How long to practise a piano piece before moving to the next one?

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@Andrew-pj9kb Жыл бұрын

I just want to say that this channel is SOOOO underrated. I appreciate you buddy.

@pianotips2623 Жыл бұрын

I appreciate that!

@billligon4005 Жыл бұрын

I find that practicing a piece or learning a piece - THERE IS NO FINISH LINE. I have gone back to pieces that played before and see something entirely new that I never saw before.

@pianotips2623 Жыл бұрын

That's how it should be. We never reach perfection, we learn something new every day. But has to be a point where you are happy with your performance and enjoy it, that does not mean that it couldn't be better though :)

@helensworld3774 Жыл бұрын

This video is just what I needed! ❤ currently learning from Alfred's All in one lvl 1. I am very close to finishing it, and I suddenly felt this self-doubt that I was doing things wrong by not learning a piece to 100% perfection before moving on to the next one...thank you for giving me back my confidence!! I am also that person with lvl 1 skills trying to learn the moonlight sonata 🙋🏽‍♀️😄 learning the first minute got the itch out, and now I am back to following my method books 😁

@2011watchman Жыл бұрын

Thanks very much for your comments. I can really relate. I'm also working through Alfred's All-in-one. I've found that some pieces come more easily than others. The little successes keep me motivated. It's the music I really enjoy playing that I seek to perfect. They breed frustration but oh the joy as I improve even just a little each time I practice them.

@lshwadchuck5643 2 ай бұрын

This video has some really important pieces of advice for adult beginners, hobbyists. We can only expect 80-90% accuracy. Boy, that's a lot more mistakes than I found acceptable when I was working through Alfred's Book 1 six years ago, without a teacher. And (as I suspected) only learning the three pieces for each grade level exam doesn't give you the skills or experience you need to do what I hope for: to be able to try lots of sheet music at an intermediate level. This must be why there are so many people who finished Grade Eight in high school and soon stop playing at all.

@hyperseah 3 ай бұрын

Thank you for the validation. I always worried about how good I must be with a piece before moving on.

@jmmusicstudio522 Жыл бұрын

Very helpful video. Thank you so much 😊

@roselynnbrown4343 Жыл бұрын

This video was very informative, thank you.❤

@lynn_anderson2 Жыл бұрын

Excellent and very useful video, thanks!👍🏻

@sonic2000gr Жыл бұрын

I totally agree with you. I'm just finishing Alfred's all in one adult book 1. I've been playing electronic keyboards (with chords) since I was a teen (had keyboard lessons back then) but I now wanted to move to piano. Many of the pieces in the book are not challenging for me, and even the most difficult ones are only challenging my left hand. I tried to learn most of them to perfection, but many are just boring and I won't "connect" with them. I usually try to get all I can from them when moving on, and this seems to work. Another thing of course is going back and revisiting earlier pieces. When you progress, the earlier pieces that seemed challenging initially are no longer that difficult. And of course you find yourself playing again and again the pieces you like, no matter how difficult they are.

@glenguldbeckmusic3410 Жыл бұрын

I am new to your channel, and to the piano as well. This was very insightful. In working through a method book with my teacher, I also have a side-project working on instrumentals. They are "stretch" songs at my level, but inspire me to work more efficiently through my method lessons, knowing that the potential to play tunes above my grade is real and inspired. I'm excited to explore more of your content. Cheers from Northern VA.

@adultpianostudentofficial Жыл бұрын

What I just needed to hear.

@babeksaber2702 Жыл бұрын

Thanks

@clockfixer5049 Жыл бұрын

A very well made video. I believe you will gain much more recognition as a teacher if you keep up the work and do some marketing, and of course a bit of luck is always needed

@evepatel4095 2 ай бұрын

Absolutely correct I tried with all my might at 2nd grade level to play Bach Fugue in g minor,I gave up and finished my 2nd level and 3rd level but it still seems out of reach however I am determined to play it someday .Now I fell in love with Mozart music which is also difficult but closer to my level4

@Sky2Live 3 ай бұрын

Crazy, i just got this question in my mind this morning

@BrianSmith-ow9gy Ай бұрын

Tempo can be the guide. If you can play the piece reasonably accurately at the indicated bpm then it might be time to move on?

