Hi, I started trying to play the guitar when I was 15 (I'm 35 now), and I have always found it hard to sight read. It always bothered me that sight reading...
nw503436
nw503436@...
Aug 25, 2008 11:22 pm
484
I am now 46 I really do practice and my playing is coming along. My newest piano teacher (A Concert Pianist) is really challenging me and I have been working...
I started playing the harp at age 44; I'm 48 now. I don't think I've made terrific progress - in fact, I spent some time with a new and very well known...
I think that's very wise. I've been learning the piano for three or four years (I'm 47), and while I'm still working on things that take a while to learn and...
I've been playing for 8 years. Started at age 43 with absolutely no musical background. I have a wonderful teacher who is picky yet very patient and it...
Hi, I started learning to play the piano 15 years ago at age 40. I have had some musical background as a child, played clarinet, recorder, and sang in a choir...
Hello everyone, I'm Dan Starr, a piano and keyboard teacher whose practice is limited to teaching older teens and adults. I currently have students as old as...
Hi Dan, Welcome. I have been a subscriber to your online newsletter for about a year now and find it very useful. I am 56 years old and started taking piano...
Hi! I found this group a while ago, and lurked a bit. Now I'd like to introduce myself. I'm almost 64, and have been playing for about a year. I had no ...
Michelle Himes
mhimeswc@...
Feb 14, 2009 7:11 pm
494
Hello Michelle! Welcome to the gang! Hang in there! I am 65. I, too, started from not knowing where middle C was exactly 5 years ago - and I can play a...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Feb 14, 2009 10:16 pm
495
Welcome. I'm stuck near the end of book 1 myself, as the chord complexity and hand jumping increases. My stuckness has a lot to do with other musical...
Greetings, What I strive for in this message board is hearing how members can encourage each other without the intervention of professionals being...
Matthew Harre
mharre61@...
Feb 15, 2009 5:01 am
497
Thanks for the warm welcome! I'm not exactly stuck at the end of the book, but more like moving at a snail's pace. A very slow snail. But that's okay. I do...
Michelle Himes
mhimeswc@...
Feb 15, 2009 2:03 pm
498
Hi everyone, I have had mirror movements in my hands and fingers ever since I was born. These are involuntary movements of the opposite hand from the one I am...
Hello and thanks for the encouragement! The sole secret to progress is practice, no doubt. 30 minutes a day are a myth that will get you nowhere. But during...
klavierneuling
isleif@...
Feb 16, 2009 12:27 pm
500
Scales, scales scales in any possible variation. Just my two cents ... Da: symphonia@... <symphonia@...> Oggetto: [musicalfossils] mirror movements and...
Hi! Once I participated in this group but then I had computer problems, my e-mail was changed etc. Now I would like to join you again. I played piano all my...
Hi Janice, When you play the piano one hand, what does your other hand do? Since, in my opinion, your topic concerns coordination try to do the following....
Hi Vica, When I play the piano with one hand, the other hand is playing the same thing, but involuntarily and mirroring the playing hand. For instance, if I...
Hi Janice, The problem is that I can only imagine how the process you describe looks on the piano. What I think may not be right. That is why I am afraid of...
Hi Vica, It happens all the time, when I write, type, etc. the other hand makes subtle movements that I cannot control. I was born that way and doctors have...
Hi Janice, Thank you for your explanation. So I assume the problem is not just the pianistic one. It seems to me there are some links in your body which are...
... Thank you for your explanation. So I assume the problem is not just the pianistic one. It seems to me there are some links in your body which are not known...
Vica, Thanks for the suggestions. I am trying to memorize the Chopin Nocturne and play it very slowly, watching my hands. If I focus real hard on them the...
What strategies do you use for memorizing a piece? Do you memorize one page thoroughly before moving on to the next page? Do you do a little each day one page...
There are some great memorization / practice strategies at the website www.practicespot.com. The same person has a book out called "The Practice Revolution" -...
Rebecca, That looks like a great site. Lots of info to wade through, though. With this piece there are a lot of repetitions, though, where the same phrases...
You'll have muscle memory helping you, but I've found the trick is ... to remember when certain phrases repeat! (Remember that performing is different from...
Having problems with message search?
Fill out this form to ensure your group is one of the first to be migrated to the new message search system.
