Syncopated Rhythms on Piano

[Admin]

I remember the first time I tried to play syncopated notes on piano/keyboards. My left hand didn't want to keep up the steady beat when my right hand was playing notes off the beat - i.e. syncopation.

I had to slow down the tempo to a very slow time to be able to get the feel for where the notes were relative to the left hand beat.

What tricks do you know for learning this?

The same technique works on the guitar as well....slow down.

[jmuscara]

Yeah, slow down, keep it simple, repeat until you got it, then move on to the next part. Just like anything else I guess. I probably should record myself more as well, to make sure I'm doing it right.

[Admin]

Oct 8, 2013 6:04:32 GMT -5 jmuscara said:

Yeah, slow down, keep it simple, repeat until you got it, then move on to the next part. Just like anything else I guess. I probably should record myself more as well, to make sure I'm doing it right.

Thanks Joe. You bring up another great point - BREAK THE PIECE DOWN into manageable bits. Don't try to play the entire composition at the first setting.

[jmuscara]

Actually, sometimes I do try to play the whole thing through first (depends on the difficultly of the piece, of course). But once you know the problem areas, you can focus on those.