Keys - Practise

Tips and techniques

Here are some ideas and suggestions for practising piano.

• Warm up with Scales and Arpeggios - get your fingers ready.
• Play your right hand, then your left, then both together. The sooner you get both together the better.
• Sing or hum along: think about the sound you're making, listen to the notes.
• Notice your mistakes, fix them right away if you can.
• If you don't fix mistakes right away, make a note of them, and play over again.
• Try slowing down at the tricky parts, then gradually bring up the tempo.
• Imagine how you would like the music to sound - what are you communicating?
  Happy? Sad? Energetic? Thoughtful? Fun?