Comments on: How To Practice At The Piano http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano For learning musicians. Wed, 10 Mar 2010 15:00:29 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9 hourly 1 By: Kevin http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-5049 Kevin Thu, 30 Jul 2009 09:17:02 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-5049 Thanks for linking to my site. I have added your site to my links section. Thanks for linking to my site. I have added your site to my links section.

]]> By: Thomas J. West http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-5048 Thomas J. West Wed, 29 Jul 2009 15:07:09 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-5048 I sent the wrong link before for my links page. It is http://www.thomasjwestmusic.com/apps/links/ I sent the wrong link before for my links page. It is http://www.thomasjwestmusic.com/apps/links/

]]> By: Thomas J. West http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-5047 Thomas J. West Wed, 29 Jul 2009 12:38:10 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-5047 I added your site to my new links page. Please consider adding my site to your links as well. We have a lot in common! Found you via HowToPractise dot com http://www.thomasjwestmusic.com/links.htm I added your site to my new links page. Please consider adding my site to your links as well. We have a lot in common! Found you via HowToPractise dot com

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]]> By: Alex Mungo http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-5006 Alex Mungo Wed, 24 Jun 2009 15:04:05 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-5006 To practice the piano properly is spending hours at it just running through routines that you find difficult to master. Once you have mastered these, go through another set of routines, once you have mastered these then go through both routines together until these have been mastered. You need to practice slowly so that you can master the essence of the piece. You must have patience and time. Playing the piano is an artform and skill that requires alot of dedication and understanding of what you are trying to achieve. Know your limitations and above all learn from your mistakes. It is more about mastering the art what it is you are doing wrong than what you are doing right. What I mean by that is unless you know how not to play a piece of music you will never know when you are playing it right. I have been in many professional bands in my life and part of my learning was to play with others and watch and learn from the best. Alex Mungo <a href="http://www.mungodesign.com" rel="nofollow">website development london</a> To practice the piano properly is spending hours at it just running through routines that you find difficult to master. Once you have mastered these, go through another set of routines, once you have mastered these then go through both routines together until these have been mastered. You need to practice slowly so that you can master the essence of the piece. You must have patience and time. Playing the piano is an artform and skill that requires alot of dedication and understanding of what you are trying to achieve. Know your limitations and above all learn from your mistakes. It is more about mastering the art what it is you are doing wrong than what you are doing right. What I mean by that is unless you know how not to play a piece of music you will never know when you are playing it right.
I have been in many professional bands in my life and part of my learning was to play with others and watch and learn from the best.

Alex Mungo
website development london

]]> By: Kevin http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-2197 Kevin Sat, 06 Dec 2008 21:28:08 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-2197 Mike, thanks for the link - your link is in my links section near the bottom of the page. Regards, Kevin. Mike, thanks for the link – your link is in my links section near the bottom of the page. Regards,
Kevin.

]]> By: Mike Saville http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-2196 Mike Saville Sat, 06 Dec 2008 20:51:31 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-2196 Hi, I've finally got round to updating the links section on my site (howtopractise.com) - I thought I'd let you know (perhaps you'd like to reciprocate :) ) Hi, I’ve finally got round to updating the links section on my site (howtopractise.com) – I thought I’d let you know (perhaps you’d like to reciprocate :) )

]]> By: Mike Saville http://musicianhome.com/piano/how-to-practice-at-the-piano/comment-page-1#comment-1809 Mike Saville Fri, 14 Nov 2008 21:10:24 +0000 http://musicianhome.com/?p=357#comment-1809 Thanks for the tips - good to see others pointing towards the need for good practice skills. I would however make a couple of comments on your last 2 points. Firstly I think it is sometimes healthy to actually practice with distractions. Imagine if you always practice somewhere quiet, free from distraction and you come to your performance and someone in the front row is rustling a sweet wrapper. If you are not used to distractions it might be more difficult to deal with. I agree in part with your last part - quality practice is very important. I would myself however step away from any practice method that was based purely on time and I don't like to stipulate minimum or maximum practice times. Instead I like to think in terms of achievement. What did I achieve in this practice session? Did I do what I set out to? You could practice for an hour everyday and not get anything done . . . . I already subscribe to your feed, but I've given you a digg and a del anyway :) Thanks for the tips – good to see others pointing towards the need for good practice skills.

I would however make a couple of comments on your last 2 points. Firstly I think it is sometimes healthy to actually practice with distractions. Imagine if you always practice somewhere quiet, free from distraction and you come to your performance and someone in the front row is rustling a sweet wrapper. If you are not used to distractions it might be more difficult to deal with.

I agree in part with your last part – quality practice is very important. I would myself however step away from any practice method that was based purely on time and I don’t like to stipulate minimum or maximum practice times. Instead I like to think in terms of achievement. What did I achieve in this practice session? Did I do what I set out to? You could practice for an hour everyday and not get anything done . . . .

I already subscribe to your feed, but I’ve given you a digg and a del anyway :)

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