The Secret to Getting Out of a Piano Rut
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- Опубликовано: 5 июл 2024
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You've been playing piano for awhile now and it seems like it is getting to be a bit boring and tedious. So, how to get out of this piano playing rut? In this video, I talk about 5 common reasons why students get into a rut and solutions how to overcome them.
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Hey Jazer, I have a bit of a question, I don't know if you have a video on this but I couldn't find it. I'm looking to buy some literature to help me with my piano learnings. But the amount of options and variations is through the roof and I don't really know what I should get that would best help me. Since you're used to teaching I feel like perhaps you have a better idea what could help me.
For some info on myself; I'm entirely self-taught for the past 2 years (I am an adult). I know how to read notes (I used to play a flute) but I've never applied this skill to the piano at all (which is an entirely different ball game). I've learned to play pieces ranging anywhere between Ludovico Einaudi up to the 3rd mvnt of the Moonlight Sonata. My hands can learn to play a lot, and when motivated I'll just keep repeating until I get there, but I feel like my fundamentals and foundation is absolutely horrible, and my understanding of music theory is next to 0.
The answer might not be as easy to reach as I'm hoping, but I was wondering if you can recommend certain books/literature to me to help me elevate my piano learnings.
I would love to hear the answer to this too 😊
I find taking a break from the piano really helps if I'm stuck in a mental rut.
I change things up by playing practice pieces on my synths. Sometimes I choose the least appropriate sound I can think of and then try to make it "work" musically.
This!!!!
I do the same! Especially when I'm memorizing something. Changing the sound helps me focus on what I'm doing.
Funny, I do this as well! Especially when I'm getting bored of my repertoire
Oh,yes! When I think I can play a piece, I try different voices on my ePiano. As an exercise also for my ears😉, away from the routine.
Good idea!
My biggest motivation is my age. I started learning the piano at the age of 46. I can't afford to delay learning at that age.
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Excellent! ❤❤
You truly can make me want to go to the piano and practice, try new things. Thank you so much for your work, we, students really appreciate it. 🙏☺️
I am lucky to take lessons to have a teacher to keep me motivated, but when things start to feel repetitive or boring when I practice at home, I will change the sound on my keyboard and play it on harpsichord or organ. It just gives it a different vibe that brings back the appreciation for the piece. Having a wide repertoire will also definitely keep things interesting.
We should definitely watch Jazer Lee for motivation 😁
Your videos helped me for so much insight and learning in my Piano Journey. After more than 2 years of playing and consistent practice, my friends were shocked that I play pretty decent pieces now. Thanks for all the sharing.
I'm 66 and have been taking lessons for 3&1/2 years, and even though I really am enjoying the journey, I was wondering if you've ever had adult students my age become proficient at playing.
Yes, it is possible, the most important part is believing in yourself and having fun.
@Yourmumsmumsmum Thank you, I'm trying not to take myself, or my playing, too seriously.
Thanks Jazer The top 3 practice tips IMO is fresh, slow and focused. Where it is only possible to be super focused when fresh, and where motivation follows the faster progress following this top 3.
What amazing timing. This week I’ve had to force myself to practice, but it just feels like I’m going through the motions until the time is up and not really improving. Gonna then that around. Keep up the great content!
I bought an electric piano half a year ago. I don't have any other experience with music instruments. Started with basic lessons via a small course. Now I'm learning to play fûr Elise. It is going pretty good. To avoid to getting it boring I sometimes change the type of instrument in this way it is for me also possible to get thought hard parts and it's fun.
Thank you Jaser
I thought i was all over the place not focussing on the pieces i want to play but playing whatever came to mind-what song/piece was in my head. Now i feel affirmed with this 'crazy' practice 'routine ' of playing whatever i feel like-scales, sight reading something new I've never heard, focussing on a tricky few bars n playing them over and over till I get it!
I keep adding to my repertoire even if I am not ready to take them on. Reading through many pieces helps me get better at hearing them before I start playing them. I have also started to use Hanon to work on my fingering issues. Tedious but surprisingly effective. I typically get frustrated when getting stuck in songs I am learning and the mind-numbing repetitiveness of these exercises pays off quickly. Just recently getting back to playing, a big problem for me was my left hand being less nimble and strong than my right. That left-handed focused exercise at the beginning really helped and quickly. So I am building up my reference material as I discover the next problem to be addressed. There really is a method to learning and making noticeable progress is my biggest motivator.
Do you suppose we sometimes put too much pressure on ourselves? Unless there is a good reason, I can't see driving myself to learn all of whatever composer's pieces by a specific deadline. Having played piano, organ and also singing as a paid soloist in nearly every church and three synagogues, I feel I was able to do plenty in my own area. Bringing joy to people whom I know means more to me than any recital or concert in front of an audience of people who are strangers to me [and yes, there were a few such concerts along the way, so this is not a "Sour grapes" assertion like the fox in Aesop's fable].
