Learning to Play the Piano:
Continuing
my piano learning journey, my book Piano for everyone by Margaret Ann Martin,
describes triplets on piano sheet music. “Some music divides every beat
triplets; this is called compound meter” (Martin 90). It is also called a
compound meter when the time signature has 8 at the bottom, ex. 6/8, 9/8, and
12/8. This means that you feel the beat 2 ways, ex there are 6 eighth notes in
measure, and it can be counted that way. Many marches are felt with a triplet
rhythm, such as this example.
Scales types are also taught in this
book. I already knew a lot of scales from my experience from playing the
violin, so I found it very easy to find the notes and often did not have to
look at the music. In the book the author. In the book the author claimed that
the B major scale was the easiest and after I tried it I agree. My hand found
it easy to transition to the next note.
Here I practiced some scales with my own rhythm:
Wow this is really cool, I have always wanted to play piano. What is your favorite song to play on the piano and why?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I think my favorite song is Fur Elise, which took me some time to learn.
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ReplyDeleteHi, Zara! You playing looks really good, it shows that you've practiced. When I was younger, I took piano lessons from second grade up until seventh grade, and one thing that i always think about when I play the piano is how my teacher always ratted me on mt wrists. I can see your wrists are in a good position, unlike mine when the insides of my wrists pointed inward, which is bad for them. Thankfully, your position looks really good in terms of being straight! On other wrist issues to make sure of is to lift your wrists up a little more. It is better fro your wrists and allows you to reach notes with ease. Keep up the really good work, it sounds so good!
ReplyDeleteThank you! i will definitely work on that, a lot of what my book said was on total body posture, it was not very specific.
ReplyDeleteWow, you sound really good? I played piano for a couple years but never stuck with it or had the motivation to practice. On average, how much do you practice?
ReplyDeleteThank you! I practice about 30 minutes every weekend or if i have free time during the weekday.
ReplyDeleteYou sound really good! Your progress in piano really shows by your practicing! When you're playing, how do you keep your tempo? (Do you count out loud, use a metronome, etc)
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