Playing with two hands
Well I taught myself, and after a couple of months could play songs with both hands – but it took A LOT of practise. I was practising at every possible moment….sometimes for two or three hours straight.
My advice is probably the same as everyone else’s; which I guess shows that it’s your best bet to try it this way!!
You can either learn each individual part for each hand separately, and then when you know these parts SO well (almost without needing to look at your hands when you play), then you can start to put both hands together. Don’t rush it! Take your time….even if you are playing REALLY slow, it doesn’t matter, because as you get used to it, you’ll get so much quicker. Don’t try to do the whole piece at any one time. Master the first one or two bars/measures before moving on.
Or, you can choose to not learn each hand separately, and simply work through the piece slowly putting both hands together…again concerntrating on a bar/measure at a time.
Either choice works for me, but people find different things easist. The main advice is to practise a lot. Practise makes perfect, and eventually you’ll get there. I’ve been playing for about 9 months, and am soon to take my grade 1, and through the above methods, I have managed to teach myself to play some of Debussy’s Arabesque No.1 – a grade 7/8 piece – so anything is possible!!!
Whatever you do, don’t give up – it’ll be well worth it in the end, and I can promise you, it gets easier!!
Good luck,
Love Laura XxXxX
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