I wouldn’t say it’s a complete no-no, but it certainly can be distracting in classical performances if it’s visible. So these are some perspectives on tapping your foot. You can have a virtual rhythm section accompany you in your practice, so when you get together with real musicians, you’re at home. This provides not just a click, but a whole rhythmic style which can be even more helpful. Or any of a number of intelligent arranger keyboards that you can play along with. There are even programs like Band-in-a-Box or Garage Band, And for other styles of music, playing with a rhythm section is great. If you want to solidify your tempo and rhythm, use the metronome. This is really valuable in slow movements.īut if you’re playing something fast, if you want to tap your foot along, it’s really not going to help you.

But it helps me make sure not to rob long notes. Sometimes, just to make sure, particularly in slow movements when you want to make sure you’re holding long notes long enough, (which is a whole other subject for another video coming to you soon) I will tap my toe in my shoe, or the heel of my foot very gently where there’s really no visible motion of the foot. Now, I will give you a little trick that I sometimes use. You don’t want to distract the audience from the music. Imagine someone playing a beautiful, delicate, slow movement or a nocturne, and you see a foot going. What happens when you have to use the pedals? If you’re tapping your right foot, you’re totally out of luck, and even if you’re tapping the left foot, you can’t use the soft pedal (the una corda). You get used to tapping your foot, and then you can’t control it anymore! Alos, you may not be playing exactly with your foot. Why is a metronome preferable to tapping your foot? There are a lot of reasons.įirst of all, if you tap your foot, you may get faster and slower. If you want to maintain a good, steady beat, there is no substitute for using a metronome, which will measure your music. Jazz musicians, particularly with something with an intricate rhythm, are able to maintain the pulse with bodily motion It is something some great jazz artists do successfully. In groove-oriented music, tapping your foot can really be a help. It depends upon to a great extent the style of music you’re playing.

You see a lot of pianists tapping their feet and you wonder, “Well, if it helps you to keep time, isn’t it a good thing?” Well, yes and no. Play Piano is a game that tests your skill as well as helps you relax with soothing classical music.The question today, “Is it okay to tap your foot when you play the piano?” It’s an interesting question. That’s the safer option, but will not lead to a new high score. If you tap the tiles in the middle of the screen or even earlier you will only receive two or one star for each tap. To do that you have to tap all the black tiles ideally just before they hit the lower end of the screen. The goal of each song is to reach all three stars. The song gets faster real quick and you can collect points as long as you don’t tap a wrong tile or miss one of them. Tap the tiles in the lower third of the screen to receive a maximum score.Īfter each song you will automatically start an unlimited survival mode. In Play Piano you have to tap the black tiles to match the rhythm of the song. Have you ever wanted to master classical piano pieces but didn’t have the time or patience to become a master piano player? Well, don’t worry anymore, because you just need one finger to play the classics right here in our Play Piano app.

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