Efficient Practice for Piano Players
Dec 14, 2004 Music Articles
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SEVEN SUGGESTIONS TO HELP PROMOTE EFFICIENT PRACTICE FOR PIANO PLAYER
p/s: Can be applied on other instruments too.
1. Practice dynamics backwards. Begin first with the peak of the phrase and work on the diminuendo.
2. Practice phrasing over the bar-line. Count 2-3-4-1 or use similarly the wording “and-go-to-here”
3. Begin at the end of technically difficult passage or a run. Then add on groupings or sections before one by one until the student plays the entire passage.
4. Practice crecendos to the climax by imagining that one is adding onion-skins of souund. The same technique may be used in practising from the climax through the diminuendo.
5. Isolate and practice all sudden changes in a work to be sure that they are not luke-warm.
6. Remember to use “delayed continuity” as a practice technique. Go through the procedure of plan, play, criticise with each phrase.
7. Use the “sandwich method” of practice to be able to play a work or spot perfectly the first time.
First, practice the difficult spots of a work. Then, play something else. Now return to the work and play it giving yourself only one chance. If necessary, repeat this procedure several times during a single practise session.”
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