I already am taking lessons with my teacher every week, but I feel like I could do more with my free time than practicing the songs they gave me that week.
Are there any recommended resources for self-learning that would not give me any bad habits.
Should I just ask my teacher for more?
Self-Learning Piano
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- KVRist
- 284 posts since 31 Aug, 2020
The most important is your posture and how you move your hands and fingers. This is the part the teacher is best useful, because nobody can give you feedback and spot small mistakes if you rely on tutorials only. Bad habits are hard to fix. A common one is some people raise their last finger up when they don't use it.
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- addled muppet weed
- 111237 posts since 26 Jan, 2003 from through the looking glass
ask your teacher
a good teacher, will know what you are ready for, and won't give you anything beyond your abilities.
trying to run before you can walk, can in the end be off-putting as you dont feel like you are achieving anything.
also, your teacher will have a plan, that involves progressing. jumping around and learning in the wrong order may get you more confused.
you have the best resource available, in a teacher, use them!
a good teacher, will know what you are ready for, and won't give you anything beyond your abilities.
trying to run before you can walk, can in the end be off-putting as you dont feel like you are achieving anything.
also, your teacher will have a plan, that involves progressing. jumping around and learning in the wrong order may get you more confused.
you have the best resource available, in a teacher, use them!
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- KVRist
- 114 posts since 8 Oct, 2019 from Lannion, France
Plus, if you feel you miss some homework, i'd really focus on improving the expressivity of the songs your teacher give you, like, do you feel you're playing them as good as he/she ?
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- KVRist
- 181 posts since 26 Jul, 2021
The best thing is go slow, ideally, when you finished exercising, you should still have the feeling that few more minutes would be nice.
If you are interested in playing songs, there is a 500 songs in X days, if you google you can get a good discount for that too. There are also other ways to get that for cheap. Guys will teach you how to play famous songs (for friends/family/yourself) for the production, you need theory a playing exercises on scales/chords
If you are interested in playing songs, there is a 500 songs in X days, if you google you can get a good discount for that too. There are also other ways to get that for cheap. Guys will teach you how to play famous songs (for friends/family/yourself) for the production, you need theory a playing exercises on scales/chords
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- KVRAF
- 5144 posts since 3 Oct, 2013
^^^+1 I've bought Depeche Mode and Sting ones from Vika trance ones from Danny
Somebody was a lovely one
Personal Jesus was where I've learned the independent left-right hand controlling
trance, Dash Berlin has some really good piano versions, like Shelter
if you would like to practice left hand jumping
Somebody was a lovely one
Personal Jesus was where I've learned the independent left-right hand controlling
trance, Dash Berlin has some really good piano versions, like Shelter
if you would like to practice left hand jumping
"Where we're workarounding, we don't NEED features." - powermat
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- KVRer
- 8 posts since 3 Feb, 2022
You should definitely talk to your teacher and explain you find yourself with "free time". A good teacher should make you feel a bit pressured (the good type of pressure) and you should have plenty of work to do. That being said I do think it's good to have a little piece on the side sometimes - something you really like, for example if you have a classical teacher - learning a few jazz chords or find some arrangement of a popular song you like.
Myself I use Pianote (it's very beginner / intermediate oriented) but it's a nice complement to the structure of the classical world. They help you with musicality, improvisation and feeling happy at the piano - which is great for the "free" time.
Myself I use Pianote (it's very beginner / intermediate oriented) but it's a nice complement to the structure of the classical world. They help you with musicality, improvisation and feeling happy at the piano - which is great for the "free" time.