatyhsd1157 Which one of many would you be interested in, one book does not show everything. The best one I can think of is A Photograph Guide to Piano Chords, out of print. It showed every chord based on triads. The circle of fifths gives one the chord progression, though not always the best sounding. Please let me know what you want to learn, and I will see what I can do to help. Things are loads different now than back when I started.
I read music way more then memorise. I have watched 2 of your videos. Thank you! Great advise.
I always memorize the sheet music, because I can't read it while I have to pay attention to my fingers and the pedal
I can relate the memorising one I always memorise the notes and then play it my reading of sheet music is not so good so I would have to work on that now. It is stressful a little bit to memorise it
Love the fact that I watched this only 1 month in. I realized many of these mistakes while playing although I always thought it needed a teacher to show you how to fix it. UA-cam does the job!
Honestly the sleep part is the best advice… I always find a piece I struggle with the day before becomes easier the next day… freaky
Hey Jazer, thanks; another great lesson video! I'm an older (than dirt) beginner. I've always had a good memory, so when I play exercises and simple pieces from my method book, I consciously avoid memorizing the notes, so as to force myself to better my reading skills. I mean, I'm not even at the point where I automatically know all the notes on the scales and where those keys are on the piano, so it seems to me that I should keep on "reading only", at least to the point where I can automagically connect a note on the sheet to a note on the piano. Whaddya think, Jazer?
I'm a 35 year old beginner myself, and although i have no experience, i am also setting this same goal... to be able to look at a new song, as it is written, and instinctively know where my hands need to be. It doesnt need to be played fast for practice purposes (obviously) but i feel like you cant be a "reader" until you can translate the page instinctively to the hand.
Jazer had a video on this where he asked viewers to read their sheets and play the notes, but to cover their keys and hands with a blanket so they couldn't use their eyes to guide their hand.. it was an exercise on instinct and reading, and i think it's one i'll be doing once i get a bit more familiar with the keys. Seems like an intermediate type exercise, not for someone in their third week practicing lol
@@gogotrololo Sometimes I practice with my eyes closed, just to try to embed in my mind the feeling of where my hands need to be with different intervals, it's amazing how much more aware you are of where your hands are. Try it!!
@@marianboudreau1337 i've yet to practice piano with my eyes closed, but i totally get what you're saying if we were talking about ukulele or guitar! let your hands shape into the sound, and waste no effort trying to watch your finger placement.... you just trust your hands and get taken away on a musical adventure :D maybe tomorrow when i practice again, i'll try some jazzy improv with eyes closed, and see what happens
Super helpful video! I played piano in elementary school for a couple of years (and the cello for 6-7 years around the same time) but quit as a teenager. Now at 29 I'm getting back to it, just waiting for my digital piano to arrive. I was always in the second group of learners and would just easily memorize most pieces, and therefore my sight reading never developed much. 😅
I'm deternined to learn to sight read properly this time, because I want to get into songwriting ~
Found myself guilty of almost All habits😬
I'm a professional adult educator and teacher trainer (think "trade skills") and also a semi-pro musician (strings) who has come late to the piano. I absolutely love this video. The "5 mistakes" expose underlying "core principles" of adult learning. I think the 5 "principles" here are completely adaptable to any new complex skill that demands a novel "psycho-motor" technique. Bravo Jazer Lee! Love your work!
I have the Hanon - virtuoso pianist book, having been introduced to Hanon many years ago by a piano teacher I was taking lessons with until I had to move to a new place. I’ve been off and on with the piano most of my life, having recently returned to it as an older adult, to take it as far as I can, and I feel I’m making steady, slow progress. Can you recommend any other types of finger exercises I can use to build strength, finger independence and dexterity for those times when I’m not in front of the piano?
Since I play by ear fairly well, I often find that I just memorize what I read on the page of sheet music without reallly trying so that, albeit with simpler beginner pieces, I don’t have to refer to the sheet music after a couple of run throughs, but I realize that doesn’t help reinforce my sight reading ability, and I have to force myself to follow the music with my eyes as my hands already know what to do. Any tips to encourage myself to follow the sheet music even if the motions/sound of the music is committed to memory?
