Did you really start with 1/4 notes at 40bpm? Do you mean 1 note per click? If so, why so slow? Isn't 1/4 notes at 70bpm slow enough to build good technique?
@SendInTheChickens yep - I would set the metronome at 40 bpm and play one note on each click.
I'd do it so slow because there are a huge number of intricacies that go into the way a single note is pressed, and it's important to recognize and perfect all those details so they can be engrained in your muscle memory as you speed up the tempo. Many pianists end up being able to play fast, but what they play isn't effective on a very deep level, because all the levels of intricacy aren't there.
@weeklypiano ok, thanks for the reply. my friend at drum school says his whole class sit their and play at 35 bpm one hit per click sometimes for the same reason. how long would you recommend doing that for? and once you have a high level of control, is the speeding up process quite quick? i'm never really sure over the course of how long to speed it all up. I feel like all this is very intuitive to some people, but I am so bloody impatient! I really appreciate your advice.
I'd say do it slowly for a while. The longer you do it, the more patient you'll get. It's almost like meditation - you have to keep very strong relaxed focus.
If it's difficult, I'd say start out doing 5 minutes just a couple times a day. That's how I started, and I quickly went up to 2-hour sessions. Speed it up very slowly over time; only speed it up when all the details of each note are perfect. This could mean weeks at a time at a single slow tempo before speeding up.
@weeklypiano sweet, thank you. i hope you don't mind all the questions - and i have more! how consistent are you at practice? every single day? most days? i have to admit i am not a terribly consistent musician. there are days when i simply cannot bring myself to practice.
@SendInTheChickens I practice every day. Try to at least get 5 minutes in every day. I started out doing a few 5-minute intervals every day. As I got used to it, I began to enjoy the sanctuary of the practice time, and quickly got up to 5 hours a day. Sometimes I'll do 8-hour practice days...and every once in a while, i'll pull an all-day 12-hour session :)
@weeklypiano I hope you don't mind, but I have a few more questions for you. I was wondering, if you started practice at 40bpm and felt you had mastered it after a while, what did you then move it up by to practice next? Also, did you ever think you had it down, but found at a certain speed you had become stuck? If so, what was your strategy then? Straight back down to 40, or some higher speed? I find many of these things not very easy to grasp on my own.
@SendInTheChickens I don't mind at all! I did it by doing 40bpm, and making sure I could hit every note perfectly in time and with consistent velocity with a totally relaxed hand and body. Then, push the metronome up to 60bpm and do the same thing. If you do get stuck at a certain bpm, you don't have to go all the way back to 40bpm, but slow it down to a point where you can do it perfectly, and do all the scales there again, and speed up from there.
@SendInTheChickens So when starting at 40bpm how do you know if you are getting the intricacies correct? what should I be trying to accomplish? Is this something you need a teacher for to show you the proper motions and feelings? Thanks.
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dubnitsky 3 months ago
AWESOME!!!!!
Darcity1 5 months ago
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AriD2385 6 months ago
what scales do you use in your practice?
and what about arpeggios?
mihmus 10 months ago
Did you really start with 1/4 notes at 40bpm? Do you mean 1 note per click? If so, why so slow? Isn't 1/4 notes at 70bpm slow enough to build good technique?
SendInTheChickens 1 year ago
@SendInTheChickens yep - I would set the metronome at 40 bpm and play one note on each click.
I'd do it so slow because there are a huge number of intricacies that go into the way a single note is pressed, and it's important to recognize and perfect all those details so they can be engrained in your muscle memory as you speed up the tempo. Many pianists end up being able to play fast, but what they play isn't effective on a very deep level, because all the levels of intricacy aren't there.
weeklypiano 1 year ago
@weeklypiano ok, thanks for the reply. my friend at drum school says his whole class sit their and play at 35 bpm one hit per click sometimes for the same reason. how long would you recommend doing that for? and once you have a high level of control, is the speeding up process quite quick? i'm never really sure over the course of how long to speed it all up. I feel like all this is very intuitive to some people, but I am so bloody impatient! I really appreciate your advice.
