2 Hidden Habits That Hurt All Musicians

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@davidv496 4 дня назад

Playing with a metronome helps you from getting ahead of yourself too. The more frustrated I am the faster I want to play it correctly. LITERALLY

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Yes you're right!

@splashesin8 4 дня назад

🎉

@sharky_spike 3 дня назад

@@NahreSolmetronomes can be toxic..they shud only be used when the basics are secure enough to stretch them

@michellemonet4358 2 дня назад

But playing withOUT the metronome sometimes is good too!

@michellemonet4358 2 дня назад

@@sharky_spiketoxic how?

@wolfunplugged 4 дня назад

you are not only a brilliant musician, you also are a brilliant teacher. thank you!👍🏻👍🏻🌞🌞🎶🎶

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you so much!!

@michaelbishop. 4 дня назад

Particularly important when practicing in isolation, where one is the performer and critic. Recording , whatever the instrument, assists the possibility of honest appraisal and reduces the inevitable self delusion of one’s abilities and progress. Would love to see the unedited video of Nahre in full temper mode🥶

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Definitely true!! And an unedited video of my in full temper mode is on the agenda now 😅

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

@@NahreSol I'm sure that many of us who (... not occasionally -- but rather frequently ... ) get into full temper mode will gladly welcome you to our ranks!. My full temper mode is when I ... s l o w . . . e v e r y t h i n g w a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a a y d o w n and get into *FULL* *T E M P E R* *M O D E* which is ... I D O NOT HAVE TO PLAY A SINGLE WRONG NOTE AND I D O NOT HAVE TO PLAY A SINGLE NOTE UNTIL I AM READY TO . ... even if that means playing *ONE* note .... - then having lunch, and then coming back to ... play the *NEXT* note. I call it "sarcastically-slow" practice ... i.e. (to self) ... "I'll show *YOU* I can play this ... " -- SEE! but it *DOES* tend to re-generate focus --- which is usually at the root of the problem ... .. if you get my drift ... 🙂

@sharky_spike 3 дня назад

@@aBachwardsfellowthat's great dicipline

@aBachwardsfellow 3 дня назад

@@sharky_spike ( ... more like "desperate" ....)

@lawrencetaylor4101 3 дня назад

Merci for your videos. I'm struggling to learn to be a musician after having started after 65 years of age. I joked that I had been born with two left ears, and I have no singing voice. As I learned piano, I took a deep dive into music theory, without developing my ear. As my ear improved, I started trying to sing. But recently my teacher said I had to quit listening to the music and feeling it. Every time I try a new concept, I have stopped my progress in John Thompson Book 2 and gone back to Book 1. For now the fourth time. I listen to videos of the pieces and now sing along as I read the notes. Will I ever be an in-demand musician? That's not my goal. Music is a part of everyone, and I just want to make a change. Every choir or music teacher made a note on my report card, "Doesn't play well with others". I want to get a better grade to show my parents. They promised me ice cream.

@torlack 4 дня назад

I got lucky and figured out #1 by myself years ago. Closing your eyes works wonders for me. I feel like you become one with the instrument and the sound being produced. As far as #2 goes, it is nice hearing something concretely explained that I had already developed a vague understanding of. I’ll have to try the pausing trick. Thanks for the video.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you for your insights!!

@murdo_mck 4 дня назад

Mathew Walker, in his excellent book about sleep, tells us that a concert pianist spoke to him after a public lecture. He had noticed sometimes when he got stuck and could not fix some fault in a piece despite plenty of practice, after a night's sleep he could play it perfectly. Has anyone else experienced that?

@denisemayosky1955 2 дня назад

I have noticed that one day I can mess up on a piece - even one I supposedly know pretty well - but oftentimes the next day, I play it without a hitch. Not always, but most of the time!

@ezrac704 День назад

Definitely, sleeping on it really secures the muscle memory. In fact, sometimes I stop practicing because I know I'll get it in the morning.

