Fundamentals of Piano Practice

"Endurance" is a controversial term in piano practice. This controversy originates from the fact that piano playing requires control, not muscle power, and many students have the wrong impression that they will not acquire technique until they grow enough muscles. On the other hand, a certain amount of endurance is necessary ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.21

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Start all pieces by counting carefully, especially for beginners and youngsters. Children should be taught to count out loud because that is the only way to find out what their idea of counting is. It can be totally different from the intended one. You should understand the meter signature at the beginning of each composition ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.19

You usually won't go wrong by using the fingering marked on the music. Or, rather, if you don't follow the indicated fingering, you will probably get into a lot of trouble ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.18

Having pointed out the dangers of slow play, we now discuss why slow play is indispensable. Always end a practice session by playing slowly at least once. This is the most important rule for good PPI.

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.17

There is only a certain amount of improvement you can expect during practice at one sitting, because there are two ways in which you improve. The first one is the obvious improvement that comes from learning the notes and motions, resulting in immediate improvement. ... The second one is called post practice improvement (PPI) that results from physiological changes as you acquire new technique ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.15

The most important thing to do as you get up to speed is to relax. Relaxing means that you use only those muscles that are needed to play ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.14

Get up to speed as quickly as possible. Remember, we are still practicing HS ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.13

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There is no faster way of memorizing than to memorize when you are first learning a piece and, for a difficult piece, there is no faster way of learning than memorizing it ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.12

Now that the LH CEG chord is satisfactory, try to switch suddenly from the chord to the quadruplet at several different bounce frequencies. You will now have to move the fingers but keep the finger motions to a minimum ...

http://www.pianofundamentals.com/book/en/1.II.11