Tuesday 8 October 2013

Research and learning a new piece of music with two hands.


using what information which i have learned during researching keyboard techniques. i have decided to set myself a challenge of learning a new piece of music using two hands on the piano easily.



i have researched these following chords,scales and techniques that will give me the advantage and understanding what i need to do in order to play successfully.


Hand posture and comfort are vitally important while playing the piano or keyboard. Poor hand posture can cause your performance to suffer for two reasons: 
Lack of dexterity: If your hands are in tight, awkward positions, you can't access the keys quickly and efficiently. Your performance will sound clumsy and be full of wrong notes.
Potential for cramping: If your hands cramp often, you won't practice often. If you don't practice often, you won't be a very good player.




Good piano playing is only possible if we are comfortably seated at the piano. Therefore, at the beginning of every lesson and practice session, we arrange our piano bench so that it's the best height for playing and the best distance from the piano.

The best height is one which both allows the elbow/upper arm to fall freely from the shoulder, and allows the forearm to be parallel to the floor when the forearm and hand are in their natural shape -- the way they are when the hand is hanging at the side.

The best distance is one which allows our elbows to rest slightly in front of our center line when our hands are in a neutral position on the keyboard, with our hands in front of the elbows (i.e., not in front of the body or at the extremes of the keyboard).



I must remember to keep my hands curved like I am holding a ball when I play when I am composing a piece of music using the MIDI keyboards.

What I will do next
i am going to work and also practice on my technique so i am good and better when i am  doing composition and also get used to using two hands while playing a piece of music on the piano. and also how to use the keyboard correctly.


Tuesday 1 October 2013


Five finger exercises
Create an original keyboard exercise to a drum loop in reason using my left and my right hand.

evidence
Right 1 3 5 2 4 1 3 5 2 4
Left 1 4 1 4 2 3 5 5 5 5 5 4 4 4 4 4 3

Summary
I have 2 exercises to practice and also learn  to play in time

What will I do?
Create more so I can improve my techniques.