Hi, I am once again puzzled by this John Thompson book, this time after my teacher suddenly jumped to this piece after I had finished the first three song only. First thing is, if the aim of the song is to learn/practise triplet, why have the un-necessary complicated "chord" (as my teacher named them) for the left hand? What should I expect to learn from this piece? Triplet or "chord"? How about triplets for left hand? Second is the tempo. Allegro is indeed not slow if I (a beginner) am to play three keys in one beat at >108 bpm. For weeks I have been trying to catch up. So far so good right hand. But the bass clef is killing me. Yet if I am playing only at 50 bpm, am I defeating the purpose of this piece? Sorry for these mumbling. But I feel really uneasy with John Thompson book now. I even feel like I should leave it behind for my Beyer instead.
You sound like a music student. I know the pain and frustration well. First, I wonder why your teacher skipped from the beginning of the book all the way back to this piece. That is a major jump. It must be just because there was a need for you to know about triplets now instead of later. When learning a piece of music, always tackle the piece one hand at a time at first, so just concentrate on getting the triplets down and don't worry about the chords. Once you can do the triplets and you understand them, then you can add the chords in the left hand. The purpose of this piece is to get the counting for triplets down and to introduce you to some standard fingering patterns used in piano for the right hand, which this piece uses very well. Don't worry about triplets for the left hand yet. Just get the counting down pat; that is what's important here. Tempo is relative, not absolute. Your allegro and my allegro are two different things. Start practicing slowly, as slowly as necessary to play it correctly. Then gradually speed it up until you get it as fast as you think it should go. This can take time so be patient. I use 50 in my videos so you can clearly hear the notes and rhythm. It's not a performance speed, but a starting speed for practicing. I'm confused about your problem with the bass clef. If you are in this book, you should know the bass clef very well. The John Thompson books advance very quickly so you need to go slow with them. You can discuss this with your teacher. I don't know why you would jump from page 5 to 65. That is a really huge leap.
Yes I am a piano student. By bass clef I mean the chords to be played by left hand. I didn't know any chord thing like what appears in this piece before. This is truly a big leap for me. The hand movement required is rather subtle. If I have been practising chord before, I might struggle less with this piece. From now on I will take the theme of this piece to be counting like what you mentioned. Luckily I am good with the triplets (alone) insofar. For some time, I have been wanting to tell my teacher to cease using John Thompson's book. Not meaning Mr. Thompson is bad, only it seems like I cannot fit into his model. The feeling is getting much stronger after I start on book 2. Anyway thank you very much for your advice. Look forward to your other videos.
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Hi,
I am once again puzzled by this John Thompson book, this time after my teacher suddenly jumped to this piece after I had finished the first three song only.
First thing is, if the aim of the song is to learn/practise triplet, why have the un-necessary complicated "chord" (as my teacher named them) for the left hand? What should I expect to learn from this piece? Triplet or "chord"? How about triplets for left hand?
Second is the tempo. Allegro is indeed not slow if I (a beginner) am to play three keys in one beat at >108 bpm. For weeks I have been trying to catch up. So far so good right hand. But the bass clef is killing me. Yet if I am playing only at 50 bpm, am I defeating the purpose of this piece?
Sorry for these mumbling. But I feel really uneasy with John Thompson book now. I even feel like I should leave it behind for my Beyer instead.
You sound like a music student. I know the pain and frustration well. First, I wonder why your teacher skipped from the beginning of the book all the way back to this piece. That is a major jump. It must be just because there was a need for you to know about triplets now instead of later.
When learning a piece of music, always tackle the piece one hand at a time at first, so just concentrate on getting the triplets down and don't worry about the chords. Once you can do the triplets and you understand them, then you can add the chords in the left hand. The purpose of this piece is to get the counting for triplets down and to introduce you to some standard fingering patterns used in piano for the right hand, which this piece uses very well. Don't worry about triplets for the left hand yet. Just get the counting down pat; that is what's important here.
Tempo is relative, not absolute. Your allegro and my allegro are two different things. Start practicing slowly, as slowly as necessary to play it correctly. Then gradually speed it up until you get it as fast as you think it should go. This can take time so be patient. I use 50 in my videos so you can clearly hear the notes and rhythm. It's not a performance speed, but a starting speed for practicing. I'm confused about your problem with the bass clef. If you are in this book, you should know the bass clef very well.
The John Thompson books advance very quickly so you need to go slow with them. You can discuss this with your teacher. I don't know why you would jump from page 5 to 65. That is a really huge leap.
Yes I am a piano student.
By bass clef I mean the chords to be played by left hand. I didn't know any chord thing like what appears in this piece before. This is truly a big leap for me. The hand movement required is rather subtle. If I have been practising chord before, I might struggle less with this piece.
From now on I will take the theme of this piece to be counting like what you mentioned. Luckily I am good with the triplets (alone) insofar.
For some time, I have been wanting to tell my teacher to cease using John Thompson's book. Not meaning Mr. Thompson is bad, only it seems like I cannot fit into his model. The feeling is getting much stronger after I start on book 2.
Anyway thank you very much for your advice. Look forward to your other videos.
Thank you very much! My teacher said this was going to be my little homework from the weekend so your video helped me very much!
You're welcome!