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Start practicing your scales first with your eyes closed. This teaches you to trust your ears and your fingers instead of your eyes. The key thing to remember when doing this is that it is ok to miss some notes. ... That means you are learning to trust your fingers and you are getting a good feel for the piano.
- Why do people close their eyes when playing an instrument?
- Should I practice guitar with my eyes closed?
- Why do my eyes hurt when I play piano?
- Should I practice piano blindfolded?
Why do people close their eyes when playing an instrument?
Why do we close our eyes when we sing? Turning off one of the five senses (sight, sound, taste, touch and smell), helps us to immerse in the others – and this is particularly the case with sight, as is often our primary sense. By closing down the eyes, it helps us to immerse, shut out the rest of the world and zone in.
Should I practice guitar with my eyes closed?
Sight takes over as the guiding sense when you should be listening. I have observed this in myself and students. In fact, a guitarist can actually experience an auditory illusion. ... To increase one's auditory AND tactile (sense of touch) awareness, I highly recommend practicing with your eyes closed or blindfolded.
Why do my eyes hurt when I play piano?
Factors that put musicians' eyes at risk for injury and strain include focusing on small notes on a page for long periods of time, frequent reading with inadequate light, dry eyes, and playing loud and high pitched notes on wind instruments, which can double eye pressure. Prevention is the best way to curb eye strain.
Should I practice piano blindfolded?
Sure, but you can improve faster by learning to practice using only visualization and audiation, without the keyboard. Visualized movements can be perfected to a higher degree than physical ones, which is a method often seen in sports.
