Soooo.... many years since I had a teacher to ask.
I have e song I need to learn. Nothing to fancy, but the first 3 bars is way faster and trickier then I would like to admit. And when practicing playing really fast I have found a few small habits I have that I can't remember if I've been schooled to keep to by my teacher when younger, or if I've just developed them by my self and should try to get out of.
So a few questions to all experts out here:
-If I play in a Key that have 3 or more sharps I have the habit of holding down that G# key with my pinky whenever I play a lower note than G#. If say I play a F#, E, D# or D (any of the right hands notes) I keep that G# pushed down constantly.
Is this a bad habit?
In this latest song I'm trying to nail I've noticed that I stumbles when playing the melody fast going from F# up to A, or E to A, because of my pinky having to release that G# at the same time as my other hand releases the F#.
Also in the first bar I stumbles when going from E to low C#, when my left hand pinky needs to chang from that G#(I'm unconsciously keeping pressed) to low C#.
I tried to change to keep low C# pressed instead for both C# and G# but it only results in keeping my pinky stretched even more and therefore stumbling even more.
Is it a bad habit to keep the G# or C # down when playing notes on the right hand?
Or is it a good habit and I just need to practice my fingerings and speed?
-My second habit (good or bad?) is that I tend to use side key for A# and front fingering for Bb. Is this good or bad?
In this song there is an momentary A# I'm not sure how to tackle. I unconsciously go for the side A#, but then when climbing back up again I stumbles when I have to release F# with my right and hit the side A# at the same time.
What would be the best/most efficient/correct/easiest way to finger/play the first 3 bars in this song?
Should I force my self out of old learned habits of fingerings, or should I keep to them and just keep practicing slow to reach the speed I neeed?
Here's the sheet for the song:
I have e song I need to learn. Nothing to fancy, but the first 3 bars is way faster and trickier then I would like to admit. And when practicing playing really fast I have found a few small habits I have that I can't remember if I've been schooled to keep to by my teacher when younger, or if I've just developed them by my self and should try to get out of.
So a few questions to all experts out here:
-If I play in a Key that have 3 or more sharps I have the habit of holding down that G# key with my pinky whenever I play a lower note than G#. If say I play a F#, E, D# or D (any of the right hands notes) I keep that G# pushed down constantly.
Is this a bad habit?
In this latest song I'm trying to nail I've noticed that I stumbles when playing the melody fast going from F# up to A, or E to A, because of my pinky having to release that G# at the same time as my other hand releases the F#.
Also in the first bar I stumbles when going from E to low C#, when my left hand pinky needs to chang from that G#(I'm unconsciously keeping pressed) to low C#.
I tried to change to keep low C# pressed instead for both C# and G# but it only results in keeping my pinky stretched even more and therefore stumbling even more.
Is it a bad habit to keep the G# or C # down when playing notes on the right hand?
Or is it a good habit and I just need to practice my fingerings and speed?
-My second habit (good or bad?) is that I tend to use side key for A# and front fingering for Bb. Is this good or bad?
In this song there is an momentary A# I'm not sure how to tackle. I unconsciously go for the side A#, but then when climbing back up again I stumbles when I have to release F# with my right and hit the side A# at the same time.
What would be the best/most efficient/correct/easiest way to finger/play the first 3 bars in this song?
Should I force my self out of old learned habits of fingerings, or should I keep to them and just keep practicing slow to reach the speed I neeed?
Here's the sheet for the song: