How to Become A Natural Pianist? explore the tips to play with flexibility

Did playing of piano comes from your inner soul? Do you create rhythm on piano automatically? Some of you may get it at very young age. If you develop the skill of playing piano without an expert, it means you have develop the skill of a natural pianist. Some of you may develop a flow of playing piano automatically. Some of the audience listening to your piano playing will be of an opinion that you have inherited this skill. But, you have acquired it with knowledge  and regular practice. Yes, it is possible to become a natural pianist with regular practice.

 

Meaning of natural piano playing

 

Anybody can play piano by learning or reading from books. But, there are very few people who plays piano naturally. They are the individuals who plays piano in an improvised way and that too in any style.  Some of them has in in born talent to do so. But, there are some people who have developed this skill over the course of time. Some people just sit on piano to play the music. But, they end up playing something randomly without any knowledge. Naturally, it becomes a mess. But, the ones who play piano in  a natural way won’t have such problems.

Example of non-natural piano playing

 

A person named as John learns piano lessons and sit for the examination every tear. He went through all the grades of traditional piano performance. This has benefitted John in many ways. First, he gained the skill of reading music. Also, he acquired good techniques. But, soon he realized that he is associated with the traditional piece of piano learning. Thus, the techniques are repeated. He naturally did not like this at all. He was then quite radiant to the sheet music. When he reached Grade 5, he realized that, it is the time for him to branch out.

 

Example of natural piano playing

 

A woman was observed playing music in church. She was really playing great music. Also, the tunes which she played was very unusual. When she was asked about from where she learned it, she said, it do it right from childhood. Now, this is known as natural playing of pinao.Yes,the lady playing music at the church is the natural pianist. The only thing that she used to play the piano is none other than the chord sheets. This is where the actual lyrics of the song is mentioned. The surprising fact is that, he was not just playing piano. But, she was doing some combinations. There after she will play piano with her perception. This is what is known as natural piano playing.

 

How can you play piano naturally?

 

While playing piano, giving proper attention is a very important factor. The natural pianist will always analyse and try to understand the songs that is played with the help of the piano. Working of the music is also important to find out for a natural piano player. Following are the factors that can make you a natural piano player:

 

1. The basic

 

Here you must learn the playing of basic chords. You will also learn how to play the piano scales. You will know the song keys s well as rhythm.

 

2. Understand the song

 

After you have learnt about the basic of the piano playing in a natural way, the next step in front of you is understanding the same.  Following are some tips:

• You must recognize the intervals.
• Here you will learn about the basic chords as well as the progression
• The next step will be to study the function of the chords. Also, have a watch on how these chords interact with one another. This is done to bring out the natural feel and want.
• The players playing the piano in a natural way would develop the skill of inner hearing. This will help them know distance between notes.

 

 

3. Riff- bank

 

• Make a very good collection of rhythm and riffs
• Try with the pop songs at first.
• It is important to have a note on materials with which the suitable individuals will recognize very easily.
• Just the way you save money in banks, the riff bank is meant for storing the pattern of piano playing

 

4. Experiment

 

• You must go ahead with several experiments on piano playing as well as songs. The player must try to develop more techniques of piano. First, go ahead with learning the same way it used to be. Once this step is done, you must pick up any one element. Go with the change of tat element. Now you can easily add your own flourishes. Make sure you play major keys and not the minor key. For 4 bars, you can easily make changes of ultimate rhythm. This has 4 bars.

 

• This will go with the technique of improvisation. You can develop your piano learning experience move vividly and with great improvement.  You can soon reach to the riff bank and find out the riffs that will work well.

 

 

5. Practice and memorising musical scales

 

Musical scale is again an important phenomenon that you must always deal in while playing piano. This is the time for you to learn the minor, major and melodic as well as chromatic scales. You may play a specific style of music. Some plays blues, some Jazz and some are happy to play other styles. It is always better to learn the scale of tat specific style.