@chrisportislander2458 4 дня назад

Me: "I cannot play this fast." Teacher: "No. You cannot play this slowly." (points out several issues) Played at 60% for two weeks week like it was my job not to get impatient. Went back to the teacher. Teacher: "Now play it fast." Me: "But I did not practice it fast." Teacher: "Do it anyway." And, to my surprise, it worked.

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

- awesome how that works -- when you give the brain the right material to process ...

@learningisfun2108 День назад

So true! My teacher always said, “speed is the last component you add to learning a piece”. But I usually don’t take her advice: I’m too impatient. 😂

@tkylem8993 4 дня назад

Thank you so much for this, I’ve recently begun to notice how unproductive my practice sessions can be at times and this is so helpful! Side note, I really appreciate your ability to teach concepts at a deeper level and help explore the “why” of musical concepts and practices. Great stuff, thank you!!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you for your comment! I appreciate it 😊

4 дня назад

This is very hard for us non-professional pianists: say, a decade of childhood piano education, but no conservatory. We don't learn a piece for an audition or an exam, but because we like the piece. It is very hard to stay patient and not just play the fun part.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

I think it's not that much easier for professionals, at least from my experience 😅

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

so true!

@murdo_mck 4 дня назад

@@NahreSol I heard of someone who envied Schiff, how easy it was for him to play everything. Until she found out just how hard he worked. I suppose professionals enjoy practice, mostly, but it is still work.

@alrasheedsalih8746 2 дня назад

The most amazing part of this clip is the music you wrote its just breathtaking and grounding.

@luxagonal 4 дня назад

I think Bobby could practically carry his own channel, he’s just that photogenic.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

I think so too! 😅

@markaprill6501 4 дня назад

I came to this exact same conclusion and started to record my practices using my phone…..not only did i not like the way i sounded….its was hard to say exactly what’s happening you are right its hard to listen and concentrate…but you are also right it is sloppy…it is like I was forgiving myself for mistakes because nobody was listening….now I want to hear progress every practice tape. I told a musician I was doing this and they scoffed at me but i dont care because it works for me.

@stevemcclue5759 3 дня назад

That dog is one hell of a piano player, but he needs to work on his forepaw rotation...😉

@macleadg 4 дня назад

I recently started a very difficult piece, & got ahead of myself right away. I wasn’t getting it, so I decided not to play any of it faster than one-half tempo. I did this for a week, and then played it flawlessly at full tempo, and it felt effortless. Great advice.

@macronencer 3 дня назад

One of your best videos! I've recently stagnated in my piano skills. I'm 59 and have a long history of playing but I never quite got as good as I would have hoped. I keep playing scales and arpeggios most days but I've recently lost interest in actual pieces I used to enjoy playing, almost as if I'm giving up. Of course, having a little arthritis in my thumbs isn't exactly helping, but it would be really cool to be able to do something to give myself another boost and start improving again. I'm hoping that following the advice you give here might be very helpful, and I plan to try it. Thank you. By the way, what a cute dog! :)

@michellemonet4358 2 дня назад

How about instead of scales play songs. SONGS you like!😊

@macronencer 2 дня назад

@@michellemonet4358 My initial reaction to this was "oh, I do that as well" - but then I stopped and thought about it. I don't really do it enough. Thanks! I'll have a good think about your suggestion.

@2000HoursofBanjo 2 дня назад

I like the idea of including a gap before the next set or reps. Thanks.

@chrisportislander2458 4 дня назад

I feel like I already "knew of" both of them, but so far failed to clearly define them. Thanks so much, reflecting on it is really helpful. For #1, doing a recording and pretending to be my own teacher listening and giving advice helps me. But nothing beats having the real teacher listen. #2 is an ongoing struggle. I found gamification techniques to make sure I confirm a passage again and again but some days I still find find myself circumventing it (too fast too early).

@Sam-ss2lo 4 дня назад

This all boils down to self discipline. It's hard to simultaneously be looking at the finish line, then stop ourselves midway to repeat something we just did (right or wrong). Our desires for immediate gratification to finish the overall task outweigh our practical knowledge of what we know is right. Stop in the middle of an incompleted task, focus on the troubled section/bar until it's done right, then move on. I think it's common to assume we'll get it next time or eventually, if we keep hacking at it. However, it only leads to being stuck in an endless loop of failure.

