Practice Tips for Piano

Practice Tips for Piano

Once you start your lessons, you should practice for a few minutes
each day, or every other day.

Here are some extra practice tips:

1.  Practice regularly.  Once a day is excellent, once every other
day is acceptable, once every three days should be the minimum.

2.  Keep your practice times short.  10-20 minutes for a beginner
is plenty of  time to practice.  It is OK to practice longer, but be careful
not to rush through the lessons and confuse yourself with too much information. 

AVOID-AVOID-AVOID! Did I say avoid? Avoid the following common
mistake:  

Learning too much too fast!

The beauty of teaching yourself is that you do not have to measure
your progress. Do not sabotage your success by being too hard on yourself, or
rushing through the lessons.   Enjoy each new step.  
Become very comfortable with each lesson and
with each song before moving on.
Remember, if you are making any kind of progress, (big or small)
you are on the road to success!

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Understanding Major Piano Scales

Major Piano Scales in music, there is a pattern for everything! I’m going to teach you the pattern used to create major piano scales. First, let’s start with the basics. There are 12 major scales; one for every major key on the piano. You have the white keys: C major D major E major F major G major A major B major … and then you have the black keys (called “sharps” or “flats”): C Sharp or D flat D Sharp or E flat F Sharp or G flat G Sharp or A flat A Sharp or B flat Today, we will learn how to form the following major scales: (1) C Major Scale (2) D Major Scale (3) E Major Scale (4) F Major Scale (5) G Major Scale (6) A Major Scale In order to form major scales, you have to understand the concept of “whole steps and half steps.”

Whole steps and half steps describe distance in music. That is, the distance in notes from one key to another. ————- Whole Step ————- A “whole” step always skips a key… ————- Half Step ————- A “half” step never skips a key… Remember this poem  “A half step is from KEY TO KEY with NO keys in between, A whole step always SKIPS a key with one key in between” *********** EXAMPLES: *********** “D” is 1 whole step higher than “C” Why? Because if you start at C and “skip” a key, you’ll arrive at “D”. What key are you skipping? Let’s see: C — (skip C#) — D However, “C#” is 1 half step higher than “C” Why? Because you are NOT skipping any keys to go from “C” to “C#.” So essentially: 1 Whole Step = 2 keys 1 Half Step = 1 key **************** More examples: **************** C to D = 1 whole step C to E = 2 whole steps … and so on. (Whole Step = “w” *** Half Step = “h”) The Major Scale pattern is as follow: w – w – h – w – w – w – h This means: 1. From the starting note, the second note will be 1 (w)hole step higher. 2. From the second note, the third note will be another whole step higher. 3. From the third note, the fourth note will be a (h)alf step higher. 4. From the fourth note, the fifth note will be a whole step higher. 5. From the fifth tone, the sixth note will be a whole step higher. 6. From the sixth tone, the seventh tone will also be a whole step higher. 7. From the seventh tone, the last tone will be only a half step higher.

In C major: 1. The starting note is “C” 2. 1 whole step up is “D” (w) 3. Another whole step up is “E” (w) 4. 1 half step up is “F” (h) 5. 1 whole step up is “G” (w) 6. Another whole step up is “A” (w) 7. Another whole step up is “B” (w) 8. 1 half step up is “C” (h)

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Basics on How to Read Music

Basics on How To Read Music….

Learning the basics on how to read music is
important in learning how to play any musical
instrument. Music is universal and once you know
how to read music you can play any music.

Here are some techniques on how to read music that
could be helpful for you to learn as you are
taking piano lessons, or any other type of
musical instrument lessons.

· Staff: The staff or staves are made up of
five lines with four spaces between the lines.
Each line and space of the staves go to a letter
name, in this way when a note is drawn on the
line or space, it tells you which note is to be
played. It is the position of the note on the
staff that informs you of how the note is to be
played, and if it is to be a high note, or a low
note. Essentially, what this means is that the
higher a note is on the staff, the higher that
note should sound when played.

· Clef: At the start of a staff, there is a
mark with a symbol, which is referred to as a
clef. It is the clef of the staff that determines
the letter name of the lines and the spaces.
These will change according to the clef.

· Bar Lines: When you are looking at a sheet of
music you will notice that there are vertical
lines on the staff, these are referred to as bar
lines. The purpose of these bar lines is to break
down the staff into units of times; these units
then are broken down into smaller unites that are
more easily managed when actually playing the
music. A double vertical line signals that the
song has ended.

· Ledger Lines: If a music piece has notes that
are higher or lower than those that are written
on the five staff lines, these are written on
what is known as the ledger lines. Just as the
letter names on the staff lines progress in an
alphabetical sequence, so too do the ledger lines
progress in the same fashion.
To learn how to read music it is necessary that
you learn to memorize the letter names of the
lines and spaces on the staff. One of the best
techniques of music reading for beginners is to
use a saying that will help you to memorize each
letter by associating that letter with a word.

One example would be to memorize the letters E G
B D and F you could use a saying like “Each
Good Boy Did Fine.”
Once you find techniques of music reading that
work for you, stick with them and you’ll be
reading music like a pro in no time at all.

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7 STEPS IN DEVELOPING POSITIVE PRACTICE HABITS for Piano

 7 STEPS IN DEVELOPING POSITIVE PRACTICE HABITS for PIANO

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Learning an instrument like piano can be hard work. It is important to make
sure you have solid self discipline and apply yourself. Because
many people learn through an online piano course (like ROCKET PIANO) you need to develop strategies for maintaining a good work
ethic. Here are seven habits that will help you in your journey
learning your instrument.

1) Don’t procrastinate. There are always a set number of tasks you
have to do when you are practicing. It is easy to put off playing
until tomorrow, but you shouldn’t do this. Practice is important;
you should get into it as soon as possible.
2) Keep in touch with other musicians. If you are constantly in
contact with your friends who also play then you will bounce off
and motivate each other.
3) Keep moving. Don’t get stuck in a rut, it is important to keep
on leaning new skills and developing your playing. Also there is
nothing that keeps your spirits up like seeing the progress you’re
making.
4) Use your time properly. If you lack a regular practice time then
becomes difficult to maintain consistency. You should make a
constant time to practice so you can fully develop as a musician.
5) Practice in a good work environment. It is important to have a
good place for you to practice. You need an environment that is
clean and quite so you can fully concentrate on what you are doing.
6) Be comprehensive. You should always be trying to become a
complete musician. For this reason, it can be a good idea to keep a
list of all the things you need to do to become a complete
musician.
7) Know your own work habits. Each person has their own individual
way of learning. For this reason it is important to adjust your
practice so that you can maintain it.

I hope these tips can help you with your practice. Keeping your
self discipline is a matter of good planning and goal setting.

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