These beliefs will KILL your ability to play piano
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--- - The topic of self-love (compassion) comes up often when I’m teaching
[and let’s be real, in my life also].
And when I tell people that it’s important to have self compassion throughout their piano journey…
Almost 100% of piano players say they DON’T struggle with the issue.
If the opposite of self compassion is cold heartedness or self hate, that sounds pretty intense.
And no one wants to admit that they treat themselves badly….
BUT
I observe quietly as the SAME PEOPLE that don’t identify as having issues with self compassion…
Play wrong notes and say out loud “Come ON - WHY CAN’T YOU DO THIS???”
Or
Finish playing through a piece and can’t say one single positive thing about their performance.
And I recognize this so easily because I’ve been there.
I’ve always felt a deep connection to music.
But for a long time, practicing and playing for others became a big ‘hate on myself’ party.
It didn’t feel like anything I did was ever as good as I wanted it to be.
And I got stuck trying to make everything PERFECT instead of remembering that all music is beautiful.
Every mistake I made would spur frustration, impatience and negative self talk.
And I had to work to be able to identify these thoughts and recognize when I was having them…
And then interrupt them by choosing to tell myself things that weren’t hurtful and didn’t make the learning process awful.
How do you talk to yourself during piano practice?
What you say, think, and believe MATTERS.
And in fact, it will totally impact the way you practice and play.
So in today’s tutorial, sit back as I take you through the 3 most common beliefs that totally kill progress at the piano….
AND I give you tips and strategies to ensure that you don’t fall victim to these self sabotaging beliefs!
Cheers,
❤️ Ashlee
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00:45 Belief #1
01:48 Belief #2
03:23 Belief #3
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I am 72. I began my piano learning four months ago and I am so glad I have been making progress daily! Thank you so much for boosting my confidence in myself!
Yay!!! That is awesome to hear!! Good work! And you’re welcome :) if you’re not already in the Facebook group, you might like that space as well as I post similar Content but stuff that is not on TH-cam.
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I agree. I start to play piano as an adult and said so terrible things sometimes to myself. It´s very important what you say. We have to be careful to not kill that first flame that lead us to actually start to learn the piano . Thank you so so much to help us to create the right way to think.
Exactly!!! Thank you for sharing and you are very welcome.
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Great video! Learning piano can be tough on self esteem, because it sometimes seems that there’s no progress in sight. This is a good time to remember the law of inevitability-which is simply the understanding that if you love something and you want to be able to do it well you have to have faith that your effort while learning will be rewarded by forward progress. Just because progress doesn’t seem to be occurring right away doesn’t mean that it isn’t happening.
I make my living playing piano, and as an older guy I have to remind myself everyday that putting the effort out continually trying to improve is the key to everything, otherwise it is garbage in, and garbage out😊😊
Ooooh I have not heard of the law of inevitability but I absolutely love that!! Yes! So spot on. Thank you for sharing! There’s a lot of wisdom here 💕
Really amazing the way you developed and teach this philosophy of practice! I am a MD in Vienna , Austria , THE city of music, playing piano for many years with limited practice time, that sometimes lead to frustration, but Your teaching of the right way to practice is EXTREMELY helpful, I thank you very much for all Your efforts with all the videos!!
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Thanks so much for the kind words - I truly appreciate that!
Thanks so much for the kind words - I truly appreciate that!
Spot on, just subscribed. Greetings from Brisbane Australia
Thank you! And welcome - happy to have you! Thanks for saying hi!
1) Practice makes progress not perfect. Even the best musicians don't think they're perfect.
2) Hold consistency and accuracy as most important, not speed. Only then does speed come
3) Stop telling yourself you can't do something. Make a list of affirmations you can constantly look at.
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Totally agree. Talking especially about the second you mentioned, when I talk to my fellow adult learners, I see most of them equate proficiency to fastness. Obviously, there are pieces and passages where you need go fast. But that, I believe, does serve the purpose of the music. That is not fastness for fastness itself. In that sense, we adult beginners can safely ignore the idea that being fast is being good.
Yes, the language example you used in a previous vid, being an ESL speaker of English, I try to speak accurately and correctly, although it makes me slow. That sounds much better than speaking unintelligible English fast. Lol
Thanks again for this extremely informative and helpful video!
You are very welcome! Yes exactly - being fast does not equal being good!
Wonderful video. I have to sing in order to get a melody in my head, and this is going to help me overcome my doubts. Merci beaucoup.
Oh good!!
And thank you!!
Thank you soooo much for your knowledge and encouragement. So very helpful.
You’re very welcome!
