Q. What is effective practice? What is there to practice when playing? I am a beginner, taking piano class at school. I know the location of all notes on the staff, but I still have a pause when reading them, how do you create fluidity? What are some other tips when practicing?
A. Yes, hand position memory, but not just that. To read music, you need to be able to learn to read ahead of what you're playing. It's like learning to read any language. Eventually you won't need to spell out individual words... you'll just know where the notes/chords/patterns are and what they sound like on the piano/feel in your hand. The key to reading well is just to do it a lot. Keep reading ahead at least half a measure of where you're playing, depending on the speed of the piece. Try not to look at your hands-look at the music. Try not to stop. Also, always start slow. Hands separately, then together. When you're practicing one hand, you're thinking in your mind simultaneously about the other hand.
Effective practice always requires 100% presence of mind and focus. Remember practice does not always make perfect - it makes something permanent, so make sure you're repeating the right thing and not practicing mistakes.
How would you play the guitar chord Caad9 on the piano?
Q. I am trying to learn Baby Blue eyes by a rocket to the moon but i cant find the piano sheet music so i am converting the guiter chards to piano chords the only one i need is the Caad2 chord on the piano could you please help! :D And if you had the piano sheet music by any chance that would help too :P
A. The 8th note is the octave, so the 9th note is the note above the octave. In the key of C, this is D. Depending on your hand position on the piano, you could play
C E G D, or E G C D, or G C D E, or E G C D. The one I would use is G C D E.
What notes should i play on the piano to create a gloomy song?
Q. I'm completely fresh to playing a piano. I know where the notes on the keyboard are located... i was wanting to play something incredibly gloomy and improvised. what notes do you suggest to create a gloomy, mellow tone?
A. Well, in the movie "This Is Spinal tap," one of the characters talks about, "a musical trilogy I'm working on in D minor which is the saddest of all keys, I find. People weep instantly when they hear it, and I don't know why.
So, you could start by playing in D minor. Play a d minor chord in your left hand (d, f, and a). In your right hand, you can make up a melody using the notes in the d minor scale. You can choose between natural minor and the harmonic minor scale.
Natural minor: D E F G A Bâ C D
Harmonic minor: D E F G A Bâ C# D
Or stick with your right hand in the five finger position to start: D E F G A
A common chord progression would be:
d minor (d f a)
g minor (g bâ d) or (d g bâ) so you don't have do jump around--an inversion
a minor (a c e) or (c e a) -- inversion
d minor (d f a)
You could also go back and forth between g minor and d minor for a while.
Another chord you might add to the mix is an e minor chord (e g b)...as long as you don't play a Bâ in the right hand at this time.
This should be a great start to a beautiful, gloomy song with room to improvise.
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