Practice Tips for Piano Students

[lonewolf604]

Great....now can you give me tips on how to practice Chopin's Ballade no 1? lol

[PoirePerry]

YEsss " Woah woah why are you playing so fast? " " Its says Allegro" lmao I did this with my teacher lol but he is gone now....he left me alone and void of lesson and life..

[CrispNightmareCrew]

they are playing iffily cuz their wrists are bobbing too much, no flow.

niec vid though

[yobrandon11]

For harder classical songs, I suggest learning the right hand then the left hand vice-versa separately until you can figure the notes. Then, play together at a slow steady tempo. If you hesitate to think what note comes next, then your playing at a fast tempo. Slow tempo and then gradually increase your speed. Hope this helps =P

[KILAH4716]

Next time you do something like this, could you make sure the voices are louder than the piano?

[johnl5r3w]

if i follow your tips will i be able to play liszt?

[gott1rott]

haha I thought the lady in the beginning was serious.

[exAequora]

thanks guys

i've been away from lessons for a few years now,

and getting back into it has been hard,

but this has reminded me of things to do to teach myself

[hotcowuk]

thanks guys. Needed those tips.

[kanichiwoh]

great help..

THNX!

[araviski]

Thanks !

btw what is the child song at 4:02 ?

[mariocast]

@araviski: Lullaby by Johannes Brahms

[araviski]

Many thanks

[ralgha]

Thank you! You covered a lot of great questions here. I think I'll try to start keeping a log book. For fingering, you mentioned writing in your own fingering as a last resort, but does that help you figure out the right fingering? (By getting you to focus on it more?) For gradually raising tempo, is it really just metronome + practice? I've been trying to do this with the beginning of the 3rd movement of the Moonlight Sonata for the past several years... it's quite challenging.

[hobohot]

yup, thanks guys!

[Rabidraider]

The lady in the white sweater looks just like Palin's daughter.

[Brookeslilthinger]

Thank you for the tips (: