Hi, I am new here. I am 46 and have been studying with a teacher for just over a year. I am from the Buffalo, NY area and finding teachers who will even teach...
I had a hard time counting so my teacher made me break the rhythm/beat down. Instead of counting 1-2-3-4 I had to count l&2&3&4&. Look for the smallest beat,...
Hello Andi, Welcome! I started out exactly four years ago (and I was much older than you are now). I know what the rhythm-problem feels like. Play what you...
Karl-Heinz Isleif
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Jan 12, 2008 1:06 pm
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Welcome to the forum, Andy. You can also count away from the piano. Tap or chant the rhythm, or walk around so your feet are the metronome and chant or tap...
Hi Andi, Oh my, can I relate. My notes don't all sound the same - I just play them to some internal rhythm I have of my own. I get particularly thrown if the...
Hi Andi, I have to say, I'm a terrible "counter." Maybe if I'd started to play the piano as a kid that would have come more naturally. I also find the...
I am learning in a very traditional way, with sheet music technique and piano playing, so I have learnt all the type of notes from scratch and how to count out...
Andi, Hi and welcome! I can totally relate! I'm also 46, have been studying about 4 years now, and still don't count very well. All the suggestions given by...
Hi Andi, IMHO, You should try to deal with a problem at a time. My Advice is to practice some solfa, in order to get acquainted with rhythm. With solfa you can...
Hi Max, We need to know what solfa is. It's not solfeggio, is it? That would be the notes. Is this something just for rhythm? If so, do you have any ...
Matthew Harre
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Jan 23, 2008 12:26 pm
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I think there is a system that includes the movable do solfeggio, which involves relative pitch, but also rhythmic training, and I've seen the word solfege and...
Hi! I have been playing piano now for 2 years and have reached the grade 3 level but I have one big problem I can never get the piece up to speed and when I...
Hi Margaret. I have found working with a metronome helps me a lot with this. I determine what tempo I can play well at, then each time I play the piece I try...
That is a great idea! Thanx, Valerie aleksanna98 <astarbuck@...> wrote: Hi Margaret. I have found working with a metronome helps me a lot with this....
I am trying to teach my self from a book and have run across a piece that I don't think I understand how to play. I have scanned this and posted it online at...
I understand the piece this way: 1. You play the 2 1/2 lines until you get to the bit under # 1, and you play that measure. That's like a complete musical...
I made a mistake: see the "fine" under the # 2. It looks like you're supposed to play those two lines again at the end, so you're playing AABAA. ... piece ......
I'm glad I could help [:)] . In case it helps in the future, reading music can be like blindly following a bunch of detour signs on the road, and you need to...
Whatever your level of technical development you should stop periodically and spend some time reviewing the pieces you've previously mastered (or at least...
John Blanch
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Feb 2, 2008 6:21 pm
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I had to have a way of actually tracking this so what I did was to start writing the title of each piece down on a 3x5 card and putting it in a recipe box ......
I like that idea. Thanks for sharing it. Jim Noel jim.noel@... _____ From: musicalfossils@yahoogroups.com [mailto:musicalfossils@yahoogroups.com] On...
A very good website to visit for all things piano for all ages of students and all levels of technical development is the Piano Education Page, which can be...
John Blanch
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Feb 9, 2008 10:15 pm
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That site does indeed have a lot of good resources. It also has a section that lists other sites and resources, many of them worthwhile. John, did you...
Bravo for your website that I have discovered recently. While I haven't had time to read much of it, I am savoring your words of wisdom bit by bit. A lot of...
That all sounds about right to me, but I think most of those physical disadvantages can be overcome (to some extent anyway) with motivation, dedication and a...
Why does that all sound right to you? Why is there an assumption that we have physical disadvantages to be overcome? This is not my experience. First there...
I've been faulted with not reading things thoroughly and responding on the fly. Guilty as charged. Read yours again: [q]- but you must be absolutely...
Hi everybody, I apologize about this delay in sending an answer to the group...my Internet connection has given me a lot of problems this weeks... Anyway...My...
To me, Max, you have explained it exactly and expanded my knowledge for which I am always grateful. Other may feel differently and they will tell you, I hope....
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