How Watching Piano Concertos Can Benefit Your Practice
When you’re deep into your practice routine, it’s easy to get caught up in only playing the piano. However, becoming a proficient pianist involves much more than just that - it’s also about sharpening your listening skills. And what better way to do so, than by watching professional pianists showcase their talents?
Watching performances might be something that’s not been much on your radar as a beginner pianist, but it can be hugely beneficial to your piano learning journey. Much more than you may think! Let’s have a look at the ways in which watching pianists perform can positively influence your piano skills.
A source of motivation
Locking yourself up in a room and practicing the same piece over and over can easily chip away at someone’s motivation. While keeping up with a consistent practice routine is highly important, so is to continue to feel the love for the instrument. After all, there’s no bigger enemy of learning than boredom!
So make sure that you make time for stepping away from the piano, and reminding yourself why you decided to learn the piano in the first place. Who knows, this might even inspire you to learn new pieces you had never considered before, giving a great boost to your motivation.
Learn from the best
What better way to get tips on how to play a certain piece, or to inject more energy and personality into a performance than by watching professionals do it? While it may be tempting to mull into the realisation that your playing is far from reaching that stage, try to remind yourself that even they used to be beginners.
Make this an opportunity to get encouraged to keep practicing and improving, following their example.
Challenge what you know
Every pianist has their own way to interpret a piece. The beauty of watching different professionals playing the same piece is that you’ll never get the same exact performance. If you’re feeling stuck while learning something and looking for inspiration to inject more life and personality into a piece you’re playing, this is a great way to get some ideas.
It may remind you that while many of these pieces have been written centuries ago, there’s no rule that they all have to be performed exactly like they used to.
Meet fellow pianists or music enthusiasts
Last but not least, this will give you a chance to be in a room with plenty of people who are just as excited about piano music as you are! Learning the piano can sometimes be a lonely experience, as you’ll mostly be learning by yourself or with your teacher. Unless you’re active in seeking out fellow musicians, you might struggle to meet like-minded people to share your passion and frustrations with learning this instrument.
So what better way to meet other pianists than a piano concerto? You might even get to meet musicians willing to duet with you, or musicians who play other instruments but are looking for a pianist to play with. The sky’s the limit!
We hope that this list of benefits as to why you should go watch pianists perform has inspired you to book tickets for some beautiful concertos and that these experiences will make you fall in love with piano playing even more. Happy practicing!
