Training not to look at hands on the keyboard

[coldheartedfreak]

guys could u help me, sometimes i have this bad habit of looking down to my hands when i play, especially if i need to move up and down and the chords are all over the place octaves apart. not only for gospel music but classical as well. anyways to help me improve this? i have problems with my bassline too, i keep hitting the wrong keys

[noteone]

I do that to.  I would like to stop doing that also.  I do that when I
type to.  Even though I know where the letters are on the keyboard.  I feel it is a feeling of being  un sure .  If someone knows a way to
help us stop doing this I would like to know also!!!!!!     :roll:  :roll:
Thanks  

Eve

[musmin7]

hi try this as an exercise,

first get use to the stretch it takes for you to play one octave apart
example
 C C / C E G C

get use to this strech then move your thumb to where your pinky is and play the chord again now come back to the original position do this until you are comfortable with those two now practice it with your eyes closed
next do the same thing while addng another octave do it one octave at a time it takes time if you have a prob keeping your eyes closed then turn off the lights  
next remove the top note and do the same thing with the triad only
C E G
next change the inversion and do the exersise again
next change the chord to a minor or a seventh and do it again
next add a seccond chord C TO G OR C TO F OR any chord of your chosing. and repeat the exersise
 
it takes time and practice but persistance will pay off

[JoyCH]

Great advice Professor!  I know I'm guilty of this sometimes.


Joy

[noteone]

Thanks!!

I'll will try  it!

EVe

[Anthony4u04]

 This might sound a little odd but one of the greatest ways that i practice on not looking at my hands when i play is that i turn off all the lights and i play so that i can't see anything. U can only hear and feel the music. It may sound freaky but it works. Give it a try. My second method is that i set up my keyboard in front of a mirror or tv or something that i can pay attention to and i play without looking down. It's always important to follow your director and be alert for sudden changes in the choir director and the choir themselves.....Practice It!