How long warm up for your piano plays?

[pianomanjelle]

 Hello, do you do want know also how long that warm-up are
 on average done that you play piano?

 You can help me ordinary one giving voice and this way are your work ready!
 

 Then still just as wait and we know it!
 
 
 

[arensky]

I usually take about 10-15 minutes to warm up, playing scales, arpeggios and random patterns that occur to me. When my fingers feel "warm" or "awake", I start to play music, then take it apart and work on it. This may not seem like a lot but when I was a student I would sometimes practice technique for hours, particularly my sophmore year of college while preparing for the required technique exam. I think we evantually get to the point where we have a developed technique, and don't need to focus so much on exercises and drills, etc., except to refresh our mechanisim if we haven't been playing for a period of time and are "rusty". Of course we have to examine and work on our pieces from a technical angle, to make sure that they run properly. I consider this element of practicing technical, but ALL SOUNDS MADE AT THE PIANO MUST BE MUSICAL, in other words the playing must be focused on the music at all times; mere mechanical practicing is time wasted. We must always be involved in the musical aspect of playing, PARTICULARLY when working on technique or solving technical problems, because the solution to technical problems is usually found in the music. So the warm up should be MUSIC, not NOTES, because you are warming up your ability to make MUSIC, not just your MECHANISM.     I hope...

[pianomanjelle]

Hello everyone,
it is here pianomanjelle.

You must vote, however, hé!

Differently now I never how long you warm up on average.

[franzliszt2]

I take a scale. just any scale, a different one evryday, and play it slow, medium, and very fast. Then in thirds, and sixths. Then third each hand seperate, and sixths. then double octaves. Contray motion, and imporivise in that key. For as long as it takes till I'm happy, and feeling warmed up. Then I'll practice chopon etudes for about an hour, but I dunno whether to class the chopin as practicing rather than warming up.

[e60m5]

Wasn't able to answer the poll, because my answer isn't there - I don't warm up.

[allthumbs]

I don't warm up specifically. I normally play some easier pieces to start and after about 10 minutes, I feel fairly loose.

If I'm working on technical aspects, I'll use that as a warmup.


Cheers

allthumbs

[zheer]

I don't warm up specifically. I normally play some easier pieces to start and after about 10 minutes, I feel fairly loose.

If I'm working on technical aspects, I'll use that as a warmup.


Cheers

allthumbs

 Ok guys dont listen to him, he is all thumbs and no fingers.

[gorbee natcase]

I don't warm up specifically. I normally play some easier pieces to start and after about 10 minutes, I feel fairly loose.

If I'm working on technical aspects, I'll use that as a warmup.


Cheers

allthumbs

I take a scale. just any scale, a different one evryday, and play it slow, medium, and very fast. Then in thirds, and sixths. Then third each hand seperate, and sixths. then double octaves. Contray motion, and imporivise in that key. For as long as it takes till I'm happy, and feeling warmed up. Then I'll practice chopon etudes for about an hour, but I dunno whether to class the chopin as practicing rather than warming up.

I usually take about 10-15 minutes to warm up, playing scales, arpeggios and random patterns that occur to me. When my fingers feel "warm" or "awake", I start to play music, then take it apart and work on it. This may not seem like a lot but when I was a student I would sometimes practice technique for hours, particularly my sophmore year of college while preparing for the required technique exam. I think we evantually get to the point where we have a developed technique, and don't need to focus so much on exercises and drills, etc., except to refresh our mechanisim if we haven't been playing for a period of time and are "rusty". Of course we have to examine and work on our pieces from a technical angle, to make sure that they run properly. I consider this element of practicing technical, but ALL SOUNDS MADE AT THE PIANO MUST BE MUSICAL, in other words the playing must be focused on the music at all times; mere mechanical practicing is time wasted. We must always be involved in the musical aspect of playing, PARTICULARLY when working on technique or solving technical problems, because the solution to technical problems is usually found in the music. So the warm up should be MUSIC, not NOTES, because you are warming up your ability to make MUSIC, not just your MECHANISM. I hope...

A sellection of these 3 are proberbly best, for me I have to vary it or I get bored
Franzlist2s way takes a lot of focus to use every time
however sometimes I don't need to warm up at all; strange.

[jchurch1]

My usual warm up includes:
Runthrough of one "chapter" of HANON, Virtuoso Pianist,
1 Clementi study I know well, 1 Clementi study I'm working on
+another study I'm also working on.

I should be warmed up by then ;-)

[Tash]

i do a nice round of scales- 3 keys doing all the blah, then my new teacher's put me on czerny 8-bar studies which are easy as, so i'm happily sight-reading my way through them as well. i'm not sure how long it all takes but i'm guessing about 30 mins

[maxy]

I don't really warm up.

I avoid Hanon, Czerny and scales.