How do I learn piano making my hands work together?

When learning piano one of the most difficult skills to master is making your hands work independently. Still this is a fundamental part of the pianists technique so we have to learn to master independence of hands at an early stage.

Some able adults will despair to their piano teacher that they feel they'll never master this skill, whereas many tiny tots seem to learn independent hands with no apparent problem. Let's face it, everyone's brain works slightly differently. Some are just wired naturally for piano playing and some are not.

Don't despair though. By following the advice below anyone can benefit from their piano lessons. some will take longer than others and may feel they are getting nowhere for a while but there is always some improvement through practice.

Here are the three steps.

First make sure the piece you are trying is easy enough for you. Don't try to run before you can walk. Adults often think they can race ahead past the first pieces in the book. Take it steady.

With the piano keyboard your brain has to contend with many unfamiliar commands and learn new motor skills. When you think of the story of the hare and the tortoise you can realise that with playing the piano, slow and steady to the finishing line really is the best policy.

Second, practice each hand slowly and by itself until you can play almost perfectly. You should be so confident that someone walking into the room would not distract you from your piano playing.

You should be able to play the left hand whilst singing the melody of the right hand at the same time. This is a great way to start to detach your playing from your conscious thinking. Eventually your hands will carry on playing wherever your mind may be.

Third, just take it slowly. I mean slow the tempo right down and play the piano notes regularly in tempo but slowly. You'll naturally have to play more slowly hands together than you do hands separately at first.

As soon as you start to play with both hands, cut the speed in half (way slower than you think you could play it or that you know it should go) and be very, very precise over how you play the notes. Watch the fingers playing the notes and be aware that you're in control of every movement they make (you are, aren't you?)!

Follow these simple steps and you will be able to learn piano quite rapidly. Some folk will just get it almost right away whereas you may have to persevere with the right piano notes more slowly. Stay with it 'though and you will certainly get there in the end.

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