Approach to Practice

Lesson 3/48 | Study Time: 5 Min

Course: Rock Keyboard

Approach to Practice

It is best to practice for short periods at first, especially while your fingers and arm muscles are still developing. If you want to become a great player you will obviously have to practice more as time goes on, but it is still better to work on new things a bit at a time. Get one small piece of information and learn it well before going on to the next topic. Make sure each new thing you learn is thoroughly worked into your playing. This way you won’t forget it, and you can build on everything you learn.

Once you feel you are ready, try to play with other musicians as often as possible, especially bass players and drummers. If you can become a good rhythm player or accompanist, you will always be popular with other musicians and vocalists. It is in a group situation that you will find out how much you really do or don’t know, and it is also a lot more fun than practicing by yourself all the time. Good luck and have fun with your music.

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1- Chord Inversions 2- Minor Chords 3- The Blues Scale 4- Eighth Note Rhythms 5- Seventh Chords 6- The Triplet 7- Sixteenth Notes 8- Intervals 9- The Major Chord 10- More About Chords and Keys 11- INTRODUCTION 12- 16th Note Studies 13- Approach to Practice 14- Swing Rhythms 15- C Chromatic Scale 16- G7 Chord Inversions 17- Riffs 18- Scale Tone Chords 19- C Minor Chord Inversions 20- Slash Chords 21- Chord Diagrams 22- C Major Chord Inversions 23- Quarter Note Rhythms 24- Creating Minor Chords 25- Minor Keys 26- Syncopation 27- Transposing 28- Listening 29- The Shuffle 30- Creating 7th Chords 31- Interval Types 32- G Major Chord Inversions 33- Basic Equipment 34- Interval Distances 35- Identifying 8th Note Rhythms 36- Seventh Chord Types 37- The G Major Chord 38- Grace Notes 39- Omitting Notes From Chords 40- F Major Chord Inversions 41- Transposing Chords 42- 12 Bar Blues 43- The F Major Chord 44- Guidelines for Using Inversions 45- Using Ties, Pedal Tones 46- Scale Tone Seventh Chords 47- Chord Substitution 48- Creating Other Chord Types

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Approach to Practice