Tips For Practicing Piano Options

[Noodelz]

I've completely loss my motivation to play classical piano now. I've decided to concentrate on other things like composition and jazz and wait until the urge to play classical music comes back again (if it comes back).

I too wanted to play Chopin's ballades, Mozart's sonatas et all but that was ages ago when I was still a beginner. Now I'm at the level where I could learn to play them confidently but I've just been completely turned off by it all.

Whenever you lose your motivation just play other stuff with your exam pieces or whatever you are playing. You don’t need to bribe yourself with fun pieces. Just play them!

[A:TLA]

Ooh...Nice tips, guys. Thanks. ^^

I actually DO like to practice the piano. I like learning the new pieces, but when I have to play a piece over and over again, that irritates and bores me.

That's what I meant for tips for practicing piano. Sorry for not making it clear enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

[Robodoc]

Ooh...Nice tips, guys. Thanks. ^^

I actually DO like to practice the piano. I like learning the new pieces, but when I have to play a piece over and over again, that irritates and bores me.

That's what I meant for tips for practicing piano. Sorry for not making it clear enough. (IMG:style_emoticons/default/laugh.gif)

Ah, what you're after is a way to stay on the steep part of the learning curve, which is fine too. I started a thread on that not long ago: You don't make real progress unless you practice a piece enough to play it really well - that's the playing over and over (though you should be isolating the difficult bits and only playing the odd phrase or bar repeatedly before slotting it back in to the whole thing), and yes it can be irritating and boring, so make sure that somewhere in your practice repertoire is something that you're still in the early stages of learning - that way you're always on the steep part of the learning curve for something and you can continually feel yourself improving somewhere (even if other areas seem to be stagnant)

[A:TLA]

Thanks for that one. ^^

I'll try that.

[Rock Star Guy]

Listen to A LOT of piano music, no more of that Kaiser Chiefs stuff! (lol just kidding)

Especially music that makes you think "I want to play that" iff you keep an ear out you'll discover things that you really like the sound of and that should make you want to pay more,
Also make sure you have a variety of music on the go so if you don't feel like playing something you might feel like playing something else

if you don't feel like "practicing" maybe just play for a while and see what comes out, that might help you ease into playing what you need to, and also, you'll be improving your musicality without realising it.