A list of common mistakes for left hand, right hand, finger positions, technique, and many other areas.

58 Holding down the sustain pedal throughout the entire song 6 years old

43 Not practicing slowly 6 years old

32 Rehearsing and calling it practising. 6 years old

27 Postpone practice for tomorrow, you're busy today 6 years old

26 Brute forcing a song that's too difficult 6 years old

25 Not working with a teacher. 6 years old

24 Flat. No dynamics. 6 years old

22 Playing the sections you know too fast until you're tripping over every note, and playing the ones you don't know super slow 6 years old

21 Ignoring aural training and sight reading. 6 years old

21 While practicing, rushing through the whole piece rather than stopping in each section, polishing it, and then continuing to the next section. 6 years old

12 Wrong and inconsistent fingering. 6 years old

10 Unnecessary tension throughout fingers, wrists and arms. 6 years old

10 Weak 4th and 5th fingers, thumbs too loud. 6 years old

9 Getting too technical and not musical enough. 6 years old

9 Not using the metronome. 6 years old

7 Not playing separate hands first. 6 years old

6 Getting a habit of using the wrong fingering 6 years old

4 Studying for a lot of hours while making zero progress. Sometimes 30mins of good practice are better than 3 non-productive hours. 6 years old

4 Practising with poorly used pedal 6 years old

3 Doing one huge practice just before your piano lesson instead of a shorter practice every day 6 years old

1 Not paying enough attention to the feedback of your shoulder,arm,wrist muscles, when tension builds up, taking the time to zoom in and playing softer and slower until you feel at ease with the gesture at hand. 9 months old

0 Correct hand position; Wrists up, fingers down. Not flat like a pancake. Helps improve finger mobility. 6 years old

0 Practice at a long continuous length.

TIP: Try to divide it in smart sections with little breaks for yourself 6 years old

0 Not listening to advices... 6 years old

-1 Underutilization of fingers 1 and 5 6 years old

-3 Be patient! 6 years old

-11 Forgetting to upgrade the sustain pedal into a level 45 pianoslayer when talking to the first arch-mage 6 years old

-17 The piano is really gay anyway. 6 years old

-26 Niggerfucking the black keys too swiftly 6 years old

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-31 Getting your dickhole greased 6 years old