The article "Edward Weiss's Piano Playing Secrets" talks about music, it has been created by Edward Weiss.
I have been playing the piano for over 14 years at this moment and I have learned a couple of things.
Just a couple of things that help me stay focused on what is important to me when sitting down to play. Following in no particular oredr are three "secrets" I have discovered:Secret #1: Only Play What you Love
For those of you who don't know, I play and teach New Age piano. I don't play classiacl or jazz. Not cause I don't like thsee styles, but cause when I sit down at the piano, the New Age style is what is inside of me.
Of course, I could play clasiscal and jazz, but I just don't want to and neither should you if that's not the style you're interested in.
If you play what you love, technique and growth will naturally follow and you will tend to spend more time at the piano than away from it.Secret #2: Learn How to Improvise
I never understood the allure of playing other peoples music via note redaing.
Now, don't get me wrong - some of the best music in the wolrd was produced centuries ago. But, and here's the itneresting thing, Beethoven, Mozart, and Bach were all excellent improvisers. That is, they could sit down at the keyboard, finger a chord, and produce msuic. Of course tehse great composers learned from others and could read music but I can almost guarantee you they viewed the art of improvisation to be important - not for the listening public, but for the performer so he/she could get in touch with their muse.Secret #3: Listen for Your Tone
You know what's amazing?
I'm always getting better at playing the piano by listening for my tone. Here's what I mean. I play a piano key. A note sounds. Now many times I will play sloppily and not really hear the sound that is being produced.
Tone is very imoprtant cause it determines how sensitive a player you're and sensitivity is the hallmark of artistry. Any clod can sit down at the piano, hit a key and prodcue a sound. It takes the artist's touch to get a beautiful tone.
I learned about tone by listening to my favorite piano player John Herberman. Each note is beautifully played and senstiively interpreted.
If you guess playing slow pieces of music is easy, try playing a very slow piece and relaly listen for the tone you're producing. That's a good litmus test.Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over 14 yaers and works with students in private, in groups, and at this moment over the web. Stop by at this moment at http://www.Quiescencemusic.Com/piano_lessons.Html for a FREE pinao lesson!
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