To be a little more clear, most songs I have learned how to play require both hands, and I do fairly well with them. However, I know this question comes up quite a bit, and I hear a lot to try to think of it in terms that basically your hands will strike two notes at once, but it isn't always that simple. Sometimes a note will be struck between them. What I am trying to achieve is true independence in both hands. I am practicing. Hours each day, but I still struggle.Any tips, relatable posts, or stories of triumph will be greatly appreciated. TIA
What repertoire have you worked on already?Bach inventions/sinfonias, and in turn the WTC are more or less the go to tools for independence of the hands/fingers. All together that makes up a lifetimes worth of study though, and you may not even be ready for the easiest of them..
I had the same problems about seven months back as you are describing now. I like to watch anime every now and again, and there was this beautiful piece that I just fell in love with. That was before I started the piano. The first time I tried playing it, it was about a month after I started the piano, it went horribly, but now it isn't that hard to read. This piece focuses on the left hand playing at different moments than the right hand.Also, definitely what ajspiano is saying. Bach inventions.......Are just for that. I can't play them yet. Sometimes I wonder if Bach in general is seperate hands, because even the minuet and march that I can play have moments where you switch hands.In any case, I wish you luck.
It just takes time. There are a lot of little issues to overcome with this sort of thing. At first it is hard enough just to read the music and play two hands without looking back and forth at each hand all the time. When you start to get the hang of playing eighth note against quarter note, now you will have a piece where one hand is staccato and the other is legato and you will have to work on it. Then you will have one line you want louder than the other and you will have to teach your brain to be able to handle that. Then eventually the cross-rhythms where one hand plays triplets and the other does not.I don't think there is any secret trick to this stuff. Practice the trouble spots slowly enough to get them right, and eventually they get easier.