1️⃣ count out loud - if you don't count out loud or use the metronome, your rhythm is probably off. 2️⃣ loop problem areas - don't play the entire piece from front to back and call that practice. Play and repeat the problem areas, one bar at a time, repeat until you play them correctly. 3️⃣ Play the perfection game. You must play 5 in a row correctly before you allow yourself to increase speed or move forward. Be strict. If you screw up 1 time, you must reset to 0. The more strict you are,...

"What dexterity exercises should I practice to get faster at piano?" asks @brenden.k.bianchi  Exercise 1 The Hanon exercises are great for piano finger dexterity and warm up.  Before every practice session, I would play 1 Hanon exercise at least once. I would work on 1 different Hanon exercise every week, but if I did not master fluency of that Hanon exercise, I'd do it again for another week.  Hanon No. 1 all the way to Hanon No. 31 are essential minimums. These Hanon exercises train...

XUE HUA PIAO PIAO. I cried making this piano version of Yi Jian Mei 一剪梅 Asian Eggman singing in da snow. The original song is Yi Jian Mei made popular by Taiwanese singer 費玉清, who recently finished his world tour before everyone went into isolation.   Sheet Music: https://rebrand.ly/yi-jian-mei-pdf  Such a beautiful song, I was inspired to create an orchestral version, like a piano concerto.  #xuehuapiaopiao #yijianmei #一剪梅  Get free piano advice in our Piano Q&A Whatsapp Group:...

How to develop Hand Independence for the piano 🎹👌 This is a common question and with some practice - it's an easy fix. Here are 5 exercises to help you play different things in the RH and LH.  Start with a simple 5 note scale - C D E F G F E D C Level 1:  Both LH and RH play up and down, quarter notes while you count Level 2:  RH plays 1/8th notes while the LH plays quarter notes.  RH - C D E F G F E D C D E F G F E D C LH -  C    D    E    F     G      F    E    D     C Notice...

"My pinky collapses when I try to reach for octaves. What should I do? What do I do if my pinky collapses when I play slow and loud?" submitted by @chansamuel63 The pinky is naturally a weaker finger. We can strengthen it with drills and exercises like Hanon.  1) First, we must check your form. The outer side of the pinky can be used, instead of just the point of the finger. Look at how you use the thumb - Finger 1. We do not use the point like Fingers 2, 3, and 4. We can use the side of...

To get better at sight reading you must: > Read new music every day.  > The new music you read every day should be slightly lower than your level, so you can train your reaction and reading skills. > Learn to read the musical notation (tempo, clefs, key signatures, accidentals) as if they were the signs on the road. If you miss one, you must stop and correct yourself. > Your goal is to play with 100% accuracy in notes, and 100% accuracy in rhythm, on the 1st time you read it...

40 hours. Just kidding. 30 minutes, 60 minutes, 2 sessions of 30 minutes, 4 hours - everyone is different. Figure out what works best for you. I like to prioritize achievement of tasks over how long I spend. I try to spend 20 to 30 minutes on a problem I'm trying to fix in a piece, before moving on to the next problem in the piece, or the next piece of music.

Download Hanon, play No. 31 every day: https://imslp.org/wiki/The_Virtuoso_Pianist_(Hanon,_Charles-Louis)

Here's the first episode I ever put out on piano. You can follow along and download the free flash card set on YouTube at EasyPianoHacks.