What can play the piano? How to restore the skills of playing the piano after a long break?

It often happens - graduation programs are played, music school graduation certificates are received and happy graduate pianists rush home, rejoicing that there will be no stressful academic concerts, complicated solfege, unexpected music quizzes, and, most of all, hours-long home classes in their lives. on the piano!

Days go by, sometimes years and what seemed so difficult becomes native and attractive. Piano beckons on a trip to the fabulous musical harmonies. But it was not there! From the fingers instead of harmonious chords only dissonances are pulled out, and the notes turn into solid hieroglyphs, which are difficult to guess.

These problems can be eliminated. Let's talk today about what to play the piano and how to restore the skills of the game after the break? There are a number of installations that you should take for yourself in such a situation.

MOTIVATION

Strangely enough, but not your desire, namely, academic concerts and translation exams were a stimulus for homework in a music school. Remember how you dreamed of a treasured excellent assessment! Before you restore skills, try to set yourself a goal, motivate yourself. For example, select a work to learn and perform it as:

• musical surprise mom birthday;
• musical gift-performance of your loved one for a memorable date;
• just an unexpected surprise on occasion, etc.

SYSTEMATICITY

The success of performing activities depends on the desire and ability of the musician to work. Determine for yourself the time of classes and do not depart from the intended goal. Standard lesson time is 45 minutes. Distribute "your 45 minutes" of homework to various types of performing activities:

• 15 minutes to play scales, chords, arpeggios, technical exercises;
• 15 minutes - on reading from a sheet, repetition and analysis of simple pieces;
• 15 minutes - for learning a surprise play.

What to play the piano?

In general, you can play anything your heart desires. But if you feel in yourself timidity and some uncertainty, then grabbing at once Beethoven’s sonatas and Chopin’s plays is not necessary - you can turn to the simple repertoire. The main collections to restore the skills of the game, can be any tutorials, manuals on reading from a sheet, or "School of the game." For example:

• O. Getalova "To music with joy";
• B. Polivoda, V. Slastenko "School of playing the piano";
• "Reading from a sheet. Manual" comp. O. Kurnavina, A. Rumyantsev;
• Chrestomathies: "Young pianist-musician", "Allegro", "Pianist's Student Album", "Adagio", "Favorite Piano", etc.

The peculiarity of these collections in the layout of the material - from simple to complex. Begin to remember light plays - the joy of the success of the game will add self-confidence! Gradually you will get to the complex works.

Try to play the plays in the following sequence:

1. one melody in different keys transmitted from hand to hand;
2. unison melody played simultaneously in an octave with two hands;
3. one bourdon (quint) in the accompaniment and melody;
4. Bourdon melody and change in accompaniment;
5. chord accompaniment and melody;
6. figurations in the accompaniment to the melody, etc.

Your hands have a motor memory. With regular classes for several weeks, you will definitely restore your pianistic skills and knowledge. Now you can enjoy plenty of works of popular music that can be learned from the following collections:

• "Music making for children and adults" sost. Y. Barakhtin;
• L. Karpenko "Album music connoisseur";
• "In the free hour. Easy piano arrangements" comp. L. Schastchenko
• "Home-made music. Favorite classics" comp. D. Volkova
• "Hits of the past century" in 2 parts, etc.

What else can play the piano?

Do not be afraid to take up the virtuoso repertoire later. Play world-famous plays: Mozart's Turkish March, To Kelise, Beethoven's Moonlight Sonata, C minor minor Waltz and Chopin's Impromptu Impromptu, plays by Tchaikovsky's The Seasons album. You can all this!

Meetings with music leave a deep impression in the life of every person, once having performed a piece of music, it is no longer possible not to play! We wish you good luck!