So I've started practicing scales, and it's really not as hard as i would have thought, after a couple of days i can really start to 'see the patterns' on the keyboard for the ones i've learned.
I've picked up a few ressources for fingerings that i try to stick to (eventough some of them really feel unnatural).
But anyway, going up and down is really the most boring thing ever, and tbh i'm not sure it's that helpful for bulding dexterity, so i'm trying to spice things up a bit, and put things in context, musically.
So far i've tried a few things like playing unisons, 'octaved echoes', playing fixed intervals in between steps etc, but i'm runnig out of ideas.
What kind of exercices would you recommend to practice scales in a musically meaningful way ?
Piano scales practice
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- KVRAF
- 26033 posts since 20 Oct, 2007 from gonesville
Bartok, Mikrokosmos
honestly, if you are going to be playing scales for people, practicing scales is de riqeur
(some kinds of music are very scale-happy, and, hey, you need to execute 'em cleanly
sounds like you are trying to get finger independence and suchlike, and running scales -
well, it isn't very musical is it?
the Bartok will get your fingers together if you do it, and you are playing music while you're at it
good luck
honestly, if you are going to be playing scales for people, practicing scales is de riqeur
(some kinds of music are very scale-happy, and, hey, you need to execute 'em cleanly
sounds like you are trying to get finger independence and suchlike, and running scales -
well, it isn't very musical is it?
the Bartok will get your fingers together if you do it, and you are playing music while you're at it
good luck
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- KVRist
- 228 posts since 18 Dec, 2007 from Evanston, IL.
Try playing scales with light staccato. Combine that with crecendo and decrecendo. This is not an easy exercise. Be sure to listen to yourself closely. To benefit from this, it's important to do it hands separate as well as together. When doing it hands separate you can hear what each hand is doing. This will help train your hands and fingers to move purposefully, without wasting energy.
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Trevor Jackson Trevor Jackson https://www.kvraudio.com/forum/memberlist.php?mode=viewprofile&u=111466
- KVRist
- 369 posts since 25 Jun, 2006
Do Hanon's.
disturb wrote:So I've started practicing scales, and it's really not as hard as i would have thought, after a couple of days i can really start to 'see the patterns' on the keyboard for the ones i've learned.
I've picked up a few ressources for fingerings that i try to stick to (eventough some of them really feel unnatural).
But anyway, going up and down is really the most boring thing ever, and tbh i'm not sure it's that helpful for bulding dexterity, so i'm trying to spice things up a bit, and put things in context, musically.
So far i've tried a few things like playing unisons, 'octaved echoes', playing fixed intervals in between steps etc, but i'm runnig out of ideas.
What kind of exercices would you recommend to practice scales in a musically meaningful way ?