Also, since I've been playing for more than 50 years (I had my first lessons in 1970) and due to a number of reasons (parents' messy divorce, leaving home at 17 to live with friends, to name just two reasons) was not able to enter piano competitions. When I reached age 30 I was sad, I mourned, and I moved on.
Jazer Lee, your outlook is wonderful: you stress the joy of playing and learning music, and believe me, it makes a wonderful, huge difference. I am a fan, and I hope you will always find joy in your teaching and playing.
Thanks gor this Jazer, you certainly provide me with inspiration to try all of these. I'm totally enjoying my piano more, thanks to your sound advice.
Great . You are a great mentor and musician . Great work you are doing for this world .
Listening new kind of music, despite it is not your instrument, all kind of music opens your mind…and give power to your “mental-music-library”
I find it helpful to have short-, medium- & longer-term goals.
Short-term: “Finish” (for now) 2 of the 3 pieces I’m currently practicing.
Med-term: regain most or all my previous finger strength & control, measured by playing sections of specific pieces I used to play.
Med-term: improve sight-reading & octaves. Need to quantify these & other technique goals.
Longer-term: become ready, in my & teacher’s judgment, to start working on Bach’s Goldberg Variations 😍. Look into casual accompaniment skills & opportunities.
I can relate to all of these, sadly!🙏 Thank you, for making it all so clear!😅
Changing genres helps me a lot. I focus on classical but whenever I get bored I’ll play a jazz piece or some Disney music
Lovely video, thank you 🙏 my goal Is since the start of this year i started playing piano (self learning) And i am trying to track my progress And i want to edit it all up in a video at the end of the year 😄Its hard , but Its quite beneficial to record myself
One of my piano goals
Gershwins
Concerto in F !
Im 71 n been learning for 3-4years, mostly self taught-im up to Grade 3 plus my fav pieces-oh n Piazzollas Oblivion. Tango is my other passion 💃🏻
Hmmm…I still feel too shy to play in front of others so even just recording myself on my phone and listening back to it is just a huge reveal! I usually try to have time to throw in a piece I know and like and can play so that I have done something deliberately fun…. I like your idea from a previous video to learn a scale a week…it is taking me longer :-) but having a time goal to just get through them has been motivating (and I even started throwing in some Hanon again!). One thing I have done recently is when it is time for bed and I didn’t practice (whoa….) then I just open the piano, play a random chord and do a 30 second or so improv…close the piano up and head off. For some reason, probably because I used to think improv was impossible for me, as a sight reader only, I just feel like it’s a big accomplishment. As is, look at me, I just made up something that sounds like such and such or is totally new. Funny…. Thanks Jazer for the tips! 😊
I've been learning the Rule of the Octave this month. By breaking it down into individual parts, I've started to sing and feel that I can keep a melody. This is important since I've had over 60 years of psychological baggage with my voice. I sing badly, but I sing badly in tune.
Not stuck so far, but if it happens I’d enjoy some Baroque pieces played with harpsichord sound. Or toss out my practice discipline for a day & just sightread or sound out things that appeal to me, at whatever speed is fun.
also nice is learn short pieces , cause than you dont need to study hours of hours, example carnival grom robert schuman.preludes from chopin, short and keep motivated
When you began playing various musical pieces, I thoroughly enjoyed the experience and was prepared to listen continuously for hours. I must admit, I wasn't anticipating you to resume speaking again so soon! :))
Hey jazer,please do a tutorial on Bach prelude in c minor which you played in the video
Great video buddy. We want to see more performance videos 😊
Very good 👍 👏 👌
Making time for focused, active listening never fails to refuel my fire. Imo just 10 or 15 minutes of daily music listening is just as important as physically practicing at the instrument.
Be disciplined
Motivation is not reliable
Hello all! Love this teacher!
God bless you. I always wanted to play fantasie impromptu - correctly. One day i ll come to you. Warmest tegards, malina
Thanks Sir, I really learn from your videos . Can you please do a video on Kiss the rain by Yiruma ? Thanks 😊
I find goals as good for depression, but no goals and just monotony for burnout. Burnout is more of an overwhelmed feeling, while depression is more of a low self esteem. The trick to goals is that you need to make them the right difficulty, or else you will get more tired and frustrated if you constantly fail to meet them.
You must have read my mind - looking forward to watching this! Thank you 👋👍 PS Jazer - what is the modern piece you played in between River and the Bach praeludium (which I have not a cat in hell's chance of playing btw 😆😆)
Rondo alla Turca (Turkish March) by Mozart
The jazz piece at 1:11 (definitely not Mozart)@@helenebennie3961
nice to see the primogem at 5:33
My goal for this month is to train my hands to be loose. Before I started learning piano, my hands were stiff from doing daily work that required so much gross motor movement. A month in and I can already feel my fingers a bit more loose.
