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What are the biggest mistakes you can make when learning to play the piano?A lot depends on what your ultimate goals are. But the path is the same no matter how far you want to get.
Here is a short, far from exhaustive list of beginner's mistakes:
Failure to establish regular...
All pianists play Chopin, but nobody has nor never had the exclusive authoritative opinion on how to play Chopin. Relationships about how Chopin himself played his music is based on subjective and unbelievable testimonies of friends and observers. Even today Chopin is a mystery and will probably always remain...
Many novice musicians do not know how to use Pause as an independent element of music to create various effects and increase expressiveness and emotionality of performance.
I will not describe a pause that is ordered by the composer what they look like and what they can be. I want...
There are several reasons why maintaining a repertoire is important for every musician
First of all, it helps in improving the skills of playing an instrument. You strengthen your technical skills, develop your musical understanding and expand your repertoire arsenal.
Secondly, maintaining a repertoire helps to maintain creativity. You can find...
Let's talk about fear.The fear that persecutes us and does not let us sleep at night. Fear of the performance.
I don't know a single music that wouldn't be nervous before the performance. This is completely normal. Do not think that you are the only person who is afraid to...
When Christmas is approaching, the song "Silent Night" becomes a friend, and its mild melody envelops with warmth. Her simple beauty goes beyond languages and traditions. In quiet churches or on snowy streets he connects voices at a time of peace.Okay, let's give up fancy talks and put the...
The first thing the teacher will tell you is how to sit at the piano. As in everything related to learning to play the piano, this should be learned from the very beginning.The most important rule of proper posture, which all students should understand, is that, as you are...
During the training of playing the piano, it is impossible to pass by the sonata of the great composer Scarlatti. Each musician has several of his favorite sonata in the repertoire.
Domenico Scarlatti, the Italian composer of the Baroque era, especially known for his clavier sonatas, created an extensive collection...
Learning music is an inspiring process, but it requires a lot of diligence and self-discipline. Here are some general tips that I think can be useful for a piano teacher.
A positive and encouraging learning environment is very important. The way you talk to your students and the way you...
It must be acknowledged that in most cases, learning the piano looks the same as it did 100 years ago. The teacher works with the student in a one-to-one class. Where the student, in turn, learns and plays pieces written in the 19th century.Additionally, changes in the world and...