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

As an alternative (requires delayed gratification -- or "sublimation" ...) - set a different "finish line". Let your finish line be to learn as much -- and only as much -- as you can without a single mistake to have to unlearn -- i.e. never let your brain experience something to remember that you do not want it to remember. That is the goal. And, of course, to actually accomplish that, you will most definitely need to play as slowly as necessary to prevent feeding your brain an unwanted remembrance ...

@Sam-ss2lo 3 дня назад

@@aBachwardsfellow Yes, very true.

@usernametaken017 2 дня назад

Yeah man. I'd assume bad habits would indeed be related to bad discipline

@sakofestekdjian1572 4 дня назад

How coincidental, I was watching a take on Itzhak Perlman last night where he addressed the importance of slowing down. These are pearls of wisdom that we have heard but not actually listened to them. So within a period of 12 hours both of you have addressed something so crucial that has hindered the progress of many of us. I am now beginning to have a regular Nahre Sol session every time I practice…….as in Hanon, scales and arpeggios AND NAHRE SOL😂. Thank you, really!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

So glad to hear it was helpful in some way!!

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

love that .. "Perls" of wisdom ...

@guyb7005 4 дня назад

Critical listening, like critical thought is both a humbling but empowering exercise. The stop, move away, return and try again reminds me of throwing hoops at the free-throw line. Those who don't move away and stay frozen in the same position to shoot end up repeating the same opportunity don't build responsive skill. Your mature outlook (and depth of references -- Bill Evans!!) is astounding.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you, and thank you for your insights!!

@toddbrous_untwist 4 дня назад

Thank you for posting your videos! I'm totally not listening to anything you said... and I'm totally gettin' ahead of myself here... but in case you don't hear this often enough... you are so freakin' talented. Thank you!!!

@allenbogosian6455 День назад

Nahre your videos are such fantastic and practical breaks from the typical content we see a lot of musicians posting. Thank you! I'll definitely be trying to put these tips into practice.

@PrinceWesterburg День назад

Anyone who has taken an extanded break from playing will tell you that when they return, their playing has improved. I didn't play for 18 months and its like my brain forgot all the feasrs I had of playing pieces and things seemed so much simpler. Applying this to practice is equally as true, as you stated, a brief pause is a good thing - hear the music in the room, get slightly ditant from it and let the playing come to you. I can't readlly express it in a simpler way - you'll know what i mean!

@MehrdadLarijaniha 9 часов назад

I'm a guitarist and took your two golden nuggets of wisdom to heart... Thank you!!

@bassomatic6055 4 дня назад

Great stuff Nahre. I think we all struggle with going slow before we go fast. I constantly have to remind myself of this and I have noticed that if I don't slow down, I start to build in the neural pathways to mistakes.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

For me it’s almost a daily reminder 🥲

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

Exactly -- you learn what you practice! If you practice "play - oops - play - oops - play - oops - play " your brain remembers, you just went "play - oops - play - oops - play - oops - play ". Now you have to tell your brain, "OK, I know you learned "play - oops - play - oops - play - oops - play " -- but NOW what I want you to learn is "play - play - play - play - play - play - play ". Unfortunately, your brain has now learned two pieces: "play - oops - play - oops - play - oops - play " -- and "play - play - play - play - play - play - play ".

@Mandoslicer 22 часа назад

I sure am glad to be here hearing words about concepts that have been holding me back (for 20 years in fact). More to the point, you have put each of my limitations into actual words. Who knew it would be that simple a solution. This may seem trivial. Putting things into words, however, is necessary for the solidification of what, to me, has always been conceptual in nature. I’ve been all right brain my whole musical life. I started on strings and have only lately been digging into keys. Thanks so much for the missing piece in my puzzle.