SendInTheChickens 1 year ago
@SendInTheChickens
I'd say do it slowly for a while. The longer you do it, the more patient you'll get. It's almost like meditation - you have to keep very strong relaxed focus.
If it's difficult, I'd say start out doing 5 minutes just a couple times a day. That's how I started, and I quickly went up to 2-hour sessions. Speed it up very slowly over time; only speed it up when all the details of each note are perfect. This could mean weeks at a time at a single slow tempo before speeding up.
weeklypiano 1 year ago
@weeklypiano sweet, thank you. i hope you don't mind all the questions - and i have more! how consistent are you at practice? every single day? most days? i have to admit i am not a terribly consistent musician. there are days when i simply cannot bring myself to practice.
SendInTheChickens 1 year ago
@SendInTheChickens I practice every day. Try to at least get 5 minutes in every day. I started out doing a few 5-minute intervals every day. As I got used to it, I began to enjoy the sanctuary of the practice time, and quickly got up to 5 hours a day. Sometimes I'll do 8-hour practice days...and every once in a while, i'll pull an all-day 12-hour session :)
weeklypiano 11 months ago
@weeklypiano
wow... it's inspires...
i'm only planing deep practicing on scales... but I have not TIME!!!
good pretext, yeah?!))
mihmus 10 months ago
@weeklypiano I hope you don't mind, but I have a few more questions for you. I was wondering, if you started practice at 40bpm and felt you had mastered it after a while, what did you then move it up by to practice next? Also, did you ever think you had it down, but found at a certain speed you had become stuck? If so, what was your strategy then? Straight back down to 40, or some higher speed? I find many of these things not very easy to grasp on my own.
SendInTheChickens 7 months ago
@SendInTheChickens I don't mind at all! I did it by doing 40bpm, and making sure I could hit every note perfectly in time and with consistent velocity with a totally relaxed hand and body. Then, push the metronome up to 60bpm and do the same thing. If you do get stuck at a certain bpm, you don't have to go all the way back to 40bpm, but slow it down to a point where you can do it perfectly, and do all the scales there again, and speed up from there.
weeklypiano 7 months ago
@weeklypiano awesome, man - thank you. this is really helping me a lot.
SendInTheChickens 6 months ago
@SendInTheChickens So when starting at 40bpm how do you know if you are getting the intricacies correct? what should I be trying to accomplish? Is this something you need a teacher for to show you the proper motions and feelings? Thanks.
Link0126 8 months ago
@Link0126 Hey, just wanted to let you know you asked the wrong person - I'm not the guy who posted the video!
SendInTheChickens 7 months ago
hints?
iampauleybaby 1 year ago
@iampauleybaby very slow repetition and patience :). I started out at 40 bpm doing quarter notes, and gradually worked up from there.
weeklypiano 1 year ago
I hope to get to your level in the next two years
russianpickaxe 1 year ago
@russianpickaxe thank you! start slow, practice a lot, and you can do it in 2 years.
weeklypiano 1 year ago
YOU ARE MY HERO =)
haha jk but wow you're really great~~ I hate practicing scales -____- but this makes me want to get better at them. Keep up the great work!!!
TheRachmaninoffFan 1 year ago
@TheRachmaninoffFan Thanks! I've actually got it faster now...i should do another recording soon :)
weeklypiano 1 year ago
@TheRachmaninoffFan hahaha totally. thanks!
weeklypiano 1 year ago
amazing... w did ur hands feel after this?? haha
frizzyhair96 1 year ago
@frizzyhair96 hahaha my hands always feel great after some good scales :)
weeklypiano 1 year ago
nice work, whats the metronom at?
haakonsb 1 year ago
@haakonsb thanks! it's at 280bpm
weeklypiano 1 year ago
nice work, whats the metronom at?
haakonsb 1 year ago