After over forty years of not playing I am now, thanks to Hauptwerk, getting back to it. Actually, I had completely forgotten just how much I love playing the organ.
Obviously, after forty plus years my skills were totally rotten, and even though I started back on the piano almost a year and a half ago, I still can't play as well as I could in high school. (Admittedly, a heart attack and triple bypass surgery a year ago may be a contributing factor to that.) I know that my studying is not well organized for the forward progression that I want to see. My daily practice session (or sessions, on the weekend) are something that I look forward to all day, and in no way is practice a chore. I usually start off by playing something that I enjoy and can play reasonably well, such as a few hymns, or some little bit of a classic piece of one sort or another. After that, though, it seems that I just drift, trying a little bit of one new piece, then a little bit of another, etc., and making very slow progress on any of them. As I said, not well organized.
I'm 63 years old and never expect to have to play in any kind of public venue; however, I enjoy playing so much that I owe it to myself to become as proficient as possible. I just want to be able to play well, for me!
Many of you good folks are professional organists and others of you play at a professional or near professional level. I was wondering if you might share some tips that you've learned over the years on the best ways to get the most from practice time.
Thanks, as always,
-Chris
Obviously, after forty plus years my skills were totally rotten, and even though I started back on the piano almost a year and a half ago, I still can't play as well as I could in high school. (Admittedly, a heart attack and triple bypass surgery a year ago may be a contributing factor to that.) I know that my studying is not well organized for the forward progression that I want to see. My daily practice session (or sessions, on the weekend) are something that I look forward to all day, and in no way is practice a chore. I usually start off by playing something that I enjoy and can play reasonably well, such as a few hymns, or some little bit of a classic piece of one sort or another. After that, though, it seems that I just drift, trying a little bit of one new piece, then a little bit of another, etc., and making very slow progress on any of them. As I said, not well organized.
I'm 63 years old and never expect to have to play in any kind of public venue; however, I enjoy playing so much that I owe it to myself to become as proficient as possible. I just want to be able to play well, for me!
Many of you good folks are professional organists and others of you play at a professional or near professional level. I was wondering if you might share some tips that you've learned over the years on the best ways to get the most from practice time.
Thanks, as always,
-Chris