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Mastering Piano Technique - Practice inChords

With this post, I will begin a

series o arti!les whi!h will

present "# te!hni!al i$eas%

&an# people eel that goo$

piano te!hni'(e is the

pla#ing o glitter# piano

passages !leanl#, '(i!) an$

spee$# pla#ing, an$ big so(n$% *n the other han$,

interpretation o the pie!e is also an i"portant

!o"ponent o per or"an!e "aster#% In a$$ition

to inger $e+terit#, ele"ents o tone pro$(!tion,rh#th", pe$aling, $#na"i!s, an$ "(si!alit# "(st

be ta)en into !onsi$eration%

In "# own e+perien!e, tr(e "aster# o te!hni'(e

!a"e when I s($$enl# ha$ the !ontrol to

repro$(!e with "# ingers what I hear$ in "#

"in$% I will begin a series in this blog !alle$&astering -iano .e!hni'(e/ whi!h will help #o(

an$ #o(r st($ents $o the sa"e% I will e en $is!(ss

the tea!hing o a n("ber o a orite st($ent

pie!es ro" a te!hni!al stan$point%

A Simple Exercise

As I ha$ "entione$ in a pre io(s post, one o "#

a orite e+er!ises is to pra!ti!e passages in

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an$ well arti!(late$ arpeggio%

") An Eas# Exercise for Students to do 8

-ra!ti!ing in !hor$s is a er# si"ple e+er!ise or

the st($ent to $o, #et this pra!ti!e te!hni'(e

alwa#s #iel$s res(lts%

$ere are some examples %here practicing in

chords is effective:

Advanced Elementar#

&ittle Song b# 'obert Schumann 8


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e.g p!aying piano notes7 reading sheet music

for beginners. This is main!y "hat beginners

find difficu!t. sti!! pretty good though7 i!! be

visiting a!ot7 you?ve got some nice artic!es.by

the "ay chec* out my b!og as"e!!7 its simi!ar.

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(e!ene said...

(i 6ason - Than*s for visiting. I p!an to add a

ne" post on piano technique some time this

"ee*7 so chec* bac*.

My ne;t fe" b!og posts "i!! probab!y focus on

piano technique7 since this is the area that Ispecia!i'e in. #t a !ater date7 I p!an to discuss

ho" to master certain c!assica! pieces from

the intermediate through ear!y advanced

piano !iterature--the pieces that are

frequent!y taught !i*e the pinning ong7 Aur

E!ise7 Mo'art C Ma8or sonata. I "i!! cover

some technica! pointers for beginners as "e!!.

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E!ise said...

(i there7 I rea!!y en8oyed reading some of

your posts. eep up the good "or*< I a!so

have a piano b!og. If you "ant7 you can visit it

at """.e!isemoreau.com>b!og.

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6essica Maybury said...

than*s for this7 *eep it up< My technique used

to be so much better but I?m out of practice

no" and am at a !oose end as to "here to

begin again< o than*s.

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(e!ene said...

Than*s for your comments. I 8ust posted a


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piano course said...

Mastering Piano Technique needs a !ot of effort and hard "or*. I am "anted to be a

good pianist but it giving me a hard time.

That is "hy reading artic!es !i*e this rea!!y

he!ps a !ot on a beginner !i*e me.

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(e!ene said...

If you have a specific question or prob!em7

!eave me a comment and I "i!! try to ans"er

it. eep up the hard "or*< =-3

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inea said...

Fery good post. There are times "hen I tru!y

en8oy running through a "ho!e bunch of (anon e;ercises in a ro". They?re *ind of the

appeti'er of piano practice7 before you get the

meat and potatoes of the pieces you?re

current!y "or*ing on.

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