singing and counting the melody it's such good idea. Makes learning process much more fan and not so boring like just counting the numbers. Big like to your video ❤
Lars, thank you for your extremely helpful videos. As a beginner i find combining the two hands in playing extremely difficult, esp. in trying to play, "Konrad Kuntz book 1" exercises. Would i be better in concentrating playing basic musical compositions, rather than exercises?
I'm glad that my videos are helping you! These 'exercises' by Kuntz are actually not really exercises but one-line canons. These are because of their shortness also not pieces or etudes. Better learn some Bach, which is also really beautiful music. I would only use these as material for when you are a bit more advanced as sightreading material. The best is to practice real exercises for piano technique, finger independence, and arm technique, combined with music pieces that fit your level. Learn arm technique, as it solves a big part of hand independence since you learn to synchronize the movements even if both hands play different passage work. When you learn music pieces, these will offer new challenges to solve, thus improving your technique as well (and hand independence). A good balance between exercises and music pieces gives the most results I think. I'll make a video about ways to practice hand independence.
I'm new to your channel and newish to piano. I feel like I have been stagnant and not progressing, so this video was very interesting to me. I have only recently started to integrate using a metronome. I'm still trying to get used to it, I seem to be repeating the same error of hitting the note right after or before the clicks. Trying to figure out my hearing the metronome and hitting the note at the same time.
Beginner pieces don't require a lot of time to learn so we can work on each one until it is satisfactory. Getting into more challenging pieces I'd learn several pieces at a time. From a technical point of view playing more than 1 piece the hands wouldn't be repeating the same sequences of notes too many times that might lead to muscle tension and hand injury.
That is true, so there is more room to work on the quality. Hand injuries are mostly the result of bad technique not so much to with how many repetitions. Improving your technique will speed up your piano progress, and fewer repetitions are needed for an even better result. But give yourself time to grow as a pianist; no one got there overnight and without making mistakes on the way.
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I’ve been playing for about 10 years. I tapped on this video to see if I fell into any of these myself.
singing and counting the melody it's such good idea. Makes learning process much more fan and not so boring like just counting the numbers. Big like to your video ❤
Glad you enjoy it!
Lars, thank you for your extremely helpful videos. As a beginner i find combining the two hands in playing extremely difficult, esp. in trying to play, "Konrad Kuntz book 1" exercises. Would i be better in concentrating playing basic musical compositions, rather than exercises?
I'm glad that my videos are helping you! These 'exercises' by Kuntz are actually not really exercises but one-line canons. These are because of their shortness also not pieces or etudes. Better learn some Bach, which is also really beautiful music. I would only use these as material for when you are a bit more advanced as sightreading material.
The best is to practice real exercises for piano technique, finger independence, and arm technique, combined with music pieces that fit your level. Learn arm technique, as it solves a big part of hand independence since you learn to synchronize the movements even if both hands play different passage work. When you learn music pieces, these will offer new challenges to solve, thus improving your technique as well (and hand independence). A good balance between exercises and music pieces gives the most results I think.
I'll make a video about ways to practice hand independence.
@@PianoFantasy Thank you for replying to my question.
I'm new to your channel and newish to piano. I feel like I have been stagnant and not progressing, so this video was very interesting to me. I have only recently started to integrate using a metronome. I'm still trying to get used to it, I seem to be repeating the same error of hitting the note right after or before the clicks. Trying to figure out my hearing the metronome and hitting the note at the same time.
Beginner pieces don't require a lot of time to learn so we can work on each one until it is satisfactory. Getting into more challenging pieces I'd learn several pieces at a time. From a technical point of view playing more than 1 piece the hands wouldn't be repeating the same sequences of notes too many times that might lead to muscle tension and hand injury.
That is true, so there is more room to work on the quality. Hand injuries are mostly the result of bad technique not so much to with how many repetitions. Improving your technique will speed up your piano progress, and fewer repetitions are needed for an even better result. But give yourself time to grow as a pianist; no one got there overnight and without making mistakes on the way.