@vladrileynavilys 4 дня назад

Adding to these pauses with hands off : If you can get your mind on something completely different while paused, it does help the brain to assimilate the new things you're trying to feed it. So the pattern is work very focused for 5-10-15 minutes then pause 5*10-15 with your mind on something that;s nothing to do with piano or music. Same goes for after the practice session, get your mind off music and piano as much as possible! This is scientifically studied, Andrew Huberman talks quite a lot about that sort of learning "tricks".

@DEMENTYEV 4 дня назад

Oh, just now I finished my practice session, and I did both of these mistakes that you mentioned in the video. Well, at the beginning I usually practice consciously, but after some time I get brain fog and just repeat passages over and over, without clear intention. This is the exact reason why I don't practice effectively. Thank you, Nahre for your advices!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you for sharing your experience!! I definitely keep falling into these traps too 😅 not easy…

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

( ... from Josef Hofmann - and others ... ) -- the best practice is sessions of no more than 20 - 40 minutes at a time, each session focused on a specific goal, and sessions spaced as far apart from each other as possible. So if you want to practice 3 hours a day -- do it in six 30-minute sessions, each with specific goals (i.e. 1st 30 - technic-1, 2nd 30 - repertoire-1, 3rd 30 - sight-reading, 4th 30 - repertoire-2, 5th 30 - technic-2, 6th 30 - fun repertoire). -- Josef Hofmann: "Piano Playing: With Piano Questions Answered " Josef Hofmann on Piano Practice and Technic Etude Magazine. January, 1902 excerpts: “In the division of practice during the important period of acquiring technic, in the earlier days three or four hours daily are necessary for the study of it, but never more than four. In the middle period of study I practiced six hours a day, and of that time I devoted from an hour and a half to two hours to technic pure and simple, the rest of the time I gave to the study of dynamic effects and composition. During the time that I am concertizing I practice only as much as is necessary. “The great danger in the acquiring of technic is overtraining, and that stiffens the muscles instead of developing them. Stop before you are tired. Of course, you may play octaves from the wrist until you are tired, but never finger-work; that stiffens. The sensibility of the muscles is lost when you get cramps. Every finger is an individual; it has eyes. The wrist is a single man; the fingers, ten. But, if you can play finger-work until you are tired, those ten become as one. “One should not become accustomed to practicing at a fixed time every day. Practicing at a certain hour becomes a fixed habit, and as a result hampers the performer, who should be able to play at any time. Practice at different times in the day instead of at fixed ones, and then the muscles will always be ready to act.

@sanyo_neezy День назад

This video actually helped me improve my consistency and I will keep your advice in mind. Thank you, Nahre!

@randallmauger5659 День назад

I agree with everything you’ve said here and have encapsulated the concepts beautifully. Thank you!

@siamsasean День назад

Brilliant! Excellent break-down.

@neonchamber 2 дня назад

Nahre’s playing is so beautiful… ❤

@davidbivens5375 4 дня назад

Very cool! Nicely put and what a FANTASTIC piano piece! I’d love to hear the whole thing.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you so much!!

@msmith3090 3 дня назад

Great tips! I have fallen into both traps many times. Hearing your explanation helped me to recognize these problems in my own practice. I showed the video to my children who are both learning piano as well.

@hippophile 3 дня назад

Very good advice. I need this reminder. Again and again. And again. And I totally get how you have to learn even the pieces you write yourself and not take short cuts! Just doing that right now for something I wrote 25 years ago... Oh, and I hope you like your piece when you can play it!!! :)) Oh, and if you can't play the whole thing, play the end or the hard bit a few times more. And (no-one ever says this) make sure you can play the bit JUST BEFORE the hard bit really well; that gives you more brain space for the hard bit.

@MasterRancisis 3 дня назад

Wonderful and relatable video Nahre. The gaps between repetitions idea that you talk about also has other benefits. Mark Morley Fletcher says that it helps you learn faster and more effectively, as apparently our brains repeat the passage we just played several times faster (think he said 20x) during the gaps, giving us more repetitions in a given time period than if we were to spend the whole time repeating physically.

@SigMaQuint 3 дня назад

I love the sound of your piece.

@johnarouet5030 3 дня назад

Terrific advice. Thanks, Nahre.

