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Re: [A Classical Music Lover's Xanadu] I'm new here and I have a qu   Message List  
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"Anyone has a good method to get to memorise the
different key tonalities on the piano??"

Get a book called "Progressive Sight Reading Excercises" by Hannah Smith.
Read through new excercises every day. They are uninsipiring as music so you
won't be inspired to practice them, which is good, because that is not the
point. When they start to get tediously difficult for you, go back to the
beginning, and transpose the easy ones up a half step, and down a half step.
After a few weeks of this, go back to the later ones that once seemed
difficult. They should seem easier now. See if you can finish the book. The
whole process should take several months, working a little every day.

Don't let this be your only practice, though. You need to stay inspired.
Find some music that is good, but simple. I like Bartok's Microcosmos. There
is also a nice book edited by Denes Agay called "Very Easy Classics to
Moderns."

Make sure you know the formula for the construction of a major scale: The
intervals between the eight notes are whole, whole, half, whole, whole, whole,
half. Spend some time improvising in different keys, till you are familiar
with all twelve. Be patient, and enjoy!


Find a teacher who loves music.

Just one guy's advice.

James
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