Created an alt: https://twitter.com/apianocat1 Will be thinking out lout about the theme of piano w/o sheet music. Or yoga for piano. Or dancing with your hands. Something like that...
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Even if you mix in music theory or more improv based techniques like those found in jazz it's still a lot of stuff to *learn* rather than *feel*.
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Instead I think learning piano should be more like learning dancing or juggling. There are basic and advanced movements to learn and chain together. Just like dancing or juggling, rhythm is essential. However... the music is not *that* important.
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While practicing hand movements it's good to follow some rules so that you're not producing jarring sounds however the end goal is not beautiful music but a beautiful feeling of body/rhythm flow.
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Often times stumbling on a piece that sounds good to you and is fun to play is the trick to get your hands *addicted* to a specific movement so that the hard work of practice doesn't feel like hard work.
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A good intro to piano IMO is not Every Good Boy Deserves Fudge but C major arpeggios with crossing hands. It's only 3 keys and a simple hand shape but you can really "feel" like you're playing piano instead of studying it.
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It's also very easy to build on. E.g. you can just change the root note to play a different chord or extend with various chord progressions. Changing the root is just putting your thumb on a different key while keeping the same hand shape so 90% of the practice carries over.
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Haven't really thought about difficulty progressions besides this first step but other 'moves':
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Gb pentatonic scale hand dancing: (accuracy w/ black keys) one handed arpeggios for accurate finger tuck hops. chord & octave jumps (left and right) hand independence, rhythm... The common theme is that these are all about "hand feel" rather than sound or theory.
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