Do you have any practice routines? How much do you practice? Do you do it daily? Do you try to improve technique or do you just play/compose songs/melodies?
The question is mostly directed to people that teach keyboard playing or ones that have teachers with certain methodology, but of course everyone is welcome to share ideas.
I belive that our little synth world lacks a monophonic keyboard learning method, because most piano exercises don’t match our instruments/style of music.
Here’s my story ![]()
I’m trying to improve my chops, but I seem to lack a practice plan, I should really get a teacher I know
I’ve learnt some music theory, scales, intervals etc. but I have no idea how much should I practice, how to practice, what to concentrate on first, tips and tricks, you get the picture…
What I’ve come up with so far is doing a 20-30 minute warm-up with scale/passage that I have planned for that day and then I either try to make up a melody with that scale or I learn an element like a short scale run or octave jumps and when I’ve figured out something cool I stick with that element for the rest of my practice time which is usually 1-2h if I have the time. Also I try to play 10-20min of scales whenever I have the time.
And I do everything with a metronome.
Do you have any special practice methods either your own or ones that you’ve read somewhere/somebody tought you? Some links/PDFs would be cool, unfortunately I have none to share.