Piano working methods: to improve faster in less time - Paperback

by Jean Dupond (Author)

This book is like no other. It won't teach you how to play the piano: there are dozens of effective methods for that. It will teach you how to practice the piano efficiently so that you can improve your piano as quickly as possible in the shortest time possible. TABLE OF CONTENTS: ADVICES FOR MOTIVATION TO PLAY PIANO --- Dissociate working the piano and playing the piano --- Law of Least Effort --- To watch your fingers or not to watch your fingers? --- Select the scores --- How often to play the piano per week and for how long? --- Warm up --- Vary musical style --- Is it necessary to learn to read music to play piano? ======================= PIANO WORKING TECHNIQUES --- Imitate great pianists --- Shift the beginning of the piece at each session --- Scribbling --- When you fail Accidentals --- How to practice a difficult section in a piece ? --- First practice the left and right hands separately --- Synchronisation left hand - right hand --- Avoid degradation of a piece over time --- The work of musical nuances --- Boost your progression: face new challenges --- How to learn by heart? ============================================================ TRAINING TO PLAY PIANO IN FRONT OF AN AUDIENCE --- Marathon workout in preparation to perform in front of an audience --- Discomfort zone techniques ============================================================== THE WORK OF PIANO VIRTUOSITY --- Virtuosity is mastery --- Piano fingerings --- The metronome's work of mastery and stability --- Working on sections where the notes are very fast --- Back-nibbling technique: for the ultra-difficult --- Regularity workouts for difficult sections --- Working on a difficult section: x3 x5 x8 repetition --- Use the metronome to learn difficult and long sections that include various rhythms --- worksheets