Can you play every single one of Chopin's Etudes? My advice would be to play them slightly slower and more musically, and see if you still experience problems with dizziness. Best of luck.
haha. Why does it metter do i play all etudes? I dont play all etudes. I play this Etude very long and become faster during time. But now, when I play how it should sound, i get dizzy.. I can play slower, but this etude should be fast. Ashkenazy played it best, how it should sound. I dont want to play slow
Maybe you should breathe.
dont kid me. This is really big problem to me, because when i look at my fingers and if dont look i have too many mistakes.. Do i have some problem with health or what. I realized that many years ago.. Or everybody who plays fast doesnt look fingers? maybe i am insecure in playing
I'm not kidding either -- this is almost certainly a breathing problem, and it isn't uncommon. What happens is that you are concentrating on playing -- in this case, very fast, but it could also be a very complex pattern -- and your brain simply is devoting all of its resources to controlling that activity -- and simply "forgets" to breathe. Never fear; you won't pass out -- but one may well get dizzy or feel a bit faint or lightheaded. At some point the autopilot will kick in and two things will happen: you will breathe, and you will probably make a mistake!Solution -- practice a bit slower and build up your technique and command of the passage(s) in question until you quite literally don't have to think about it at all (you can still watch your fingers, but you aren't telling your fingers in any conscious way where to go or when).Believe me, I know about this, and have had similar problems...
i like very much your answers and this forum. I can see there are quite clever people on this forum.. And everybody is friendly. It is very different from forum, that i used to be.. I dont know whether is always like that but so far is very good. I like very much this post from indianajo, because i think too that i must to learn these pieces without looking at the piano.. My problem is that i am often lazy and dont want to invest more then 1 hour per day in playing so maybe i dont have results as i want. I play very nice, but am not sure in many pieces, because i dont play enough.. If i would play at least 2 hours per day i would be far far better and more secure in myself.
My problem is that i am often lazy and dont want to invest more then 1 hour per day in playing so maybe i dont have results as i want. I play very nice, but am not sure in many pieces, because i dont play enough.. If i would play at least 2 hours per day i would be far far better and more secure in myself.
It's not because you're lazy. It's because you don't know how to play very well or very much which limits how much you practice. If you knew more repertoire or had the ability to play them, you'd spend more time on them. It's not the hours. It's the interest.Interest doesn't happen automatically. It requires background knowledge and experience. The more of it you have, the more interest you'll have.
Welcome to the forum !! Yes here we do tend to try and help each other out of problem situations and there is a group for about any kind of problem you may have. From learning piano to life situations, we have a place to post it here. We are mostly common folks regarding piano, with some professionals mixed in. And if a subject gets out of hand with someone obnoxious, it's fairly quickly dealt with.There are a lot of really nice people here who are willing to help or just tell there own story as it may pertain to a subject !!Enjoy your stay !
Glad I can say something useful to you.I never practiced more than an hour a day when I was taking lessons age 8 to 16. I had a lot of homework, band instrument practice too, and I had never been told anybody practiced more than an hour a day. But it was effective practice; I was learning 8 pieces for AmPianoGuild recital/contest every 6 months, plus the exercise books etc. Repeating mistakes is ineffective practice. It indicates one needs to slow down. Once one plays a section perfectly (without looking), the cerebellum takes over the learning and you can speed up without "thinking" about it. I got my strength and flexibility training through exercise books like Schmitt, Berman & Czerny, not from the performance pieces. Good luck.
You explained all well, but must to dissapoint you. It was just laziness. I have had job, boyfriend, many things, so i didnt have energy also for playing piano for hours. But now, i have more free time, so i can. Today i played 2 hours.
So you're saying you aren't lazy, just that you have other priorities that are more important to you than playing the piano. Today, I think I played 30 minutes at most. And I didn't even trim my nails so they're long and clicky.
You specifically used the word "lazy". There are direct and indirect causes of laziness. I mentioned some of them previously. My response was in response to the word "lazy". Now, when you clarified, you didn't actually mean "lazy". However, had it been genuine laziness, then my previous comments stand. Laziness is related to procrastination, one of my areas of expertise. (I'm an academic psychologist with expertise in learning and memory, emotional behavior, and procrastination.)Also, I've known people who've played for more than 20 years and while that may seem like a long time, their skills were still mediocre. That's why they were taking piano lessons. It's not how long a person does something that determines skill, it's how they spend their time learning that determines it.Anyway, I didn't mean to insult you since that wasn't my intent. My intent was to inform and educate as I am a teacher by trade. As for my level, I can play almost anything I want without technical difficulties. I make playing look effortless (because it is.)
Topic: I get dizziness when i play very fast 