 

6. Musical aptitude improvement

 

You must have come across the phrase, ‘aptitude’. You will come across this term in many examinations that you appear in your life. Even in music you should have improvement of your aptitude level. Now, how will you be able to develop this characteristic? His can be easily accomplished if you can listen with your ear very carefully, improvement in your musical aptitude will be designed. Following are the steps:

• Listen carefully and try to name the notes with the help of your ear.
• You can now easily play the notes that you have heard or have placed in pen and paper
• It is time to test yourself through some tests. Here, you can establish a grading system. You will find several mistakes. This is through which you will be able to learn
• Soon you can write down the whole song with much accuracy

 

7. Playing with perfect finger placement

 

Finger placement in an appropriate order is important consideration. First thing you have to do is start practicing by going up the scale. Then immediately go to the down scale. Go ahead with this technique several times until you get a proper finger placement. Some of other tips are as follows:

 

• Before each section, make sure you practice two or three scales in each section. Whether you have a lesson along with the teacher or you are doing it alone with free tool, this is an important step
• Normally, the sheet music have finger numbering placed in it. Thus, you need to play by using this sheet music. This will help you to know that you are playing the piano chords in a correct way.
• Once you have practice adequately and you are quite confident to play, the next step you must go ahead is increasing the speed of playing. In this situation, it will be a good practice to set your metronome in comparatively slow speed.
• When you are in the process of learning a new scale, it is recommended to start playing slowly. But, that does not mean that you will not touch the timing of the music piece. It should be well balanced
• Once you have become accustomed with the new song, you can easily increase the speed. But, remember to keep a proper time interval between two notes.
• Playing each beat half a bit is another important consideration. Here the other beat is kept in rest
• After playing half beat, it is the time to practice the quarter beat. But, there can be mistake in the middle. Here you need to start over again. Do not get impatient. Remember, it is a vital part of playing piano.
• Finger placement of the proper chord is another important phenomenon. If you are learning piano alone, you will get help from variety of internet resources. They will give you a proper idea of finger placement. There are situations when people may get more than one optimal finger placement. You need to choose the one that will make you play the chord comfortably.

 

8. Musical mind playing

 

This is an important step that will help you become a natural pianist. Yes, this process is called musical mind playing. Following are the steps for this.

• Just watch the sheet music that you have. Then, try to get it in your mind.
• This step may give you face the difficulty at first. But, slowly it will be fine. Playing it tone by tone is a good step
• You can also use the recording devices at first. Here you can easily see the notes and proceed with humming. In this connection, you may also go ahead with recording it
• Slowly, you will go ahead with better recording phenomenon. This will help you get the peace of mind memorise the whole passage of the musical sequence
• At the end, you must go ahead with playing the musical piece.

 

Reason of not getting natural piano playing

 

The phenomenon of natural piano playing is not always inherited. Rather, most people develop over the course of time. Do you know how? They go ahead with regular practice. If you are a professional pianist, If you have the willingness to play piano naturally, the first thing that should come in your mind is the regular practice. There are many players who have been practicing the playing of piano in churches, stages, open concert etc. They do not hesitate in playing each tone and music piece. It is just because they get it naturally. You may also wish to get perfection in playing piano. What do you do? The best thing you can do here is practice on a regular basis. The lack of practice can make you an inefficient piano player.

 

The factors that boost your piano playing

 

Our body is a complete package of different types of activities. As per the instruction of brain, other parts of the body get synchronised. Following are some of the effects:

 

• Fingers air play harmonies

 

As soon as your brain ask you to get a feel of music, the fingers too have its operation.  Yes, those are harmonized with your brain. This is quite common to see when you are listening to music through a tape recorder or video. The rhythm of the piano makes your fingers move with harmonization.

 

 

• Foot tapping continuously

 

Another factor that can boost your piano playing is your foot. The melody and harmony of the music is captured in your brain. It sends signals to your foot and it starts getting rhythmic move. If you can make your friend sit beside you when you are playing piano, he will start tapping feet. Naturally, your focus of piano playing will be boosted.

 

What gets demotivated while playing piano?

There are some instances that will make you stay demotivated. Have you ever observed anyone sleeping in the middle of the concert? How would you have felt if you are playing the music in the concert. Yes, this will make you truly demotivated. It seems as if your piano playing is too much boring.

 

Sometimes, you stay totally blank. This is when you are not understanding the piano rhythm or lesson provided by an expert. It is a serious matter when you are in the verge of listening and playing the piano music. You bite your nails. This is another factor of getting demotivated.

 

Lastly, playing piano with your fingers needs repeated practice. Knowing the keys and placing it in order is again important. This will give you a natural way of piano playing.