Help for setting the right focus
Posted: Mon Jun 29, 2020 1:24 am
Hi
I’m unsure if I use my time effectively. Therefor I need some advice.
Background: I started about 1.5month ago with Playground Session. I completed the rookie bootcamp, most of the famous melody courses, most of the two hand courses and some additional courses. I can play easy rookie songs fast and can learn any of the rookie intermediate songs in about 2-5 hours (in different sessions) so that I can play them with a 3 star rating. The hard ones I think I’m not up to yet mainly because of the needed speed (tried e.g. the entertainer and I think this is way beyond my skill at original speed)
I still struggle reading sheet music (which should be normal). I learn the songs on slow speed and then I seem to memorize the important stuff so that I barely need the sheet music to play it.
All the lessons of the rookie bootcamp I could do pretty fast with 100% accuracy. Now I see my limits when the Intermediate bootcamp starts with the broken chords. I really struggle with playing them with the left hand with the needed hand position changes (without looking to the piano) and playing a melody with the right hand.
I’m really unsure now where I should set my focus. Should I just learn new Rookie songs until I also can play the hard ones? Will I even benfit from learning the hard songs if (in the end) I just memorized when to play which key with which finger? Should I continue with other courses (like the chords)? I could also do some finger trainings (hannon) but I think this is probably not what I need yet. Do you have other suggestions?
Any help or tips are highly appreciated.
Many thanks!
I’m unsure if I use my time effectively. Therefor I need some advice.
Background: I started about 1.5month ago with Playground Session. I completed the rookie bootcamp, most of the famous melody courses, most of the two hand courses and some additional courses. I can play easy rookie songs fast and can learn any of the rookie intermediate songs in about 2-5 hours (in different sessions) so that I can play them with a 3 star rating. The hard ones I think I’m not up to yet mainly because of the needed speed (tried e.g. the entertainer and I think this is way beyond my skill at original speed)
I still struggle reading sheet music (which should be normal). I learn the songs on slow speed and then I seem to memorize the important stuff so that I barely need the sheet music to play it.
All the lessons of the rookie bootcamp I could do pretty fast with 100% accuracy. Now I see my limits when the Intermediate bootcamp starts with the broken chords. I really struggle with playing them with the left hand with the needed hand position changes (without looking to the piano) and playing a melody with the right hand.
I’m really unsure now where I should set my focus. Should I just learn new Rookie songs until I also can play the hard ones? Will I even benfit from learning the hard songs if (in the end) I just memorized when to play which key with which finger? Should I continue with other courses (like the chords)? I could also do some finger trainings (hannon) but I think this is probably not what I need yet. Do you have other suggestions?
Any help or tips are highly appreciated.
Many thanks!