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Wednesday, December 30, 2009

7 Tips on How to Read Piano Sheet Music in the Treble Clef - Treble Clef

By Veronica Carrillo

Perhaps you have just decided to learn how to play the piano and you are waiting for your first lesson. Perhaps you took lessons as a child but you have not touched your piano in years. On the other hand, perhaps you are a great pianist, but you can only play with piano music and you have none with you. In this article, I will show you how to sit down at the piano and just play. I am talking about improvising; something anyone can do.

Musically inclined students who desire to be professional musicians are more inclined to choose traditional instructor led guitar courses. They need the one to one guidance. They will not be able to get this privilege from online lessons.

Another way to improvise on the piano is to play a game I call "Finish the Melody." To do this, play one note. Then, let go of that note and play it again, followed by another note. Then let go again and play those two notes adding another note. Continue in this fashion until you can not remember all of your melody. Then start a new one. Maybe this melody starts on a new note. If you are a good singer, singing helps develop your melodies. So, sing.

Finally, if you do have experience playing the piano, but you are afraid to improvise, allow yourself the freedom to play what you want. Be your own gentle piano teacher. Allow yourself the freedom to experiment. Begin with a simple triad. Play it in both hands one note at a time then as together. Add some rhythm and creativity and your improvising.

The most important key to improvising is to be kind to yourself. Avoid judgments of what you are creating. Statements like, "That's no good;" "That's too simple;" and "Yeah, but it's not _________" (fast, fancy, pretty) can shut down the creative process before it even gets started.

For some challenging goals or super hard riffs, you may have to take breaks for a few minutes, or even work consecutively for days on them to get them fast and clean, just remember to start slow, began where you left off, or slower, and keep going. Well, I hope this helps uncover the secrets of playing guitar fast. You can play fast, if you will only go slow and be disciplined. As Bruce Lee said, "Faith is a state of mind that can be conditioned through self-discipline. Faith will accomplish.

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