wws wrote:Hi everyone!
I am practicing parallel thirds in GM and FM, and the only way I can track mentally when to hit a black key is by reciting the "movable do" of the root note, and (for GM) remembering that on Ti my left hand hits a sharp and on Sol my right hand hits a sharp.
Is there a better way to do this? Should I be reciting the full third (like "Re-Fa") and mentally tracking the hands separately?
Or something else?
I would also love to hear any other thoughts on using solfège to better understand and play music.
Thx!
Nope. Do whatever works for you mentally until you get the notes under your fingers and into your mind. For things such as this, I've got arpeggios in 6ths bugging me right now, I say the actual note names instead of Solfege which I had to do in music school and hated, but do whatever you find comfortable with.
Working slowly, and I mean really S L O W L Y and accurately, (as written with double underlines and scratched boldly by a piano teacher) is the only way to make it work. Once you get the motion and the notes and fingering correct, you can then increase the tempo.
As much as we hate it, very slow practice is the key to a lot of things we do.