Hi all,
I have been teaching music out in Asia for a while, but with the world as it is I decided to take a year off and care for my.mum back.in the UK. I thought I would take this opportunity to get serious about my classical piano playing, and so I'm looking for advice/suggestions on how to do dedicated practice.
I did formal lessons up to grade 5 when I was 10, then switched to Jazz/Blues focus for the next 8 years. Went to uni and did classical piano for the 1st year (on par with Grade 8 pieces) before switching to voice. Still play, am comfortable around the keyboard, but generally lazy/imprecise in playing - just doing scales/apreggios etc doesn't seem to be helping that much.
Things I have noticed about my playing:
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generally more clumsy than I used to be. I don't feel precise or in control any more when playing classically, both technically and emotively.
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l.h gets lost when playing together (predominantly in polyphonic pieces) - I can play l.h and r.h independently with my eyes closed, but together they just do their own thing, often even at slow speeds. Ironically, I am left-handed
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tension in l.h. playing Beethoven pathetique mvt 1, hand tenses up and just start missing notes/getting behind/hurting
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sight-reading needs major.improvement (when doesn't it). Any sources or guides for finding music to practice would be lovely.
I guess what I'm after is something that gives a guide to practice and improvement to some who already has played at a decent level - almost everything I can find online is aimed at beginners. Thanks to a hiatus from my job + caring for a vulnerable person, 121 lessons are off the table currently. I am looking to practice 1-2hrs a day, so any self-study sources or guides for people looking to dedicate to serious playing anyone can point out would be fantastic.
Thanks
Submitted October 03, 2020 at 05:30PM by jazzman23uk https://www.reddit.com/r/Learnmusic/comments/j4m68p/advice_taking_piano_seriously_again/?utm_source=ifttt
Javier Rodriguez
Saturday, October 3, 2020