Rhythm is the indispensable mainstay of music and the key to learning piano. Speaking of its importance, some people compare it to the propellant of a ship’s operation, while others say it is the “only key to music”. lifeline". Because a very important consideration in judging whether a person's performance is vital is his ability to master the ever-changing free rhythm. The prerequisite for mastering the changing rhythm is to first master the fixed rhythm.
How to strengthen the fixed rhythm?
1. Use a metronome
Use the fixed rhythm points of the metronome to train and fix your inner sense of rhythm, and slowly develop a good habit of strengthening counting beats, which will soon This will stabilize your inner rhythm.
2. Practice different rhythms while counting beats
Never count silently in your mind. If the beat is not stable enough, often count faster and faster. Without knowing it, he even thought that he was right because his mouth had been carried away by the music he was playing.
Don’t use your feet to make the beat, because your feet will be used to pedal in the future. Therefore, the most difficult and most effective method is to count the beats loudly while counting the metronome. Let us use our ears to listen to the beats we count, and let our playing hands and ears hear the beats and our mouths count the beats. consistent.
3. When playing, you should feel the difference between different rhythms
Combine the rhythm of each piece of music, and combine the rhythm of the music melody with the basic characteristics of this rhythm. Combine it and play it out. For example, the 4/4 beat is relatively square, and the feel of the beat is "strong, weak, sub-strong, weak", just like a majestic march giving people a sense of rushing forward. The 3/4 beat is a rotating circle, and the feel of the beat is "strong, weak, weak", like the gorgeous dance steps of a waltz, graceful, elegant, passionate and unrestrained...
4. Seize the connotation of the music Rhythm
You must learn to stretch the beat according to the needs of the music to form different rhythm length combinations. For example, in Strauss's "The Blue Danube", the theme and accompaniment are like two identical parallel lines. If the left and right hands compress and stretch the rhythm respectively when playing, the music will sound poetic and particularly interesting. Although from a microscopic point of view, this partially changes the speed, from a macroscopic point of view, they still belong to the unified and unchanged overall speed.
5. Learn to listen.
When playing (especially playing a large work as a whole), be sure to listen carefully to the music you are playing, and pay attention to whether your handling of the speed is too abrupt or too smooth. A place of procrastination. Secondly, how to handle the speed must be decided according to the age and style of the work; the elasticity and local expansion and contraction of speed must also follow the overall layout of the speed in terms of rhythm scale and conform to the final overall image of the work, such as when playing classical works There must be restraint in the rhythm, not as free as playing romantic works.
6. Stay independent and walk with both hands!
Any rhythm training should emphasize maintaining the independence of the hands and strengthening the technical control of the weak fingers. Never rush or drag the beat, and any finger should not have uneven phenomena such as rolling or slipping. , especially when the two hands play different beats (beat transitions such as triplet to two eighth notes), no matter how the rhythm changes, both hands must move in step, remember!
It is recommended to turn on the metronome and practice piano every day, starting with a slow speed that you can control. After that, start to increase the speed according to a certain proportion, and gradually adapt to playing the same piece at different tempo speeds. This can help you quickly establish your inner rhythm structure. After these targeted rhythm training, you will be able to freely increase the speed when processing music.