Why do my fingers slip when playing piano?

With tension in your hands fingers slipping is bound to happen. Probably the tension in your hands is increasing as you play faster and louder. Your fingers should be imitating the movement of the hammers in the piano: after one intensive hit on the string the hammer draws back and waits for the next hit.

pianostreet.com - My fingers always miss the keys. Even after I have perfected it. - Piano Street

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I used to have a similar problem, and here's what I did to fix it. It is VERY taxing on the brain though, but I feel it is essential (and could speed up the process of learning a piece). Imagine your hands playing the piece a SPLIT SECOND before you play it. It becomes kind of weird; playing is no longer a simultaneous haphazard experience, but it becomes one of weird stretched time where you're experiencing the notes you just played, as well as the notes you're playing, and in your head you're thinking about the notes you're about to play, all at the same time.

Before you play a note, any note, you have to:

-See the "shape" of the keys. For me, I see them light up in my head.

-Imagine your hands playing them

-Imagine exactly how your hands will fit on those keys

-Imagine exactly what your hands look like on the keys

-Imagine exactly how much pressure each key gets, and what that feels like on your hands -If you know the piece/are a good sight singer, imagine what it will sound like. If you don't know what the piece sounds like, DON'T DO THIS as if it's different to what you think it will actually mess you up because if the sound is different you get confused

-Imagine how you're going to move from those keys to the next

Now, you should be able to do this even when you're not playing the piano. Before you play it, imagine yourself playing it without your hands actually doing it. Can you do it?

If you can't play it in your head, how on Earth are you going to play it on the piano?

If you can't play it in your head, that's ALL muscle memory, which isn't the best in the world when it comes to fine motor actions.

Let me know how it goes!

P.S...if you've "perfected" it...you wouldn't slip off XD

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What notes make what chords?

fender.com - Major Chords: What is a Major Chord? - Fender Guitars

Probably the most important chord in music, the major chords comprise the core of countless songs and will be the first chords you will likely learn. A major chord is a triad, which means it is a chord made up of three notes. Major chords are often described as happy chords.

Let’s take a look at how to build them.

The major chord contains the 1st, 3rd, and 5th notes of a major scale. For example, below is a C major scale. The notes of a C major chord are the 1st (the root note), 3rd, and 5th notes, which are C (the root note), E and G. Notice that the octave (the 8th note) is also part of the chord. In fact, either of the notes C, E and G can be played in any octave on the guitar and it will still be called a C major chord. If you want to learn minor chords, you’ll need to make a simple one-fret move. Otherwise, in order to find notes of other major chords, learn the notes in those scales and apply the formula to the 1st, 3rd and 5th notes of those major scales. To learn more about chords, browse Fender Play's chord library, discover other chord types, and find tips on how to master them.. If you'd like to learn more about major chords, check out this video. Not a member of Fender Play? Click here to sign up for for a free trial.

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