Buries head in shame!❤
I do not know how to play one “piece” on piano but I know lots of songs and have my own songs. Started maybe a year ago. Have my first piano set tonight at a bar. 🙌🏼
I'm 5 months late to this comment, but how'd your set go?
I have resumed lessons in my early 50s. My lofty long term goal is to play the first book of the Well-tempered Clavier by 60. Preferably by heart...
I am going on vacation next week but am interested in online lessons. I am 68 and will share my piano experience when I return from vacation 👍.
what is the outro music please?!
Perhaps going to a concert can be inspiring to get someone out of a rut.
My goal: Learn my current piece by the end of the year (Quiet from Matilda the Musical).
I tend to break my sessions in 30 minutes stints (all the time I can afford during the working week). I follow a five pillar system:
Clear learning goal for the sesh
Recap and recall previous learning
Learn new material in small steps
Practice it repeatedly
Feedback (this element needs work though as I have no one to feedback to me 😂)
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Im self-taught, playing by year, but been playing for 8 years. My skill level is at Advanced i would say..
On theory, im beginner.
I just realised how bad i am when another piano player was very shocked i been playing for so long..
How do i find out what to improve on? I dont know where to start from or what to do.. I realised i dont know arpegios after trying moonlight sonata 3rd movement. Like i can do simple ones with 2 hands, but i cant complex ones. I can improvise music, but my hardest piece is probably "Turkish March - Rondo Alla Turca". I dont know which music is at my level.
In the last 2 years my progression been REAAALLY slow.. I learnt like 10 things, that take around 1 month to learn.
My secret is to never practice any scales at all or any of the other boring things :D and only play pieces that i like. works like magic.
For myself, the two things that inspire and encourage me most are 1) Progress and 2) Recognition. Progress is painfully slow, and since I'm not that good, I do not present finished pieces to anyone for feedback. Sounds like a rut to me.
same, been playing for 5 years now. I feel progress is painfully slow for me too, to the extent that I come to the somewhat confronting conclusion that I'm just a very slow learner. Especially sight reading where I feel positively retarded.
I’m not sure how to structure my practices. If I just practice a piece I am learning, there are so many other skills I am ignoring. A 3 hour practice is not going to happen. 45-60 min. Is doable. Suggestions???
This is always my problem. 😂
People who can afford a piano can definitely afford a a good keyboard with graded hammer action and hundreds of sounds!! Just the piano sound all the time can be really boring!!!
I'm in a massive rut and havent played piano for months. I can't stay consistent and im dealing with other problems and issues. I need help.
What works for me is to listen to RUclips videos of other pianists until I find a piece I absolutely fall in love with and really want to learn myself
I do that too, it really does work, only thing I have is a bit of regret that I picked a 6 and a half minute piece but oh well I gotta go and finish it now (moonligt sonata 1st movement)@@qontroL
I would very much like this teacher to give me feedback
My goal is to play Chopin nocturne this year
My piano goal: Hungarian Rhapsody No.2, Lassan part for my next 30 day❤
Sigh... wish it was that easy to alternate what I (can) play..
I'm motivated and won't give up, but it is extremely discouraging when you realize an instrument will never be your "native language" just because you didn't begin as a small child. You may learn the language of music fairly well, but you'll never be a native. 😢
Not with that attitude. I've read there's some who started at adult age and became concert pianists. Only you are gonna stop you!
Yeah, well, there's a thing called reality, too. One's attitude can't solve everything, nor can wishful thinking and positivity change one's native language. 😁😁😆
There are only two advantages those former child musicians have - a head start, and they don't suffer from being goal-orientated the way adults do.
No, I disagree. Playing an instrument also requires many technical skills and reflexes that a child's brain and fingers can assimilate in a way that a person who begins playing after a certain critical age never will.
First of all, you only fail when you stop trying to reach your goals. Secondly, what’s with this “all or nothing” mentality? If you can’t be a concert pianist you won’t be happy playing piano? Some people literally learn a different language as an adult and become just as proficient with that language as their native language. Although I’m in my 50’s my piano goal is to learn as much as I can by the end of my life. I’m not trying to make a career out of this obviously, but I stay motivated and not “utterly discouraged” as you are. You have set this very high bar and have a lousy attitude about it. That combination never ends in success. I say one of those things has to change or else you will stay “utterly discouraged”. Good luck to you in your continued piano adventure.
Learn five Chopin nocturnes
If you play uncontrolled and badly, but you think yourself that it sounds really good, then why would you be in a rot? You wouldn't know.