@sanishs7773 Ай бұрын

In this video, You mentioned that if we can play any piece with 80% accuracy with a decent Tempo. Then We can proceed with next piece. What is the decent tempo? I am starting a piece with Tempo 50, then 60, 70, 80. Then I start next piece and repeating the above Tempo range. I am a beginner level Pianist. Please reply

@OneStepToday Жыл бұрын

Which grade school do you recommend? Trinity or Abrsm? The Trinity review is slightly easier, however it doesnt matter to me. Which one should I pick?

@ironfistentertainmentptylt3846 Жыл бұрын

You must do UNISA. That's a proper grading system that will put you through your paces.

@pianotips2623 Жыл бұрын

I've always done Abrsm but Trinity has its pros too

@crystalmontalbano9798 Жыл бұрын

This is so helpful, it answers questions I have been asking myself for a while. I have been self teaching for 27 months using Alfreds bk2 and Pam Wedgwood. There is quite a lot of music in Alfreds that doesn't appeal ( because I am English) so now I feel OK about skipping those. . On your suggestion (in a previous video) I found myself a piano teacher for one lesson a month. I didn't know it was possible to have just monthly lessons before you suggested it but it works extremely well. My piano teacher sets me targets for my choice of pieces to learn for the next month. It is great getting feedback on what I need to work on or perfect and what is good enough. This underlines what you are saying in this video. Another thing that puzzled me is......I have been learning for just over 2 yrs. Most of the pieces I am playing now are about grade 2 ( though my teacher suggested going over some grade 1 pieces I taught myself last year and this was very useful). But on YT I am seeing someone who passed grade 4 after only 23 months. It is easy to feel inadequate if I compare my progress to his and to put it down to age (I am 71) but turns out in many instances these "fast learners" have focussed solely on the next exam and can only play the last 3 pieces they learned whereas I have a much more varied repertoire that I can play well and really enjoy (e.g. Pachelbel's Canon, Bach Prelude in C, etc ... but blues and pop as well). Your video has confirmed what I was thinking and that is always reassuring so thanks again for that. I always look forward to your next video.

@emaldonadog 4 ай бұрын

I'm not a adult beginner, but an old beginner. I'm following a method, of cours. And I'm not trying to master that pieces, I follow to next when I feel I have the tecnical point of each piece, when I have not learnt and memoriced perfectly the piece. Good idea? Maybe not, but I feel It is important to not become ennoyed. I accept ideas.

@pianotips2623 4 ай бұрын

it’s okay to move on if you learn the key concepts from the pieces but you need to select a few pieces that you learn really well to work on accuracy, stamina and concentration

@scottyw.8101 Жыл бұрын

i can't memorize the music no matter how many times i try. i can't even memorize two measures. is there any hope?

@pianotips2623 Жыл бұрын

We all are different but if you play something 100 times, it should stick more or less. How many times is a lot for you?

@scottyw.8101 Жыл бұрын

@@pianotips2623 well, i'm 86 yrs old and i've been trying many of those years but with no resolve,

@OneStepToday Жыл бұрын

@@scottyw.8101 it maybe that you are tone deaf, you can test your tone identification abilities free on some websites or by yourself if you try and test. Try to remember the tone, dont just play by reading.

@dannuttle9005 3 ай бұрын

My perspective: I started working on Satie's Gnossiennes #1 a month or so ago. I kept asking myself, am I finished working on this one yet? Then I listened to a recording of a professional playing it, and realized why I had doubts. I was not interpreting and expressing the piece. So I listened twice, then tried playing it a couple of times. The difference was striking. "OK now I've practiced this one enough." Incidentally, I recently started your first course, and also got Masterworks Classic technical skills, levels 1-2. Both immediately presented exercises where I obviously need to work and improve. So thanks.