I have been playing keyboard for about a year. I can play just about any scale, triad, seventh and ninth. I regularly practice sight reading too. I play them all during my warm up. Should I now use a metronome and gradually speed up? Should I also try intervals on each note in every octave? (I've been using one already, just not in that way.)
When I refer to "one" I mean a metronome. Excuse my poor typing.
>>121583865you should get a practice book like hannonyou need to learn to play all those things in a setting that is more like how actual music sounds, exercises like hannon help with learning what kind of fingering etc actually works for you
>>121584330I do some Hanon, but not all of it- I need to get a physical copy because sight reading on a phone is terrible. I'm going through Czerny right now though. I also play a song at the end of my warm up in every key (When The Saints Go Marching In)
>>121584530Since you're already working on exercise books, I would say yes you should definitely get a metronome.Learning how to play in a consistent time is important for sure.I would also say that it sounds like you may be ready to appreciate playing on a real piano. Even on an upright you would have a lot more control over the tamber and volume of the sound. There is a lot to learn about how to do that, it adds a whole new dimension to how you play. Even if your keyboard can do different volume and staccato vs legato, it won't be the same as a real piano - if you haven't tried it, you really should at least once. There is probably somewhere near you where you could rent a piano practice room for a day.If you aren't interested in that maybe start learning more difficult compositions. There are lots of books out there for collections of beginner classical or pop piano.