@alastairwilson457 3 дня назад

What a fabulous video. So true to my own practise

@steveheyden9219 2 дня назад

Thank you! These are really valuable insights 🙏

@DolceNotturno73 3 дня назад

Thank you for the valuable insight!

@jimtessin4130 День назад

Excellent. Thank you.

@marcelominal 3 дня назад

Thank you for this video. It's an actual lesson. You're so kind in sharing this information with us.

@sofiadelcielo 3 дня назад

Thank you Nahre! Felt convicted by these !!

@gold4963 2 дня назад

What a coincidence. I started practicing piano again very recently, and these tips were exactly what I needed. I wish I paid attention more attention to these much earlier. I have an expansive repertoire, but I could use more polish. More intentional practice.

@caeliachapin5317 17 часов назад

Thank you! ❤

@joechip1232 4 дня назад

Your videos got me thinking about practice and technique in a way that I never had before! I've really started focusing on cleaning up my technique by recording my playing and listening back to it. This has helped me activate my ears and hear how my playing sounds when I'm not focused on playing.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Hi 😅! Thank you for the comment!

@tadb65 2 дня назад

Thanks for sharing! I'm an amateur organist, and I sometimes find it difficult (as I get older) to learn new material. So I need to listen carefully to what I'm doing, which note I need to hold just a bit longer to keep the music alive. Additionally, I often rush too much and need to practice much slower and break things down into smaller parts.

@janman10 4 дня назад

Nice composition and helpful advice.Thank you

@ionageman 3 дня назад

Little steps .. My identity as a musician increases with every video that validates my methods of learning .

@davebartholome2924 День назад

Another way of saying "Don't get ahead of yourself" is "Don't force it." In the video she took of herself, she was (initially) trying to "muscle" her way through the passage, resisting the need to stop, take a breath, and figure out what she needed to do to learn it. Once she did that, it started to come together.

@WizardOfArc 3 дня назад

Thank you for this….. I’ll have to keep this in mind…. As difficult as it may be

@splashesin8 4 дня назад

This is so true. I have been accustomed to the detailed and mindful practice needed with vocals, but have lately been frustrated with the finer motor skills of my hand just bizarrely out of my control in a way I never used to have to think about for years. I know it's a weird off and on Parkinsonian thing. The pressure in an uncontrolled environment somehow is now breaking my signature, after the first three letters of each part. So I just really am noticing the breaking points now, and have known sometimes it doesn't happen when music is playing in the background somewhere and if it's random music I don't know to expect. Hearing you state about concentration on the exact place things keep falling apart, helped me remember how I get myself to hear the correction in my head superimposed over the top of the wrong thing I tend to mindlessly jump track at distracted consistently for who knows why at the same place. I need to hear the magnified fix simultaneously as the botched area I need to have the fix occupy and own now. It changes where I place the beginning and ending of the phrase now from where I assumed it was before. It changes where my mind starts to get ready to head there just very slightly so there is a definite bridge there now with no gap. So now I'm going to let my mind impose an additional syllable on just the letters that happen to be the breaking points on my signatures now. Just practicing those individual letters with the last half's of my signatures. Definitely different fragment combination practices need to happen. ...but only with my name. Till falling off the log becomes very comfortable again. 🙃🙂😀

@aBachwardsfellow 4 дня назад

yes - fortunately -- and "un"fortunately -- your brain remembers what it experiences -- right or wrong. So if you feed it wrong experiences - it remembers; if you feed it right experiences - it remembers. The problem with feeding it wrong experiences is not only is it wasted time initially, but it's added wasted time having to extinguish the wrong memory and separate it from an almost identical - yet different "right" memory. Almost triple the work and time: learn the wrong piece, extinguish the wrong piece, and learn the right piece. So much easier to learn only one piece instead of three ...

@aarivleo 2 часа назад

Thank you very much❤

@musicpiano4304 4 дня назад

Nahre you are a great reminder🙏🏻I can relate this traps especially getting ahead of myself.I Love your videos and useful contents❤(Also your dog is so cute🥰)

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you!! and hi from my dogs!!

