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Offline minor9th

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Unison scales and exercises
on: February 01, 2014, 07:06:37 PM
As a beginner, I'm using Alfred's Complete Adult Course 1 and the scales available through PS. What is the point in most of the exercises requiring unison hands? I know there are some pieces that have fast unison scales, arpeggios, etc., but it seems more common, at least for beginning/intermediate pieces, to play chords or some sort of accompaniment with the left and and scale-type passages with the right. Is it just an efficient way to build up speed in both hands?

Offline awesom_o

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Re: Unison scales and exercises
Reply #1 on: February 01, 2014, 07:13:24 PM
Is it just an efficient way to build up speed in both hands?

Yes.

Offline anima55

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Re: Unison scales and exercises
Reply #2 on: February 01, 2014, 08:58:32 PM
Hi

Put it this way: if you take two musicians, let's say a violinist using the treble clef and a cellist using the bass clef, would you suggest to the cellist that they don't really need to learn their part too well because they're only playing an 'accompaniment'?

The general idea of piano playing is to learn how to use both the left and right hands equally well so that you reduce any limitations in your playing. So my advice would be to get practising those unison scales and exercises! :)

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Re: Unison scales and exercises
Reply #3 on: February 01, 2014, 10:02:50 PM
Will do, sir/ma'm!  :)
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