That's the way I've taught myself crawling at the age of 50!)

'Trocken-Schwimmen' (= 'dry swimming', that means swimming without water, as some trainers teach swimming outside of the pool. In German we have an expression for this kind of training: hands just playing with or without fingerings). But there are some other things you can practice without out sitting at the piano:Īnalyzing the piece: parts, motifs, phrases, figures (give them a number, a name, a term (formal analysis)Īnalyzing the chords: chord names and Roman numbers (harmonic and functional analysis)Īnalyzing the rhythm: make a reduction of the rhythmic 8( and also of the melodic motifs, play the rhythm without an instrument (practicing the l. Even I am a great protagonist of solfege and ear training I would like to complete the other answers and comments telling what I still practice everyday (even independent of the absolute sound and pitch of the notes I'm reading!) Of course the pitch of the note and the question which key you have to press down is the most important aspect aside of the note length and the fingerings.

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