@Eva_Piano-v3n 4 дня назад

Thank you for the video Nahre! Getting ahead of myself is so true for my practice because I am always scared to not be good/fast enough at learning something, but now I will think of it more in a different way which you proposed!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you back!!

@wildflute День назад

Seriously though, just grabbing a quick video while i’m playing through passages helps me be able to concentrate on playing and then concentrating on listening. With smart phones in our pockets it’s the easiest hack

@stratfanstl 4 дня назад

Nahre, how often do you record yourself so you can then just LISTEN to your playing? Does being a RU-vidr with a recording rig ready to go help? When I was more into trying to make guitar oriented mullti-track covers, hearing myself on (then) tape was eye-opening (and humbling). What sounded good on headphones while recording still sounded amateurish, clunky and lacking the proper tone and attack. With the distraction of having to phyiscally play and sync with existing tracks, my crticial judgement seemed to make me sound about 15% better than I was reallly playing. Also, your point about starting slow is crucial. Muscle memory kicks in whether you are playing something correct or INCORRECTLY. If you get 30 minutes into learning something INCORRECTLY, it can prove MUCH more difficult to unwind that to learn the correct way to play.

@korieklion 3 дня назад

One thing about slowing down and giving space to passages is that because you are making it easier to perform the successful action for a lot longer to ingrain it. Rather than forcing absolute concentration for each attempt kinda just leaves these empty marks in your brain which you can’t really learn from and you’ll be burned out way faster. Not allowing you to have energy to practice it successfully.

@williammaestre9318 10 часов назад

Fantástic dear master

@tomguder 3 дня назад

Thank you!

@mice256 4 дня назад

Love this! I’m a guitarist and about to embark on a new project with some difficult music. Great reminder before starting to work on the new pieces.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you!! Have fun on your journey!!

@mottahead6464 4 дня назад

I've fallen into all the imaginable traps while "learning" how to play the acoustic guitar. I had very little formal musical training. Yet, I kept on playing ..... for many years. One good thing I did was trying to explore the instrument so that I wouldn't play the same thing over and over again. I think that I developed some interesting techniques of my own.... while playing, perhaps... as in being very generous with myself, at an intermediate level. I catch myself, frequently these days, really surprised by some stuff I can play... yet I'm also horrified by how long it did take to get where I am today. By the way, Nahre Sol, your videos are simply fantastic.

@its_zionthelion 4 дня назад

Can you make a video on what to practice? I am a talented musician but I have no training so I don't know how to get better. Also, I love your videos ❤ and your dog !!!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Maybe there is a piece you’re particularly fond of? It’s usually best to be guided by things you like 😊 Otherwise, check out my arpeggios mini course I just put out? 😅

@its_zionthelion 4 дня назад

@@NahreSolI just checked out your website and I'll definitely try some of your courses. Thank you 🙂

@alexapolezhaeva 3 дня назад

Спасибо Вам большое! Очень нравятся Ваши видео! Всегда даёте полезные советы. Они очень эффективны. Последние два применяю уже много лет (как-то сама это почувствовала и дошла до такой практики) - в работе очень помогает. 👍 Желаю Вам дальнейших творческих успехов! Берегите себя 🤗

@vt..5att 4 дня назад

THANK U WE NEEDED THIS 🙌🏼🙌🏼

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you back!!

@komorebinoshita 3 дня назад

About #2. It took me sooo many years until I realized this one! Partly because of a bad advice I read in a certain website/book (that movements of hands/fingers are different when you're playing slow and when playing fast - which is not exactly wrong...) and also because I was too afraid of killing my musicianship and sounding overly mechanical practicing this way (which doesn't make much sense...). But from the moment I realized it was just a matter of simple logic, things slowly started changing for the better (emphasis on "slowly", because it was hard to get rid of the old and accept this idea). For anyone having trouble with this, just think, there is no absolutely no reason for, let's say, playing an entire arpeggio/scale perfectly if you're having trouble with the passage of the thumb; playing a passage 2 hands, when you can't even afford to play just left or right appropriately; etc, etc... Another perspective is, if you can really play "A", you shouldn't have any trouble playing small parts of it or playing it at slower tempos. (At least, it was very helpful for me, applying this thinking in many situations) #1 is the real struggle! I don't think I'll ever get rid of this one, hahaha! But among other things, practicing mindfulness helped me a bit on that. But personally, I think this one is lecture/masterclass material! There is probably a lot of related content to talk about this. Hope this can help someone! Cheers and great video!

