"Basic skills" are the content that must be practiced when learning any musical instrument.
Wan and Luo believe that the so-called "basic skills" are the most basic, necessary, and at the same time the most important performance techniques.
For example, the touch keys, legato, staccato and scale of keyboard instruments; longbows, short bows, etc., for stringed instruments; Long notes, strong and weak tones of wind instruments, etc.
These most basic contents and skills are like the "backbone" of a tree, and the rest of the various techniques and techniques are "generated" from the "backbone".
For the practice of "basic skills", it is not to learn and finish, but to keep practicing.
Continue to practice, practice repeatedly, and constantly improve the intensity of practice, so that your "basic skills" are more and more solid.
It's like the "roots" of a tree, which must constantly absorb nutrients in order to ensure that the branches are thriving.
Therefore, once the practice of "basic skills" is stopped, the overall performance effect will definitely be "greatly reduced".
Today, Wan and Luo will share with you 3 points on how to effectively practice "basic skills".
First, just practice one aspect of the "basic skills".
The reason why some piano learners don't like to practice "basic skills" is not because they are too boring, but because they "don't know how to start".
He also knows what "basic skills" are included in the musical instruments he has learned. But because I also want to practice and improve, I can't start first.
When I was a child, I made this mistake when I first learned the bamboo flute. Every day, in the limited time period of practice, I want to practice my breath quickly, and I want to practice my fingers quickly. In the end, for a long time, nothing improved.
How do you solve this problem? That is, don't think about it so much, just practice one aspect first, and don't think about when you can practice to what extent.
There are uncertainties in these factors, but what can be clearly determined is the specific task that you have set.
It is enough to "focus" on one aspect of the "basic skills" by focusing on the limited practice time you have every day, such as long tones.
The rest of the time, of course, you can practice something else.
2. When one aspect has some effect, try to combine it with other aspects of the "basic skills".
For example, in keyboard instruments, once you can play "staccato" and "legato" accurately, you can try to practice scales.
Another example is that in wind instruments, long notes can already be blown to a length of several beats, and then you can cooperate with your fingers to practice "long vibrato".
3. Cooperate with the music and test the results.
If you want to judge whether the "basic skills" are solid, playing a well-known song or piece is a good test.
In this way, even a layman can hear the general idea.
Therefore, when you feel that your "basic skills" are getting better and better the more you practice, you might as well "test" it through a small song.