Mental Practice at the Piano: Getting Started

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Watch this video to learn how to do mental practice at the piano, even if you are just getting started!
Mental practice is a secret weapon you can use in your OWN practice, and 99 times out of 100, people neglect this important but totally learnable skill. I also give you a some tactics to use in your own practice.
0:00 Intro
2:38 What is mental practice?
5:22 Inner hearing
6:37 The difference between reading words and reading music silently
7:12 How I do mental practice
8:08 Where to start if you've never done mental practice before
8:55 Take the Mental Practice challenge
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"Piano Technique" by Walter Gieseking and Karl Leimer: amzn.to/3Kuvw4l
Walter Gieseking - Debussy, Complete Piano Works (digitally remastered): • Debussy by Gieseking -...
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@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Год назад

Watch next: Mental Practice at the Piano: Overcoming Resistance [5 Tips] ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-VIvS-Txk8FQ.html

@said1949 9 месяцев назад

Remembering hear skil from other instrument experience specially from childhood,helps remember the right note you are playing

@lynnanderson1326 Год назад

Thank you. I am enjoying the book. And mental practice is getting rid of my mistakes!

@tvctoni 10 месяцев назад

This is the secret key ❤❤❤❤ 😮 You’ve explained this theory very clearly. I’ve never heard anyone explain it this way. I’ve been doing this technique while learning Claire de Lune. I find it amazing how much it actually works and saves a ton of practice time. It’s as if I’m training my body to begin catching up to what my spirit and soul feels inside. I can’t wait to try this practice technique regularly. Your wisdom has helped me a to. A million 🙏🏻 thanks from a YT pianist 👏💯🎹

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 10 месяцев назад

Aww, thanks! Glad you find it helpful! Agreed that it saves a lot of time. Good luck! 🥰

@elizabeth23623 5 месяцев назад

Dear Prof. Kate, plus to mentioning that your videos are immensely helping me, I would like to add that when I practice a piece, I find it super helpful to listen to the score on Musescore. It helps me pay attention to details that I would miss just reading a music sheet because my knowledge of music notation is scarce. This type of practice has helped me develop my inner ear, I think, because sometimes I can recreate the piece in my head, or when I am playing the Musescore file, and it stops for some reason, my brain continues playing the song as if nothing had happened. That skill is super cool to me, and enjoy it so much, but I didn't think that I could use my inner ear more intentionally, so thank you so much for your video and tips.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd Месяц назад

Love this advice! It's also helpful to watch performances on RU-vid that follow the score. Good luck!

@ajmacconville1 2 месяца назад

Great tips! My dad recommended this as a kid to me and I was still young enough not to be cynical about it. It worked and always stuck with me though I've never made it a part of my ongoing practice.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 2 месяца назад

Thanks for sharing!

@backtoschool1611 24 дня назад

I JUST NOW started to do mental practice. Very neat, but also taxting!! I use it with passages I miss at the keyboards! aitsxa great alturnative when you "dont feel like practicing"!!

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 21 день назад

Awesome - so glad to hear this! Good luck!

@jeffh5388 7 месяцев назад

Bravo Kate. Outstanding delivery and extremely helpful for me and I’m sure many others. This is the kind of information that separates a normal player from a great player. This video is a must see for anyone serious about their piano endeavor. Thank you and I do enjoy all your videos.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 7 месяцев назад

Thanks so much!

@tkylem8993 7 месяцев назад

Thank you so much for all of your videos! I've been extremely interested in the concept of mental practice for awhile and have seen some really good benefits in my piano learning journey because of it. One thing that does concern me a bit about mental practice (and I would love to get your input on) is the balance between learning to sightread vs. mental practice. I'm fearful that if I committed to lots of mental practice in the early stages of learning a piece, that would hinder the development of my sightreading because I'm "pre-learning" the music before I sit down at the piano. Just curious what your thoughts are on this?

@fadel1254 2 года назад

From Saudi Arabia ... Thank you 😊

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 2 года назад

You are welcome! 😊

@BalatonDreamer 2 года назад

I've heard of this technique, this is the best description I've found on how to approach it. Thank you! Is there any relationship between the focus state developed in mental practice and the focus state one adopts during actual physical playing?

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 2 года назад

I'm so glad that you found it helpful! Yes, I would say the two mental states are very similar. The only difference is that the hands aren't physically moving.

@BalatonDreamer 2 года назад

Does that mean that mental focus while playing physically is very active, that we're almost playing the piece in our mind at the same time as we play it physically on the piano? I haven't seen much that discusses this specific aspect of playing. There's a lot of advice about focusing on specific things like rhythm, dynamics, voicing, etc, and that's useful but I've always understood that as more of a listening skill. Saying to focus as if I was playing the piece in my mind seems more like an anticipation skill, to set up my physical results by imagining it in my mind at the same time (or maybe an instant ahead) as the physical performance. I've actually tried to practice this way and I think it helps, but I've only tried it in small doses and I wasn't sure if it was something I should cultivate or not.

@BalatonDreamer 2 года назад

I started over with your Core Principles set and it seems like you've already addressed this: Listen Ahead and Think Ahead, ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-30Cipl5mdlU.html . Thanks!

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 2 года назад

When I read your first comment, I was thinking of that exact video! I'm glad you found it. Let me know if you have lingering questions about that concept - it's tricky to describe but is definitely something that is possible to practice and learn over time. Good luck!

@andrewflickner4886 2 года назад

Love this concept.

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 2 года назад

It's amazing how much the mind can help aid in our technical approach to the instrument!

@montyg7911 2 года назад

This may not be directly related, but..; I often wake up hearing the piece (I'm working) in my head in the morning. I also noticed when I wake up, sometimes, my hands were feeling tired like after a reckless practicing for some hours... so I am thinking perhaps I am doing some sort of mental practice while I am asleep or practicing piano in my dream?? I just started reading a section of "The Musician's Way" talking about "Mental Imaging Exercise". How timely it is. Pledge to myself; Add 15 min mental practice everyday (while I'm awake, of course :) )

@ThePianoProfKateBoyd 2 года назад

How exciting! Yes, this is totally related. Part of the learning process happens in your sleep, and when you have been practicing a lot, your brain continues to "work" on it as you sleep. A good strategy to try, to capitalize on the ability of your brain to process things overnight, is to do some mental practice shortly before bedtime.