5 Breakthrough Ways to Transform Your Playing This Year

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5 Breakthrough Ways To Transform Your

Playing This Year

by Jermaine Griggs 44 comments

in Piano,Self-Improvement

The first of the year isnt the only time to set resolutions, goals, an !buc"et# lists$

Successful people are al%ays striving to be better regarless of the time of year$

So in that spirit, Ive come up %ith & brea"through things you can o '() to reali*etransformation in your piano playing this year$

#1 Pick a time and stick to it!

This is actually one of my 6 Ps of Practice%ritten about some time ago$

In fact, its the secon !P# on the list +Planned.

)hat that means is you pic" a time an you practice ./01/ + rain, sno% or sleet,at the S12 TI2 each ay$

This isnt by accient either$ Stuies sho% %hen you carefully plan a routine activity an

o it close to the same time everyay, something magical happens$ /ou habitualize the

activity, ma"ing it a part of your everyay life$ 1n youre li"ely to not brea" it either$

So one of the best things you can o for yourself in this ne% year is to pic" a time./01/ to evote to your piano playing$ 1n stic" %ith it$ (ver time, youll be so

accustome to the aily activity that '(T oing it seems %eir$

1n hec", ont stop there$ Plan your e3ercising, your reaing time, your family time,

bible evotions, yoga, etc %ith the same attitue$ It helps$

# "ind a shed uddy!

1 guy by the name of 'apoleon ill first coine the term !mastermin# in 5678$ Itsessentially collaborating %ith other li"e-mine fol"s that have the same esires an

aspirations as you$ The iea being9 t%o or more mins together is infinitely morepo%erful than each, separately$

:s musicians call it !sheing# but its pretty much the same thing$
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Just li"e nature, you can loo" at it as shedding%hat you "no% to ma"e room for more;

ven the bible says !Give an it %ill be given unto you$#

1nother person puts it9 /ou receive through the same hole you give through$

So fin fol"s to meet %ith regularly an %atch synergy at %or"$

#$ Teach %hat you kno%!

But I hardly know anything Jermaine!

0oesnt matter$ Teach any%ay;

To be a teacher oesnt mean you have to "no% everything, it ?ust means you have to"no% more about the sub?ect at han than %hoever youre teaching $

So if youve ?ust learne your ma?or an minor scales using one of my shortcuts, teach it

to someone %ho may benefit from it$

)hen it comes to ho% much information %e retain, accoring to researchers, ifferentactivities provie staggering results$ That is, if you simply rea something, youll

remember 5AB of it$ If youre emonstrate something, it goes up to 7AB$ If you practice

oing something , 8&B retention;

1n there are many more on the list, but you "no% %hat trumps all the moalities=

T1CI'G$

)hen you teach something, youll retain 6AB of it;

So teaching is more for the teacher than it is for the stuent$ 1 stuent %ill remember &B

of %hat is lecture to them but a teacher %ill remember 6AB of %hat he or she teaches$

The cool part is %ere all teachers an %ere all stuents$ If you have chilren, ont tellme youre not a teacher; /ou are;

#& '(grade your lirary

If you %ant to soun better, you gotta listen to better stuff;

'o% %ith the avancing of technology, there is no form or genre of music you cant get

your hans on$ /outube alone has millions of files$ Itunes is another resource$

I remember hearing a @uote9 !/oure the average of the & people you hang aroun the

most# $


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Dut I thin" it overflo%s into other areas of life$ I thin" your musical style an creativity

%ill also average out accoring to %hat you listen to$

Just li"e %hat goes up must come o%n, %hat goes I' %ill come (:T$

.esearch all-time favorites in your chosen genre, ma"e lists, see" out those recors, ancarve out some time to listen to them$

#5 )aster your hardest most com(le* song in all 1 keys

This may seem pretty easy, but youll be surprise ho% many !seasone# musicians

havent ta"en the time to learn their most comple3 song in all 5E "eys$ 1n I ont meanhalf-heartely either;

I mean e@ually in all 5E "eys, %hich means if you can play your heart out inDb major,it

ought to soun that %ay in natural.

If youre not a 5E-"ey player, this one e3ercise %ill revolution your playing$ First, youll

reali*e it isnt as har as you %ere ma"ing it out to be$

Seconly, youll observe the same chors present in ifferent "eys ?ust in varying

!roles# an that connection %ill be priceless to you$

1n thir, you %ont be scare to hop on a !.1H# piano at secons notice


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4$ 0o you li"e your fish fully seasone, frie, an serve to you on a silver platter=

&$ appy Than"sgiving;

$ ieoK 6A-/ear (l Couples Hove For 2usic8$ asy to )ays to .emember Harge Chors
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