Does anyone on the list know how I would go about getting the CD that can be used with the Alfred's Basic Adult Piano learning series? I'm not too sure at this...
Laura, Try www.sheetmusicplus.com . It has just about everything. I'm new to the group and will introduce myself more formally when I've got more time to...
Hi Everyone, I found the Musical Fossils website and this group the other day. I just turned 46 and have been learning to play piano (or at least attempting...
Thanks for the link. For some reason, I was thinking the CD would be harder to get... must have been something I read on Amazon or somewhere. Cool!! I have a...
Hello all I agree about the teacher issue. I couldn't get where I am now without a teacher, you just don't get the help on technique, using your hands etc. ...
I found this set of posts very interesting. I, too, struggle with having one hand doing one thing while the other hand is doing something completely...
Karl-Heinz, I suffer from the memory lapses, too. I call them brain cramps. Sometimes it happens in the middle of a section I have previously mastered, and...
All teachers seem to have their favorites or hang-ups. Some say Hanon is good for you while some declare it worthless or even harmful. Some want you to mark...
klavierneuling
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Apr 3, 2007 2:45 pm
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Great advice! It goes back to Matt's comment about how we all learn differently. Try everything (including things you might not think would work), and then...
I like the bottom line of Karl-Heinz's email. One has to try everything out to see how it fits. At the same time, one needs to be open to the possibility...
Matthew Harre
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Apr 3, 2007 6:20 pm
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Hello Linda, Here's another, related, puzzle: Whenever I have to play on a keyboard I am not familiar with (the teacher's piano, for instance) I sometimes am...
klavierneuling
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Apr 4, 2007 11:22 am
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I don't know that I've ever felt lost, but I do have real difficulty adjusting to the touch of other pianos; I don't get the same sound by pressing the...
I find that I do memorize the movement of the fingers associated with the sound of various passges in the music. Like when typing your fingers know where to...
Funny, I was just thinking about this 10 minutes ago. I had finished several rousing renditions of "When The Saints Come Marching In" and thinking how fun it...
I'm the queen of "Really, I played this perfectly at home" during my lessons! One thing that does seem to help me a little bit is when I can get the teacher...
Rare is the day that my students (children AND adults) don't tell me that they played the piece perfectly 45 minutes before at home! I would offer several...
I always told my teacher I played better at home. We joked about having a T-shirt or button made to wear to lessons that said "I played this perfectly at...
Hi Kari: Thank you so much for your reply. It was comforting and encouraging to me. You've provided some good tips I plan to implement as of my lesson...
I know what you mean, my teacher sits at my right elbow. We're at a disadvantage at the studio because it's barely big enough for the piano and two chairs....
To frequently play on other pianos helps very much. You will still notice the differences, but you will adjust more quickly. I have a group of companions, ...
Everybody seems to be on vacation - time perhaps for me to raise a little objection! Motivation is a more complicated thing than the applauded solution "just...
klavierneuling
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Apr 23, 2007 10:17 pm
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Okay, how 'bout "if it feels good, do it." hehe... And I haven't been feeling too good lately, so I haven't been doing it very often. boo-hoo. just often...
My trick for burn-out phases is to read about playing. I have several books about playing the piano (Making Music at the Piano, Pianist's Problems, Playing the...
Linda, thanks for mentioning those titles. I tend to be a "read the instruction manual" kind of guy, and while practice and lessons are the main thing here, I...
My apologies to everybody. My contributions to this group are difficult to read. I don't know what causes my sentences to be torn apart as they are. I type...
Karl-Heinz Isleif
isleif@...
Apr 24, 2007 6:50 pm
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On my third lesson, teacher gave me a supplement piece to learn which involved moving the hands to different keys. For example, the first stanza was in the key...
Does the piece actually change keys (as in the first stanza has no sharps or flats, but the second stanza has one flat), or is it just moving your hand...
That does seem quite hard for a third lesson! Unless she thinks that you are very good! I have been learning for a year and only now can I confidently play...
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