Quick Links This Day in Music History Music Education @ DataDragon.com Music Education Forums Maintain Your Forum Information Bernadette Peters - Broadway's Best Sudoku (take a break for a puzzle!) Topic: older piano students From the Music Questions forum. Post a reply or begin a new topic. View other threads or jump to a different forum. Enter your search terms Submit search form   Web datadragon.com Author Topic:   older piano students Anonymous Anonymous Poster From Internet Network: 205.188.208.x posted: 1/2/2004 at 10:20:47 AM ET Started piano at age 72 ---2 years ago. Pratice a piece hundreds of time and still make mistakes...different ones. Discouraging.. Am I mentally unwired or just too old? Also am incapable of performing with anyone there. trumpet guru Registered User From: Washington State Registered: 8/22/2003 posted: 1/9/2004 at 3:03:00 PM ET You must do a couple of things. First, slow your practice down. Perfect the passage, then very gradually speed up. Work the left hand and right hand separately, then incorporate. Second, make sure the music you are playing is at your level. Last, relax. I work with lots of musicians, and mistakes are just part of the game. When performing, try to keep going as if you did not error. Enjoy your music, try not to get discouraged. It is a great gift form God, but easy it is not. GOOOOOOROOOOOO MrRon Registered User From: Silver Spring, MD Registered: 6/24/2004 posted: 6/24/2004 at 5:10:32 PM ET I agree with the guru! Just relax and have fun... How to Play Piano Like a PRO! http://www.mrronsmusic.com Do you think this topic is inappropriate? Vote it down. After a thread receives a certain amount of negative votes it will be automatically locked. Please contact us with any concerns you might have.

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