Same thing here. The thing that has most helped me is unfamiliar pieces. It's hard to keep a stream of novel pieces so I've also dug out my old bass guitar and saxophone books. I also go back to older pieces that I no longer play and have forgotten sufficiently that they're new again.
I also belong to this category and it is a problem because the ear soon takes over the sight so the sight doesn't progress as it should. In order to practice sigh reading I use a couple of apps and they really help.
I started learning piano just yesterday. A little bit of music theory, a little a bit of sheet reading, memorising and practicing Moonlight with both hands. It's messy, but I love music. I'll try to be more considerate tomorrow. Thank you!
Sometimes I don’t even have the time to do this. But I just use random videos from a UA-camr who has any piano songs you want to play on a video with a piano on the screen with these green bars that hit the piano keys and shows you how long to keep your finger on the key. Although I find it ok, the thing is they don’t have the full parts or the left hand. I am hoping to see more from this channel.
Great info. My problem is I played the organ for a couple of years when I was a kid. 50+years later I always READ the music and the lower graph is further from the organ chords. I am constantly correcting myself.
I remember one bad habit I had of keeping my farthest joint of the finger (he distal inter-phalangeal joint) straight instead of curving it. This is an important thing that I think you could have mentioned in this video. Maybe you have before, but I thought I'd mention it. Thanks for the video!
I have been practicing piano 10 min a day and have been doing it in 4 month now... And i can say.. i see a lot of improvement
Glad to know I'm on the right track 😊. Took lessons as a kid, and there was so much she didn't teach that I got frustrated and quit.
Thing is, I could play some fairly difficult pieces, but couldn't tell you what key they were in, or what the chords were. I used to play in a church, and the woman that played the organ played by ear. So I even got to where I could transpose since she didn't always play in the key the songs were written in.
Started teaching myself a few years ago, and was doing all these. Then my husband was diagnosed with cancer. I eventually had to stop practicing because I just didn't have time.
I lost him last month. So I'm starting to be able to practice again. Still working on getting a schedule since I still have so much to do.
ETA: almost forgot to ask, what piece were you playing? I've played it before, but can't remember what it is.
I’m a reader but I think that practice by reading will eventually lead to memorizing.
Thoroughly enjoy your videos, just don’t tell my teacher.
Dave, my personal opinion on this is that just repeating something enough (correctly) is key for memorization. Muscle memory is something we all have and rely on it day in and day out without realizing it (like every time you take a step). Everything from tying our shoelaces to driving a car has become easy and second nature to us because of muscle memory. I find that just memorizing the sequences of pitches and chords by note name only, without the muscle memory to back it up means we are still thinking too much. . .though it is, of course, still necessary to read everything down first . . . but we become unstoppable when muscle memory takes over. I really believe it's one of nature's greatest gifts to musicians when it comes to playing our instruments.
Thank you for good advice!!! You're great teacher!! You English is so nice and understandable!
As a beginner, I'm grateful that I have seen this video early enough. :))
I'm a drummer learning piano, so my hand isolation is actually very solid, and playing with both hands at the same time is harder. I have to think about it like each of my fingers is hitting different drums and program them in my head to alternate or synchronize note by note.
Question:
What should a beginner not learn?
I don’t think you have covered that.
Fantasie Impromptu 😋
Always precise and trustfully
Thank-you so much Sir! I am grateful that youtube recommended me this video.😇
I have just returned to learning after a break of 40 years AND I find I need to sight read for 2 reasons; firstly to play the correct notes and secondly to be reminded of the accents. I'm too new to playing to add my own interpretation.
All good points for beginners Jazer. When playing slow, watching notes and making conversation points, should one watch his/her hands on the keys or complete this task by touch.
Thanks…
Good work Jazer. I'm so proud of you.
yeap even as a not beginner my sight reading is terrible and i need to slow practice more often. great videos!
Absolutely correct 💯 Thanks alot for your advice. Slowly and steadily always wins the race.
it‘s interesting to see that most of these habits or what you should do instead equal not only on piano but also on other things like school, or other instruments
FIVE BAD HABITS
5. . Always practicing hands together. (One plus one equals 5 )
4. Always practicing with the pedal.
3. Not practicing daily. ( Allow your sleep to transfer memories of whatever little you've learned instead of trying to cram too much into long rare practices)
2. Working too much by memory or by reading. Develop both skills.
1. Practicing too fast. Always go back to slow practice so you can be conscious about the notes and play cleanly
Thank you Jaser. These tips are very useful.