@ramondejesus8904 День назад

YEs! very important lesson. On bass, and when i have little time to pocket a piece, i end up faking it, :) cause it takes a lot of listeting for some pieces to be right ,

@foronesong 12 часов назад

I was working on a piece for two weeks. It was a tough one. When I went to the lesson I got to a point and was playing it well. The teacher said you are playing it at the wrong speed...it goes twice as fast. Oops! Without missing a note I played it twice as fast. Great points here. Learn it slow.....patience...it will come. Also never practice...always perform.

@stevenjiang1941 4 дня назад

Personally, I often find it difficult to listen actively while playing. It's like my brain is not fast enough to process what it hears. But one thing that is really helpful is to record a few repetitions and then play it back to yourself.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Totally relate!!

@DinoFancellu 4 дня назад

Yes, listening whilst you play "hey, not bad". Then listen back to it "what the hell is that shit??!?!"

@kevinmathewson4272 4 дня назад

You can "speed up" your auditory processing with practice. The more active listening you do the faster it gets. Ear training helps with this. There are lots of ways to ear train, one thing I do is to close my eyes, plop my hands down on a random nonsensical chord and try to hear what the notes are. If necessary I play the chord over and over until I'm pretty sure I have it, then I open my eyes. Try to ignore that you can feel the black keys, although even with that hint it can be pretty challenging. Improvising also helps. Playing what you hear in your head builds your ear. Even better if you can improvise within earshot of other people, so you are communicating and not just noodling notes.

@Jasper_the_Cat 3 дня назад

I love this- your advice and your amazing playing and composition! I'm a guitarist so I'm not sure if it's the same with piano, but I also think it's important to evaluate whether you're struggling with a part because of the novelty of it vs. poor technique. Sometimes what I thought was an exceptionally difficult passage become a lot easier once my teacher pointed out some logistics having to do with my left hand, movement from one voicing to the next, or even posture. This is why I think it's important to use the metronome with incremental increase of speed- and periodically gauge one's comfort when increasing tempo at each higher level. Because sometimes I can sort of make something 'work' at a super slow speed, but if I'm really forcing it rather than it feeling fluid, then I need to diagnose why it's never allowing me to get to the increased tempo. For me, this is where a teacher is especially helpful- I'm often astonished at how rapidly a great teacher will notice a little change in approach to something which makes a world of difference in getting 'unstuck' in a difficult passage. The cool thing is, once you work your way through that new approach, I find invariably that it ends up being applicable to a lot of different situations. Awareness is key!

@wirelyre 4 дня назад

How do you approach technical work for an unfamiliar piece? My motivation for learning notes and choreographing my hands comes mostly from knowing _why_ a section exists - where it's going, what to focus on musically. Like, I want to understand the broad strokes of the music before I work on the details. And my process for figuring that out looks a lot like the first bad habit you were talking about. On the other hand, I always learn more about the musical content after I've figured out some choreography and internalized some physical motions. They feed into each other.

@CivILLianpENDing 4 дня назад

Hey Nahre! Did you know about your reface mini keyboard? How you can play a grand piano as the preset. Put the knob of type of instrument you want to play in between two presets. (You’ll have to move the knob and set in between 2 of any presets and have the keyboard in the off position) once you place the knob in between turn your keyboard on and WOW Yamaha secret egg!!! The keyboard just got better! Have fun!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you!

@organist1982 2 дня назад

And the bad habit that SO many music students have of always starting at the beginning of a piece, so that they know the first part really well but never really solidify the 2nd half or the end, etc.

