Top 5 plus 5 Tips on learning to Play Piano by Ear?
Why Learning to play piano by ear? Is this referring as in piano learning – learn how to play the piano without referring to any music scores? What is all this? How can this happen?
Are you going to play the piano without the fuss of dragging your music sheets? Are you going to play the melody with just humming along with the tune? It is quite impossible to play the melody without music sheet right? Have you ever think that, why you can simply humming the tunes easily but you couldn’t play in out at the same time without music scores?
Have you ever come across the music talent – the musician who can simply follow the tone they hear and play along the beating of the music, with no notes, no mentors? This is marvelous right?
As I mentioned No talented and Untalented in piano learning, you can do it with my top 5 plus 5 tips on learning to play piano by ear.
Top 5 Tips on learning to play piano by ear:-
1. Get your instrument ready
Never forget about the top 6, piano buying tips and my reminder for choosing the piano for your piano learning. Read through my earlier post on Top 7 steps for piano learning start-up and Get all these ready before you can have your play piano by ear start up. You have to have at least three available fingers, just in case others have been decapitated or just got lost. Be sure you have a lot of time to practice. Remember to get your tuner for your piano tune.
2. Get to know more about the piano especially the structure
There are 88 keys on the piano keyboard. Along these are 12 straight notes. A-note is the first white key, next white note is B, C, D, E, F, G. Later it will continue with A-note, then the repetition begins. This sequence is repeated about 7 times, until the last white note is done. That would include the black notes that represent flats and sharps.
3. Recognize where is the “C” note
The C note is also known as the Home Key. How to recognize and trace the C note, it is the white key on the left side of two black keys. If you’re still confused and amazed, stare at your piano keyboard. You’ll notice that at the middle part is the C-note. Thus, that would be the first major chord.
Always remember the thumb of your right hand will serve as number 1 because it is put at the C straddled in the middle. From there, count all keys going to the right. Include the black keys. When you have counted till 5, that would serve as the 2nd note in C chord. Place your middle finger there. From counting to number 5, count till 8, that will be your final note. Put your pinkie on it.
You will hear quite an impressive cycle, if sound it all together.
You can try on these on your piano keyboard:-
4. Use the Chord as a roots
Get your self familiar with the sequence…1,5, 8 counting. You could start with any note, just be sure that when you count, include the flats and sharps. Always remember to use these chords as your roots. This will work perfectly if you decided to start on a sharp. You’ll be making a sharp chord by then.
5.Constant practice on Piano Chords
Get your time and familiar your self with these easy chords, sure you’ll realize that through counting and attentive listening, you’ll easily get through your piano learning and understand what I had mentioned before Piano Learning is Simple and piano learning is Fun! For example, if chord number 5 is dropped this will result to a number 4. At that instance you’ll end up with a minor chord. For instant, if you’re playing for a C chord, all you have to do is move your finger one key to the left to be able to produce a C minor.
The advantage of play piano by ear will enable you the obtain the advantage of listening, you’ll be able to distinguish the difference in sound easily. Without realizing, you’ll be able to spot the slight differences in tune. Not unless you’re deaf.
My five cents to you:-
1. Don’t concentrate your practice just on the middle keys of the piano.
There are numerous keys to choose from. You can choose from any octave on your keyboard.
2. Don’t limit yourself in using one or two fingers
Through practice, you could use all fingers including both hands. Try to familiar your self with both of your hand. You can start on your right hand first, follow by left hand separately and later play the chords hand together.
3. Constant Practice.
Practice never make perfect, only perfect practice make perfect performance. Remember “you will is determine by your way, your way will lead you in achieving you will”. Anyhow, don’t tense up relax your self in your daily practicing. Get the right posture and hand position and refresh yourself with my article on piano learning – posture and hand position so as wrong posture and hand position might lead to back pain.
4. Records your practicing
Recording your practicing so as to enable you to notify the error while playing. Try to correct your self through “trial an error” mistake.
5. Practice and Play your love song
Try to get the music or the song you love most and you can refer to the top 10 piano songs in piano learning , and play it out. This will sure motivate and lead you to a higher level as you had already know the tunes, the melody and the rhythm.
Follow the top 5 plus 5 learning to play piano by ear, I wish you a greater success in your piano learning and piano playing technique. Enjoy yourself through your piano learning, feel what I meant as piano learning is simple and piano learning is fun!
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