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Topic: Playing with both hands with diff speed problem
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mcr555
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Playing with both hands with diff speed problem
on: August 29, 2013, 08:36:45 AM
Hi. I have been playing piano for a few years. I can play pieces like Fur Elise and American Patrol.
My problem is I can't play very well a piece I want. That piece has a lot of 16th notes on the right hand and a lot of 8th note at the left hand. I find it hard to have different speed for my left and right hand.
I tried the suggestion of others
1. play with the hands separately until I am good at it
2. play with the hands together but slowly at first then gradually speeding up until I get used to it
any other suggestions? the tip given to me seems not to be good enough
I am starting to think that I need 1 more brain so that when I try to speed up my right hand, my left hand will stay at the same speed
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musicman99
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Re: Playing with both hands with diff speed problem
Reply #1 on: September 01, 2013, 06:29:49 PM
Hi
You won't need one more brain, you'll need to split the one you have into two!
Know each hand so well that you don't think about the notes whilst playing both hands. Then you'll be able to work on just getting them together.
Try using a metronome, but don't over-use it.
Carlos R.
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