How do you learn your piano songs?
I’m playing piano. Recently I’ve had trouble learning new songs. Do you have any methods or tips to learn piano songs easier and faster?
» Post Ad Purchase: Intext Link
Tags: New Songs, Piano Playing, Playing Piano
This entry was posted
on Tuesday, September 29th, 2009 at 12:45 pm and is filed under Other - Music.
You can follow any responses to this entry through the RSS 2.0 feed.
You can leave a response, or trackback from your own site.
repeat it again and again in your head.
i play by ear, i wish i had a piano id play all the time, but figuring out songs on the piano is alot easier than the guitar (in my opinion) just listen carefully and play it back
yeah its true. i agree with that person above me.
figuring out songs on the piano is a lot easier than on the guitar because all the natural notes are in front of you and you know where all the sharp notes are because they are painted black.
but this is not the case on the guitar because they are all scattered throughout the guitar.
Are you reading music or learning by ear?
If you are having trouble with reading music, I would suggest that you find easier piano music and work on your sight reading skills. If you are really serious about learning new piano music faster, you may want to consider studying basic piano theory. Learning more about time signatures, scales, chords, and key signatures will help you pick up music faster in the long run.
I hope this helps! Don’t hesitate to e-mail me any other questions.
God Bless and I wish you great success in piano playing!
-Dani
I actually see this happen with my piano students. I call it a plateau. I tell my students to practice even more during this time.
Stick to one song that you are having trouble with and practice very slowly every day. Make sure every note is correct. Keep practicing the same piece and do not switch to another song. This is not the time to be working on too many songs at once. If you are getting bored, then go back and play other songs that you know well.
After about two weeks of this you should crash through that plateau and be at the next level of playing.
HI there,
Good question. Well, I have a technique that I use with my students, both piano and flute.
When learning a new song, I require my students to practice ONLY one line a day…. meaning they are required to devote all practice time to just one line every day. That way they are not worried about the whole song and can concentrate on getting one line sounding good and without mistakes. I know this sounds like it would be taking a long time with just one line a day… but I explain to my students that it is better and FASTER to get one line worked through and accomplished and sounding good by the end of the day’s practice than to have the whole song sounding bad at the end of the week, which is going to be what will happen if they don’t work slowly.
I always say…”slower is faster” meaning the more time you focus on short segments, the faster that you will get the song sounding really good.
Hope I was able to make some sense to you.
Thanks for reading.
The important thing is to break it down and repeat difficult passages till you are comfortable.
Try starting with the right hand first, then once you have perfected that, try the left hand. Keep practising each one then put them together. Good luck! Hope this helps.
Your questions is kind of “open”. You don’t specify whether you are reading music or playing by ear so I’ll attempt an answer at both.
With music you should first look at the entire piece. You will find that some phrases are repeated several times, thereby decreasing the amount of music you actually have to memorize. Secondly, Take one phrase or measure at a time. When you have it down move on.
If you are playing by ear and trying to figure it out from a cd or other recording do the same thing. Play a section, learn it and move on.
The more you do either, the better you will be at it and the quicker it will go. With music you will get to the point where you can look at the piece and hear in your mind how it will go.
It also helps to get a recording of the piece you are learning with music. It helps with timing and phrasing.
Hope this helps!