Ashley. I am a working pianist as well. So many times I have heard people also say things like. “Oh. Your job is stress free, and easy money.” The other thing that I hear is “oh you have a relaxing job and it is therapy.” The other thing I get is this. “Oh you are a pianist. What instrument do you play.” The other one I get is “oh. I want to play because it is fun, and that is the easiest thing I can do.” The other thing I hear is “oh it’s better to start on a digital piano cause they are less expensive.” All this stuff just is so wrong in so many ways. 1. The piano looks easy for someone cause they are not playing it and they are just enjoying the sound of it. Do us the player though it is a lot of hard work. I tell people all the time. It is just like riding a bus and driving a bus. I always bring this up cause I am tottally blind but a business owner. A working pianist if that. I tell people all the time. “Yea. You say that to your bus driver and see what happens.” There are just some things you don’t tell pianists. People get this idea that enjoying the piano it is easy. It is actaully the other way around. You might enjoy it just like a bus ride but you the audience member don’t know what is going on behind the keys. The player or as is to a bus driver they are having to do so many things. We are having to contort our bodies and sit a certain way and using all of our bodies and piano playing gets loud and hot sometimes. Those that are enjoying it do not get that feeling cause they are not in the driver’s seat sort of speak. Well with a bus, I can tell a bus driver that I think their job is easy but what am I doing. I am commuting not driving a bus. So for me yea. A job like that seems easy cause I see it from the passenger’s side which I don’t by the way. Hahahahah. Having to drive a bus is a lot of work. Maintaining a long vehicle and having people cut you off while you are hauling a bunch of people on your rig. For a pianist though. I always tell people “wow!!!! Wow!!!! Wow!!!!! Not so fast. Their is so much work involved in playing the piano tat little do you know it is actaully one of the hardest instruments to play though it may look straight forward from all the keys but it really comes down to hard work and practice and you have to know what to do with those keys.” And also people make the mistake of starting on a digital cause they think it is cheaper and they can learn from the songs on the piano. So far from the truth. Playing both pianos and that i do. It is so much better to start on an acoustic cause you and I know that you get everything their and it is so much more straight forward meaning that you are able to feel things when you are playing. You are able to feel the action of the pedals and the key play and you can hear different harmonics as you are playing an acoustic piano. With a digital though the action is much different. And you are gaining a lot of things but you are loosing the sound of what a full time grand would sound like and the dynamics that you use is different as well. You can only play so loud and then you have to turn the piano up, but with an acoustic you are able to play full on. Harmonies and different resonances that you hear in an acoustic you are not going to get that in a digital. And also. Most concert halls are not going to have a digital piano in them. They are going to have an acoustic. You are not going to see a digital piano up on a stage in a classical concert hall. So people have this idea that they can start on a digital because it is easier. No it is not. It is actually multi skill cause not only do you have to know how to play the piano but in addition, you have to learn how to play everyones’ parts. You have to know how to play the guitar part and flutes and trumpets and a whole lot more. You have to have an understanding of how all this works in addition to playing the piano. So it is not as easy as a lot of people think. Even for the acoustic piano. You have to learn so much before even getting a piece of music played. And also the piano though it sounds nice we get to bee behind the instrument that is very intimidating to a lot of people as well. It is like driving a bus. If I was to ask one of my bus drivers. “Oh. So your job is a bus driver. What vehicle do you drive.’ Hahahahahahahahahahahaha or this is another one. “What is it like to drive a bus.” I mean these are questions that you just don’t ask your bus driver cause they are doing their job for a living. Well, so with us. Sometimes people ask just the stupidest questions like “oh that is nice you are a piano player but what instrument do you play.” Kind of a dumb question hahahahahaha or here is the other one. “Oh you are a pianist. What instrument should i play you should have the answer.” This one I kind of get cause we are the leader of all the instruments and people want to look up to us for this info but on the other hand it is kind of stupid cause if you don’[ have passion for something just don’t do it. Enjoying something but having passion is a compleetly different thing. You need to bee able to have passion for what you do not just enjoy it. And the other thing I hear from people even some musicians is that “everyone can bee a pianist.” This is so far from the truth. Yes. Though many people can have experience in it not everyone can bee a pianist just as a bus driver. Not everyone is fit to bee a bus driver. You have to have personalities for this kind of thing even with the different instruments. You have to have the personality that is going to fit your instrument. Great work and I did sub. But these are some of my pet peeves that people do or say. Or the beliefs of people. Especially starting on a piano. Definitely do not want to start on a keyboard or synthesizer cause the key play is way different. Wand you are not going to get the all play from the piano key on a synthesizer. If you are going to do that you must learn the piano first. Then if you want to play a digital or synthesizer that will come later but starting on any of those digital pianos or synthesizers is a big error. I do give some people some reason cause maybe the space in their home and money I get that but still. You should never ever start on a digital piano or synthesizer or any of those keyboards cause you are not going to get the traditional piano touch that you need to have to play in a concert. It is going to bee a grand on a concert hall floor so really you need to bee able to play a traditional acoustic piano not a digital not a synthesizer but a piano.
This is great advice! Id like to add, dont think all practice is the same. I played piano at various points of my life, but i always just played whatever. I started again a few months ago and i have been been taking the time to practice scales, learning to read notation, and whatever exercises to improve my technique. A little intention goes a long way.
Yes!!! You are so right and I’m happy to hear that you have noticed a difference. Quality is important in practice, even more than quantity.
Thank you Ashlee, just what I needed to hear😊. Great tips as usual. Really appreciate your efforts.
I’m so glad! And you’re welcome :)