[A long note is emphasized "by itself"] Look for long notes when you're confused about which note is the main note when you're playing a piano melody. For example, what is the longest note in bar 1 of this score? It's a quarter note, "E" E is the most energy-driven sound in this part. If you sing a song, you can easily see that e is the most emphasized. Similarly, the B, which starts with a pick up bar, is played lightly with a short note, and the energy-driven note becomes a "G" with a total length of two beats. If you put weight on a wrong short note rather than a long note, the phrase of the song will be broken. Likewise, what is the most emphasized note in this song?? will be "D" in measure 5, right? A,B flat,A,D should be played at different weights. Now, then, is every long note always emphasized? No. at measure 8, F is the half note. But this part is the end of the phrase, so the sound should be getting softer. If you cut th
[Why I have to practice slowly?] There's something that piano teachers usually say a lot. "Practice slowly" Why is that? When we play the piano, there are two main technical problems. 1. When your finger muscles get tight If you hit it quickly, your fingers will get tight without knowing it, and your arms will hurt and your sound will be all gone. 2. when you hit it with pressure on your fingers. Especially when you make a loud sound, you have to make a loud sound somehow, and there is no time, so without realizing it, you bend your fingers, give it strength, and hit it to make a cracking sound. I think more than 95% of the problems that come out when playing fast are these two problems. Let me give you an example. Running fast and eating something, is it possible? Why don't you have complicated thoughts when you're late for school or work and you're so busy? Rather, you may have experienced the distraction disappearing when you run fast or do aero