About Writer This article, written by Mary Richart, was taken from the July 1922 issue of magazine "Etude Musical Magazine." This article is featured at http://www.thepianopages.com, along with free piano lessons, sheet music, products, and lots more.
The Most Helpful Piano Lesson In this lesson the teacher memorized a page and a half of a piece which was entirely new to her and worked it out as she would have done by herself. She read it over once to see what it was all about and, without losing any time, she went right to work on the first phrase and memorized as she went along. I was surprised at the great number of times she repeated over and over again so small a thing...... Similar Editorial : Piano Lesson by Capotasto. | Source : Learning Guitar
Piano Pointers Train the mind. Mechanical perfection is merely the first and least step in music. Train the senses. Music without interpretation is music without meaning. Appreciation must show through your playing if it is to have a soul; and anything without a soul is ugly. Put dreams into your playing. Beautiful practicing. Beautiful playing. Do not play just sound, play music. Get the big idea in your piece...... Similar Editorial : Pointers While Studying Spanish by Shareen Aguilar. | Source : Learning Guitar
Self-Training In Sight-Reading (Piano) Many good performers are poor sight-readers for the reason that mastery of large compositions, which requires many repetitions of small sections at a slow tempo, tends to create an inability to grapple with music in any other way. Here the effort towards accuracy predominates. Thorough study of master works is, of course, indispensable; but the ability to play at sight is equally necessary for the...... Source : Learning Guitar
Making Piano Habits That Help 1. Start Slowly. Practice slowly at first, gradually working up to the required tempo. 2. Keep Time Always. Pay the best of attention to keeping time, and from the very beginning try to play rhythmically. 3. Listen Constantly. Listen to every note played. 4. Keep Your Eyes on the Music. Form the habit of keeping your eyes on the music. Nothing is so distracting as seeing a pianist bobbing his head...... Similar Editorial : Shopping for a Piano by Eugene Chung. | Source : Learning Guitar
How 'Easy' Is Piano Playing? We have, first of all, to read notes on two staffs - bass and treble. The same sign, placed in the same way is, for example, G on the bass staff and E on the treble staff. We must, therefore, always know whether we are reading bass or treble notes. Various signs of different shape denote various time lengths which must be exactly correct when played. Other signs denote periods of silence (rests)...... Similar Editorial : Shopping for a Piano by Eugene Chung. | Source : Learning Guitar
Don'ts For Parents Of Piano Students Don't engage a teacher merely because he or she is a brilliant performer. It may well be that of two men or women the less showy player is the better teacher. Don't forget that, while it is a great mistake to select a teacher because he is cheap, it is just as serious an error to engage one merely because his price is high. It does not follow that he is the best available instructor. Don't be too...... Similar Editorial : Shopping for a Piano by Eugene Chung. | Source : Beginning Guitar
