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  • It helps to work incrementally. Assuming you’re a beginner, start with simple single voice (one-handed) exercises and melodies. From there you gradually build in complexity as you learn the various note rhythmic values, and soon you’ll be ready for two-voice (both hands).

    Any decent piano method book will use an approach like this. Carve out a minimum of 15 minutes a day of practice. More if you’re motivated and have the focus for it. Practice the exercises to mastery before moving to the next - that is to say, don’t just practice it until you get it right, practice it until you can’t get it wrong.

















  • I just learned about these guys a couple weeks ago when they appeared on my YouTube feed out of nowhere. And yeah, there’s a lot of fun to be had in those tracks. A couple things I noticed:

    Their approach to microtonality is probably one of the most pragmatic approaches I’ve seen: Emphasize the root, use it for little melodic tasties, use sparingly in the ostinato bass lines.

    I’ve never seen a group so casually play with rhythmic modulations the way these guys do. Every groove is like a playground and they try to max out the possibilities in every one. And when they do lock into a groove, got damn!