A Big Keyboard Learning Mistake!

A Big Keyboard Learning Mistake!

The BIGGEST mistake a new keyboard player can make is being
too anxious to go too fast!

Everybody wants to play it like they hear it on the radio…
full speed.  There’s also the kid that ‘pounds through’ his 
keyboard lesson… He’s in a hurry to just get done, so he
slops over the notes (you can hear the rush from the next
room.)

Hey, it’s not just kids that do that.

Here are some valuable hints for getting the best payoff from
your time at the keyboard:

1. Learn a whole song–Instead of jumping around to several
different songs, learning pieces and parts, dig into one
and learn the whole thing.  I know, I know.  There’s that
cool part that you learned early… and it just feels so
good to play it over and over.  (It certainly feels better
than having to learn the parts you don’t know.)

But make yourself learn the whole song.  You get a different 
kind of confidence when you can play a whole song.  That
kind of confidence is crucial for keeping you motivated.
Take my word for it…no one ever said, “Man, I wish I only
knew part of this song.”

2. Play slow, and gradually get faster– Remember the kid
rushing through his lesson?  Sometimes, he just likes the
fact that he can play something.

It never occurs to him that the faster he plays it, the
less feeling it has… and the less ‘musical’ it sounds.
It sounds ‘clunky.’

When you go slowly, you can begin to concentrate on how
a piece of music FEELS.  If you never thought about that
concept, stop right now and observe a moment of silence
as you let it sink in.  Part of why you play music is to
transfer emotion to other people.  So slow down and really
feel it.

3. Learn both hands– Almost all songs require you to use
both hands.  It will sometimes be tempting to just learn
the right hand and then play that over and over.

Force yourself to learn both hand’s parts.  You won’t be
sorry.

I can teach you how to put them both together when you’re
ready.  Click Right Here.

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