Sustain Pedal Replacement Recommendation:
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Ariel Makes Mistakes Too
Work on piano part of song.
Then work melody to piano.
Final step is singing over chords only.
work on singing loud consistently with chest voice, with warmups or otherwise.
The And
Play with your wrists.
Check your thumbs.
Work on ands.
Dont forget 7th notes on chords.
Volume and pitch for singing at higher registers.
Relax, stay loose. Do breathing exercises.
Metronome!
Always practice with metronome.
Count out loud while practicing piano stuff.
Practice in chunks using rule of five, isolate chords or problem areas as needed.
Watch posture, thumb joint, play with wrists.
Fix piano height and music stand.
Raise volume back to max, listen for resolution of warble to hit notes exactly.
Intervals and Left hand
Learn to play beginning of when will etc…
work on playing with left hand from beginning.
work on figuring out major chords up the keyboard.
sing loud.
Watch posture always. Recheck things like thumb joint every time you stop.
Numbers and Theory
- Keep heel down for pedal, integrate into regular practice.
- Use best inversion.
- Add left hand bass.
- Play from wrist, keep wrist low, use good part of fingers, overdo thumb joint.
- Practice building chords.
Go slowwww!
- Go slow to ensure quality reps.
- Make sure to feel thumb joint.
- Plan inversions and fingerings for ease of play.
- Incorporate left hand bass.
- work on correct sustain pedal technique.
- Volume, singing and playing.
- Go slow especially when warming up to lock down singing pitch. Watch far zones extra close.
Tangled (Updated)
- Work on tangled phrase by phrase slow and loud.
- Practice in chunks.
- breathe deep into stomach with diaphragm.
- Squeeze diaphragm consistently while singing.
- Keep striving for more volume.
- Work on melodies to metronome very slowly.
- Work in chunks.
- Keep doing white key exercise as a warm.
- Play with thumb join and gradually adjust piano technique.