@cherilynwy 4 дня назад

Hey Nahre! I absolutely love your contents ❤ I’m new to the piano world but you are my favorite piano RU-vidr

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you kindly!! 😊

@JoshHumble 4 дня назад

Thank you for this, Nahre. I was excited to hear of your composition you mentioned, and realized you might be on Bandcamp. Sure enough - had to pick up Alice in Wonderland right away - beautiful work! Hope to hear more 😀

@michaelcorbett4236 4 дня назад

Nahre, I've been watching your videos for a good few years now so I thought I may as well get the arpeggio course. As I think arpeggios are way more used than scales and that's also for other instruments. Also these two tips are great. The funny thing is though that after 40 years on guitar I am much more patient with progress than on piano, which I've only seriously been playing for a few years. I think because on guitar the most important thing that I am getting ahead of myself on is muting not the notes. Funny that.

@carymeout 22 часа назад

Excellent.

@Bennymoth 4 дня назад

Refreshing video, gonna utilitize the gaps more! I get frustrated too often but this is a helpful reminder to slow down.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you!!

@MrLieka 4 дня назад

You didnt lose the practice time hours, you were gifted the ability and desire to play such an beautiful instrument, it can't be a waste of time =)

@knightridernz72 2 дня назад

Have you ever thought of interviewing jazz pianist and educator Kenny Werner on your channel? Have you heard of him? He's an amazing musician and teacher and his book "Effortless Mastery: Liberating the Master Musician Within" us a must-have for all musicians.

@zebromusicofficial 12 часов назад

Thank you 🙏🏽🇨🇦🎸👋🏽

@vmcelvis 3 дня назад

I believe Keith Emerson would be enamored by you playing and writing. Great observational advice. Thank you

@ml-ei3nz 3 дня назад

A fantastic way to practice especially polyphone pieces like the wohltemperierte Klavier Fugues, is to sing one voice, playing the others. While doing it you have to lie down the fingers silently on the keys you sing. Afterwards the hearing gets much more focused on the right lines. Anyway, It does wonders to my playing.

@paulrodberg 4 часа назад

So important

@wbiro 3 дня назад

I squeeze stress balls during the gaps (and between pieces), which is good for the fingers and hands...

@keithwaller9923 День назад

My aunt taught Glen Gould at in Canada at Uof T

@willavinou1507 4 дня назад

A WONDERFUL lesson! Thank u so much!!!🙏

@mikkoantila 3 дня назад

great video and reminder!!!

@richardsrensen4219 4 дня назад

i play guitar and i can use your thoughts so thaks for bringing this

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you!! That's great to hear ☺️

@danilogiacobetti5142 2 дня назад

Brava ottima spiegazione, sei troppo simpatica ❤😊.

@Tomy_Yon 4 дня назад

These are great tips! I'm starting on Tuesday with the piano academy. Very stoked!

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Amazing!!

@joaohccampos 4 дня назад

Thank you, Nahre, for sharing your insights with us. There are many valuable lessons to be gleaned here.

@NahreSol 4 дня назад

Thank you back!!

@JusticeConstantine 2 дня назад

Great video and piano composition Nahre. Is there a way we can hear the whole piece?

@cherrypicker777 2 дня назад

that mega metronome was funny lol

@ilanmetoudi 3 дня назад

Thank you so much of the advice!

@shrihansuchit6647 4 дня назад

Please make a detailed analysis video on Robert Schumann. His works like gesange der fruhe op 133 and noveletten op 21 and more are interesting yet difficult to digest as a listener.

@ibrahinmejia7215 3 часа назад

That giant metronome is criminal tho

@sanyo_neezy 3 дня назад

For a second when I saw the thumbnail I thought you were gonna show us how there is actually sick trap beats hidden in classial piano music or something 😂

@Tinyflower1 День назад

hm the second one is what made me learn fast though, I play guitar and I always chose songs to learn that were at my limit and something I shouldn't be able to do yet. But I would never play through a full song in one go at the start, only parts until I have them down, then move on to the next until I can try tackling the whole song. But to me the challange is the fun part.