... 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...
Hello everyone, I am a new member of your group. I play the piano and the cello. Due to my bad experiences with cello lessons in high school, I decided not to...
Teaching adults is great. I have done it for 9 years. It has been a most gratifying experience. Good luck. Enjoy. Lya (from México) ¡Sé el Bello 51 de...
I think adult music students should be very grateful to teachers who focus on teaching adults. I also think you have a significant advantage as a piano...
I knew there would be others like me but haven't taken the time to find them until this morning I persevered and came across this site with its own discussion...
Hi Sal, Welcome! I felt the same as you when I found this group; delighted to know that I wasn't the only one taking up an instrument in my middle years. ...
Hi Rebecca, Wow....didn't expect a reply so fast but very good to hear from you. The harp is a great thing to play..beautiful sounds....I don't know many harp...
Hi all i'm turning 18 in about a month and I've been wanting to retake up piano for the last 3 years but still haven't got around to organising it. I am...
I started the piano from scratch as an adult student two years ago but still can't find notes and chords fluently from a score. I can figure them out, with...
Hi Robert, That is a problem indeed. In fact I have given up trying to learn sight reading consciously. A short-cut or even a particular approach other than...
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Hi Robert, I agree that many things are matter of time and practice but sometimes by the end of the day, we find out that we spent time and energy and we are...
Robert, I forgot to tell you one important thing. Continuous things are easier to learn than discrete ones. When you are doing sight-reading, make sure that...
Hi Robert, I have the same trouble, although very gradually it is getting better. I have started using a computer program called "Practica Musica" and...
Hey all i have most trouble with sight reading and rhythm... i tend to end up habitually making up my own rhythm if i havent heard the music recently... Is...
Hi Robert, I have a lot of difficulty memorizing music, but I am a wonderful sight reader! I think that skill is the result of having piano teachers all along...
... and chord reading, my music theory in general, and it does ear training too. Also, if you're willing to get geeky with it, you can edit and change the...
Dear Group: I can easily count sixteenth notes 1e&a,2e&a, etc. Is there an easy way to count 32nd notes, or, does one simply try to play them evenly within...
I Rob, IMHO your teacher is right, sight-reading will improve with practice...to accelerate the process you should focus just on reading, i.e. you should take...
Greetings, Today I added an article on the web page that addresses the difficulties of choosing a teacher for private music students There have been many...
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