Slow practice at the Piano

So…..I decided to try something new and put the camera on the other side of the piano. I think it provides a good perspective and a more interesting background. I also like being able to use natural light that comes through the sliding glass door next to the piano.

The only disadvantages with this new setup I can see so far: I can’t get the camera as far away from the piano as I could before, which means that I have to get creative about camera angles when I demonstrate.

Also, I can only make a video during a particular time of day; at night I obviously won’t have light, but also in the afternoons, the light beats into the windows, which makes it impossible to film anything.

Anyway, this week’s video is the first video from this vantage point, and it’s about SLOW PRACTICE AT THE PIANO.

This video actually took me about three months to finally make! Slow practice is such a fundamental component to practicing, I thought it would just take an afternoon to jot down a few ideas and then make a quick video. But then as I started to think about it, I realized that slow practice is a nuanced topic that I wanted to discuss in a nuanced way.

And so in this video, I discuss the pitfalls of not doing enough slow practice, but I also address the problems with doing too MUCH slow practice. At the end I give you a few tips to apply to your own practicing.

Let me know your thoughts in the comments!

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