Home
Profile
Resources
  Practice Tips
  PPLP
  Treasures for Piano
  Piano ABC
Contact

    

Practice Tips - Technique

When playing any technique skills, practice until you can play well (steady beats, correct fingerings and notes) at least 3 times each key.

To see video clips of following skills, click on the links. Make sure your sound volume is turned on.
 
bullet Major Scales:
 
bullet Group I: C, G, D, A, E ("CAGED") Majors
 
bullet Group II: B, F-sharp, C-sharp, F Majors
 
bullet Group III: B-flat, E-flat, A-flat Majors

 

bullet Minor Scales: Natural and Harmonic forms
 
bullet White keys: C, D, E, F, G, A, B minors

 
bullet Chromatic Scale:
 
bullet Starting on middle C and E

 
bullet Major Arpeggios
 
bullet All-White-Key Triads: C, F, G Majors
 
bullet White-Black-White ("PB & J") Triads: B, E, A, D Majors
 
bullet Black-White-Black ("Oreo") Triads: A-flat, D-flat, E-flat Majors
 
bullet Other Colors: All-Black-Key Triad: F-sharp Major, Black-White-White Triad: B-flat Major

 

bullet V7 (Dominant 7th) and Inversions
 
bullet How to practice BR (broken) and BL (blocked) up to speed