This was sooo helpful I definitely needed this! Thank you.
A memoriser!
Great video, thank you very much Jazer! 😊
I'm new here. I am 83 years young and learning to play the piano 🎹. Love it! I have gone through Parts 1 and 2 video lessons on hand Independence but don't find continued videos. Can you help me?
Thank you for this video. I, unfortunately, do some of these bad habits, and a pianist teacher I had told me to not do them. For example, I keep playing hands together and expect to know at least a few measures, only to screw up at the second measure (if I'm lucky). I understand, thanks to you and my piano teacher, that I need to learn the top and bottom parts individually before playing together. I had to use this habit to figure out Chopin's "Minute Waltz." I'm becoming self-taught in playing piano pieces because I believe that learning it individually helps me substantially.
I've played guitar for 30 years, went to Berklee, but am just getting into classical piano. I 100% am the second type, in that i HATE reading music and all I want to do is memorize it. But I think that's part of the problem of why I've failed in the past when I've tried to start playing piano. I cut too many corners. I am getting a teacher now and he told me that my playing will progress much faster if I work on sight reading. And it will allow me to learn pieces much faster. So I'm going to give it a try and not give up on it this time.
Thanks teacher jazer for the lessons
This man is telling the truth. Wow.
Thank you
I'm agree with you 💯 %, practice practice and practice.....
I was definitely enlightened by the fifth bad habit. the 1+1=5 concept was very amazing
Always thought I was a dummy for practicing each hand separately. Now I know I was right to do this!! Thanks!
Thanks Jazer. I really enjoy your videos, as I’m sort of teaching myself. Reading/Memorising: I really want to be able to read music fluently, but I’m more comfortable memorising. Partly because I feel I need to look at my hands, especially for leaps. I keep telling myself I should do sight reading practice, but rarely do, especially not both hands together. I actually feel there is some brain hardware that I need to develop in this area, because piano music seems like a lot of information to take in, compared with flute (which I am totally comfortable reading with) and it worries me slightly that Im not developing it.
You are a great teacher...thank you🙏
I do find myself practicing too fast and not going back to slow to get my fingering position down correctly. Thanks for pointing it out 🤙🏽🎹
All these corrections aside, I actually loved the piece you were plsying when it was slower than its original tempo.
Not having enough sleep, infact I make almost all mistakes...please also, can you tell us the meaning of all the signs on the piano like the breve, FP,crotchet, semi quaver, demi semi quaver and more, also explain how to use bits
I actually read the sheet music first find the notes on the piano and memorize them. Idk if it's any efficient but that's how I do it
Your hints are great - but they focus mainly on "classical piano" - especially the reading vs. memorizing tip. "Memorizing" is a very complex thing - most people (coming from classical music) consider to remember a certain song/composition. Of course by combining concsious memory and muscle memory. Still this is a very limited approach: As some youtubers rightly emphasize it is important for some styles of music to learn its LANGUAGE rather than memorizing a certain song. This is especially true for jazz. In classical music the notion to understand "the language" has dissappeared (which is very sad) by "elitizing" musical knowledge (there are languages used in all composistions, a vocabulary, a grammar, patterns...this is why we recognize composers and/or styles after all!).
A remark on "practising too fast": IT is NOT a great tip to always start at a low tempo. There is research about learning the piano that say: Start with infinite speed and then slow down. This is true for a lot of virtuouso pieces - because the playing technique differs depending on the tempo and you simply cannot practice the right technique if you practice with a lower tempo than the "target" tempo. Bottom line: This tip requires a far more differenciated consideration than given in the video.
I think sight reading notes are very very Crucial however when comes to creativity contemporary Music also works better! In Few i would say its better to be.deeper into both of them 😍
Your videos are so sensible and helped me understand what I’m doing incorrectly and what I’m doing correct. The tips will help me as I am becoming frustrated that I can’t keep up with the fast paced songs in SP app, essentials 2 completed. I am self taught, into 8 weeks. I need to slow down, learn in “chunks”, master one thing well before moving on. Thank you!
