Children's piano teaching methods: improving the quality of finger practice. In the process of practicing piano, some adult friends who learn piano don't pay much attention to the quality of finger practice. When playing fingers like Hanon, I believe that the faster the speed, the better the effect. Actually, it's not like this. For any piece of music, playing fast does not mean playing well, and Hanon is no exception. The main purpose of finger exercises is to train the independence, graininess and durability of fingers. The faster you play, the harder it is to understand these three elements. Moreover, slowing down the playing speed is not only beneficial for our fingers to receive training, but also helps us to deal with some details.
Keep the volume consistent.
Take Hanon's first law as an example. First, slow down to less than 40 beats and play at three different volumes: weak, medium and strong, which can help you distinguish the strength of your feelings. In addition, the volume of the five fingers should be the same, which requires that the fingers should take care of each other and exert the same force. This exercise is actually to train the uniformity of each finger and make the weak finger aim at the strong finger as soon as possible. Different volumes of practice methods not only increase the amount of practice, but also deepen the degree of practice, which is a multiplier effect.
From slow to fast, slow down at any time.
? From slow to fast? The benefits are well known. Let's focus on them here? Slow down anytime? Benefits. Take Hanon's article 3 1 as an example. This is an exercise to expand the distance between fingers and train the big finger to play alternately with the other four fingers. It is not easy for beginners who are playing the finger foundation to play evenly. At this time, we should start slow practice (below 60 beats a minute), and then slowly accelerate to 80 beats after slow proficiency, and then to 100 beats. If the volume of the weak finger is lower than that of the strong finger, or the wrist is stiff, you should immediately slow down, return to the slow speed to adjust the sound of each finger and relax your wrist. This method is only applicable to finger exercises, etudes and music. We want the integrity of the performance, so we should slow down to the point where we can play the music completely.
You shouldn't practice too much, you should choose the classic style of play.
Take Hanon as an example. The first part is 1, 8, 15. In the second part, just call 29,31. Many of Hanon's exercises are the same topic, so don't repeat the same topic in finger exercises. Because, repeating those boring and meaningless finger exercises too much will not help to improve piano skills. Some beginners think that in the process of practicing the piano, you should play Hanun more, which is completely unnecessary and not helpful to practice. In addition, don't practice your fingers at the beginning of practicing the piano. You should practice after one or two etudes or music. The advantage of doing this is to avoid dependence on finger practice in the future? You can't play music without finger practice. After reaching a certain stage (Cherny 849), we should reduce the amount of finger exercises and increase the amount of basic exercises such as scales, arpeggios and chromatic scales.
Train your thumb alone
This is an exercise method that is generally ignored by everyone. When we play scales, arpeggios are not coherent and even, partly because the thumb is not effectively trained. Slow finger piercing, slow stretching and easy to be stiff are all stubborn diseases of the thumb. If you want to train your thumb effectively, you have to practice separately. There are two ways to practice: one is to keep the sound, and the other is to practice finger puncture. In the first practice, you can keep any of the other four fingers and then play with your thumb only. Hanergy offers this kind of practice. Although it is only a few short paragraphs, we can expand on it. For example, two or four fingers are fixed, and then the big finger bounces between them, and then it can be stretched to a longer distance. The second exercise method is also available in Hanon, but it is not recommended. We can practice by directly decomposing scales and arpeggios. For example, we can practice all 24 major and minor scales and arpeggios where we need our thumbs. Among them, in the arpeggio part, you should stretch out your big finger to get enough sound, make the whole palm move in parallel, and minimize the help of your wrist.
Piano education for children
Children's piano teaching methods: how to improve the quality of basic exercises. Basic exercises and finger exercises should be viewed separately. Finger exercises are only those that improve the vocal ability of each finger. Basic exercises include improving the playing ability of each finger, training the wrist to be light and comfortable, and relaxing and soft arms.
Selective repetition
Although we should spend more time on basic exercises, it doesn't mean that we should blindly repeat them. For example, instead of practicing the twenty-four major and minor scales and arpeggios in Hanon's order, divide them into two parts: one from the white keys and the other from black keys. We can purposefully separate scales that don't start with the thumb from scales that start with the thumb (all scales that start with black keys don't start with the thumb, while arpeggios that start with black keys only start with G-flat major and its minor), and then practice separately. There are many ways to separate scales from arpeggios. Some people suggest that those with similar tonality be grouped together, while others suggest that those with ascending or descending signs be grouped together. But I think my division is more reasonable from the point of view of playing? Is it easier to find the tonic and predict and change the fingering? Therefore, the performance is smoother and more reasonable, which is more conducive to sight-playing. After classification, you should practice selectively. If the white key doesn't play well at first, play the white key, and so does black keys. This greatly reduces unnecessary repetitive exercises.
Be sure to practice at different speeds
For beginners, sub-speed practice is an extremely useful way to practice. Everyone has their own three speeds: slow, medium and fast, and they should practice at the same time when practicing basic exercises. Slow control the sound and relaxation of each finger; Ensure the uniformity of each tone at medium speed; Meet the requirements of slow speed and medium speed. The advantage of this kind of training is that by practicing at different speeds and times, you can relax every finger and play every note fully and evenly. Sub-speed exercises can not only exercise the independence of fingers, but also learn a practice method from slow to fast. Take the scale as an example. Many friends can't play coherent and even scales, not only because their fingers are not independent enough, but also because their thumbs can't shuttle freely. In this case, you should take out the shuttle part of your thumb and practice it alone. Take octave as an example. Some friends can't relax their wrists at octave. At this time, they should stop to check whether the strength is correct and whether the wrist is relaxed to the shoulder. Regular inspection will help you avoid bad habits, not blindly? Reckless Much more effective. Take the third degree as an example. Some friends can't control the third degree well, or can't guarantee the uniformity of the sound at the third degree. At this time, they should practice 2, 4, 3 and 5 fingers, 1, 3 and 5 fingers respectively. After dealing with these two details for a period of time, you will slowly find the trick of doing it three times.
Major and minor scales, arpeggios, MINUS seven chords should be practiced frequently.
Major and minor scales, arpeggios and negative septa chords are the most important parts in basic exercises, and most of the music we encounter in the future is composed of them. They are of great benefit to improving the level of beginners, because they can not only improve our familiarity with keyboard space, but also effectively improve the function of our fingers, making them easier to stretch and more dexterous. In addition, in terms of practice methods, you can use? Eight degrees apart, and vice versa? Methods make practice more extensive and diverse. In short, we should pay attention to these basic exercises in the piano learning stage, but we should not blindly increase the exercises. When comparing with etudes and music, make way for the latter.
Basic exercises can be interspersed in the process of practicing piano.
Basic exercises are not only carried out before etudes and music, they can be interspersed in the whole process of practicing the piano. For example, after playing an etude or taking a break, you can play them first. The advantage of doing this is to increase the number of stimuli and maximize the effect of these exercises.
Don't emphasize quantity in basic exercises, but increase the number of times of playing.
Piano, as a skill, needs years of practice. One of the main reasons is that both the brain and hands need to accumulate certain knowledge and skills. Some people can't improve quickly even if they play the piano for five or six hours every day, because it takes time to digest these knowledge and skills. Therefore, in order to achieve the best results in daily practice, we should increase the number of piano playing and reduce the time of each practice. It is enough to ensure that the time of each exercise is 1 hour. In the same way, for highly repetitive basic exercises, we should also reduce the time of each exercise and increase the number of exercises.
Variable rhythm movement