How Did You Learn Piano? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Nia Mutiara   
Thursday, 23 July 2009 14:26

A lot of you have taken piano courses since you were little. Have you ever pondered how your journey of learning piano was? If you haven't, you can try XD

These are some questions that may help you go back to your past... for a while. It's not necessary that you tell me your answers. If you share them with your friends, probably you'll find something :D

 

Duration of Taking Piano Course

  1. When did you start taking piano course?
  2. When did you stop taking piano course?

Before Entering University...

  1. How many hours did you practice everyday?
  2. What stuff do you mostly practice? [techniques, sight reading, improvising... etc.]
  3. What stuff do you hate to practice?



After Entering University...

  1. How many hours do you practice per day/per week?
  2. What you like to practice? [learnt pieces, new pieces, scales, improvising... etc.]
  3. What is the most important to be practiced?
  4. What do you hate to practice? [sight read, aural... etc.]
  5. If you play scales, do you think you play them evenly?
  6. Do you miss the old days when you can practice everyday?
  7. Why do you still practice? [for fun, for exam, for concerts/events, so that your hands still ok...]

Until Now...

  1. What aspect you think hardest to understand? [tech, notes, dynamics, rhythm, etc.]

Nervous!!

  1. Do you think you often make unexpected mistakes that never happen in your practice?
  2. How do you think you respond to nervousness? Do you feel petrified or excited?
I've tried answering a few of those questions. Surprisingly, I found it's easier to answer them when I asked those questions to my friends first! This does not necessarily apply for you, but it's worth try. When else you can freely ask your friends? It may be pretty uncomfortable when you're in the working world Smile
What I've found from asking some of the questions is that people may have different practice habit. This can be one foundation to help you understand why certain people are more suited to play certain pieces, or more suited for other genre.
That also helps me to have something to write about here :P