Learning Piano frustrating… any tips? [Archive]
I am currently in the process of playing piano, and trust me it gets easier. thats when you move on to even harder things! 
Someone talked about jazz being easier the classical, i disagree but thats just because i have a difficult time with jazz.
I have to learn in… unusual ways since i play by ear and read notes, but am not very strong in my ear nor strong at base clef, but you will get better! One thing that has helped me with base clef, is find one note that you recognize, then get used to going from there. I KNOW where the C is, and i KNOW where the two G’s are. So from there on, i can find them. granted for sometime it took a while, but i can associate it from those 3 notes.
My piano teacher always reccomends learning to “think”. or another way to say it, is that everyone thinks about piano and what they are doing differently. what you need to know is how you are going to think about something. A lot of time with me, i just have to tell myself NOT the think it through. Many times my mind is messing me up or slowing me down. my fingers can do it, but my brain interferes(spelling?)
Get easy music and play it all the way through. then get a little harder.
another thing that really helps me is when i have a “hard” (meaning difficult for me) Rhythm, i go and mark the down beats and see what notes i hit with both hands at the same time. then the others seem to fall into place. (having to do this on Moonlight Sonata)
and my other problem is i take all my music WAY to fast. Slow down the tempo. my teacher is always telling me to stop and think the next phrase through. But don’t Stop and say “I can’t do it” and walk away. If you do have to walk away, COME BACK a few minutes later and get through it even if it seems like you are stumbling around in the dark. just get through it! and next time it will get better…
Or another thing that she reccomends is to piece it. Take phrase and learn one hand at a time, then put them together. (some teachers would have a fit about this, but as i said, i learn differently than most) or if you have problems with one hand in a song, play as far as you can with both hands, and then drop one or the other out and continue to play untill you feel you can add the other back in. then close the gap little by little the more you play it.
Hope that helps. And all you teachers that are gasping at the “horrible” ways she is teaching me, just remember it works for me. There is no other way. i have tried…
Incoming search terms for the article:
Similar articles
- Piano Learning Tips for Beginners
Have you retired from your work and are now finding your time in the retirement home quite boring? If yes, it’s time you make some quality use of your time and do things that you always wanted to do like taking up some easy piano lessons. If you have been a music enthusiast all your
... - Learning to play music on a keyboard
It would help to understand what your goals are. Do you want to learn to “play piano”, or simply noodle through some melodies on an electronic keyboard? Are you interested in playing classical music, or popular music, or jazz, or don’t know? Since you already read music, a reasonable start might be to
... - Rock and Roll Piano Tips: Rock and Roll Keyboard Lessons
“In this clip we’re going to be talking about acoustic piano and the parts of that instrument. You’re probably pretty familiar with it. Eighty-eight keys, it’s got, like I said, every thing’s a keyboard, it’s got the black keys and it’s got the white keys and you know, you start with your middle C and
... - Tips for someone learning how to play the piano
Tips For Someone Learning How To Play The Piano When learning how to play the piano, there are a usual set of rules that everyone is encouraged to follow. Still there are some extra tips you can keep in mind to make the journey a little easier. These aren’t tips on how to play the
... - Beginning Pianists
“Hi this is Tom Kenaston I’m a singer song writer pianist music director. I live in West Palm Beach and also New York City. In this clip we’re going to talk about how to read piano music. For the purposes of this clip, we’re going to assume that you know the notes. You know how
...