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by yokewong
28 Jul 2010, 20:55
Forum: Idle Chitchat
Topic: Am I always going to be playing as a beginner?
Replies: 9
Views: 11489

Re: Am I always going to be playing as a beginner?

Hi Emma, Do not feel discouraged. It’s normal to feel a little challenging and lost after taking a long break from not playing. You fingers will lost it’s memory for while but you will recover relatively fast and then everything will be back to normal pacing. Here’s a link where you can get some inf...
by yokewong
25 Jul 2010, 17:35
Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
Topic: Hand Pain
Replies: 7
Views: 11690

Re: Hand Pain

It’s important to warm up before you start practicing, just like an athletic has to warm up before his/ her training. We tend to overlook the fact that our body has to be in tiptop condition before we can perform to our potential. I recommend that you make stretching as part of your warm up routine....
by yokewong
23 Jul 2010, 07:05
Forum: Learning & Teaching Piano
Topic: Rhythm
Replies: 5
Views: 10203

Re: Rhythm

Hi Darren, Learning and practicing rhythm is an on-going process. Even after years of practicing and learning, we still have to work on our rhythms. Using a metronome is a good way to start but may become too robotic and not being to feel the rhythmic pulse. Aside from metronome, I recommend practic...
by yokewong
19 Jul 2010, 16:54
Forum: Idle Chitchat
Topic: Guidance for music as a career
Replies: 4
Views: 8714

Re: Guidance for music as a career

You may also decide that you want to have your own drum studio and be an instructor. You can also be a music producer, drum tech, recording engineer, composer, or working in the music industry as a label executive, or music publishing company. If you are a technical person, you may want to work in t...