Very good and helpful tips that I can now try and apply with my 5yo son. Thanks for explaining in an easy to follow manner. :)
Glad it was helpful!
I want to learn to play by ear, so I guess I fall in category number two. Thanks so much for these nuggets to help me become the best player that I can be.
You can do it, Estervettie!
My piano teacher is always telling me that I go too fast, so I've started trying to go a bit slower, although that still doesn't help the fact that I can't read sheet music and play at the same time: I have to read the sheet music and memorise it roughly before playing, and I often have to listen to the piece being played otherwise I have absolutely no idea what's going on. What also doesn't help with this problem is that I'm so horrible at reading sheet music that I have virtually no motivation to try, for example I tried to learn Gymnopedie no 1 recently and couldn't get any further than the 2nd bar.
I am a memorizer and I regret not enhancing my sight reading skills. There’s this one person that I know that when you show her a sheet music, she can just play it almost instantly in which I was just amazed and envious. Whenever I’m infront of a sheet music, my mind just goes blank. Thank you for the tips, new subscriber here (:
memorizingggg sooo bad i know but i'm working on it
Tanks for the advices
I think I’m more of group #1. I don’t love reading sheet music but it’s an important part of learning any piece. After two or three weeks of me practicing everyday on one piece I’ll eventually remove the sheet music and be fine because I already memorized it without realizing or trying.
This video is perfect! Bravo!
Thank you so much jazer successful this and I learned a good play
The first habbit, It just is so much true it happened to me a few days ago while I was playing a piece very fast and then i just kinda forgot how to play it slowly 😂😂
I’m a classical guitarist that moved to piano and I’ve always been a sheet memorizer 😅
Thanks a lot!!! This was very informative!!!...
You seem like a good teacher... I'm subscribing!
Thanks for the sub!
Its the daily practice and the pedal. I am so lazy to play daily and the pedal it just is like that. Thanks for the tips.
actually i dont know notes and i cant read them with paper , but i can play für elise, turkish march, moonlight sonata(full) and other hard songs only with memorizing keys
i really cant stop doing the same thing with both hands its really hard to isolate one hand from the other
thank you so much for this video, it was very helpful! subscribed! what was the name of the first piece you played in “habit 5?” thanks again!
Thank you for these ...EXCELLENT
Excellent! Because I memorize so well, it was a struggle for me to learn to read music. I still have difficulty translating what I read onto the keyboard, but I do use the music for a long time. I already do avoid the other 4 mistakes, maybe because this got drilled into me over the years, and I agree: these are major bad habits.
Definitely a memoriser. When I got my keyboard at age 14, I mostly relied on UA-cam videos to pick up new songs, or I'd learn a new song by ear and just memorise how to play it. I have tried sight reading at around age 20 (I'm currently a month shy from 25). And it actually was fun. But it kind of fell by the wayside because it requires a lot of time and energy, and I struggle to dedicate time due to my studies. And when I play, I usually just mess around with songs and scales to improve my technique. And my technique has improved a lot over the years. I don't have any tension in my fingers when I play.
Another bad habit is tensing your wrist/arm to much I call this the “bad plank” syndrome this is because it makes playing not only more difficult it also makes it more painful just like doing a “bad plank”. To avoid this rotate your wrists when possible try to rely on movement in the arm instead of large reach
Thank you so much, I learned a lot of tips from you, keep up the great work!
I don't know if I'm a site reader or not. It seems like way more to chew on than I'm ready for. But I'm just at the beginning. Hopefully I can continue. I understand the autopilot thing though from violin. I got a lot of simple music that way. I could play it in my sleep, but I wasn't sure it was on time.
Thank you so much! These tips helped me be so much better! Much love!
आप के पाॅच तरीके बहुत ही सुन्दर लगे ।धन्यवाद ।
I'm also in the second group, I normally memorize and I agree, my reading is not very good
Excellent tips for both beginners and advanced players. Thank you!
Thank you 😊 so much brother ♥️
God Bless more ⭐️😇
Thank you for this video, it's very helpful ! :)