Hi all,
I've been jokingly accused in the past by a friend of having the 'stone hands' syndrome at times. I have always gotten very good advice here when it comes to questions about playing, techniques and so on, so thought I throw this one out.
Is there any particular method or practice I can or should use when it comes to making cord changes more quickly, accurately, and smoothly? I often look at videos of an organist seemingly making cord changes like they can do it in their sleep, so smooth and effortless, their hands just floating over the keyboards! Myself on the other hand? I sometimes have considerable trouble as I bang and stumble away making the move from one cord to another, it's like my fingers are tripping and stumbling over the sharps and so on. Some of my cord changes are not done in a smooth and fast enough fashion so as not to disrupt the timing of the piece, especially when the cord changes are a considerable distance from each other. It seems for me it's two things.... First perhaps I'm just worried in advance that I'm going to have an issue at the cord change, so yep, sure enough I do. So, it's partly confidence? Secondly, I've been told in the past that I need to just going over the passage I'm having trouble with 5 times and do it without a mistake or hesitation and I'v essentially learned it. Problem is I can sometimes go over and over the chord change and it does not seem to help, or at best over a very long time things very slowly improve, but I feel that the change is not coming quickly enough.
Any and all tips and advice would surely help.
Thanks!
Marc
I've been jokingly accused in the past by a friend of having the 'stone hands' syndrome at times. I have always gotten very good advice here when it comes to questions about playing, techniques and so on, so thought I throw this one out.
Is there any particular method or practice I can or should use when it comes to making cord changes more quickly, accurately, and smoothly? I often look at videos of an organist seemingly making cord changes like they can do it in their sleep, so smooth and effortless, their hands just floating over the keyboards! Myself on the other hand? I sometimes have considerable trouble as I bang and stumble away making the move from one cord to another, it's like my fingers are tripping and stumbling over the sharps and so on. Some of my cord changes are not done in a smooth and fast enough fashion so as not to disrupt the timing of the piece, especially when the cord changes are a considerable distance from each other. It seems for me it's two things.... First perhaps I'm just worried in advance that I'm going to have an issue at the cord change, so yep, sure enough I do. So, it's partly confidence? Secondly, I've been told in the past that I need to just going over the passage I'm having trouble with 5 times and do it without a mistake or hesitation and I'v essentially learned it. Problem is I can sometimes go over and over the chord change and it does not seem to help, or at best over a very long time things very slowly improve, but I feel that the change is not coming quickly enough.
Any and all tips and advice would surely help.
Thanks!
Marc