When both hands are doing different things, the instinct is to try tracking everything at once, which usually makes coordination harder. In this clip, Leann Osterkamp shows exactly when to focus on one hand and let the other run on memory.
In this lesson, American pianist Leann Osterkamp teaches Beethoven's Sonatina in G Major. Starting first with hands separated, Leann breaks down each challenge into small, easy steps. She then moves on to combining the hands, and dealing with issues of balance between the different voices. She provides a number of tips, tools, and suggestions to help learn this staple of the beginner repertoire. One such tool is to approach the piece as an orchestrator, assigning imagined instrumentation to each voice to gain new musical insights. Whether or not this sonatina was composed by Beethoven, it remains a valuable part of every pianist's growth and development.
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