{"id":7808,"date":"2022-05-27T06:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-05-27T13:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/?p=7808"},"modified":"2023-01-16T10:37:28","modified_gmt":"2023-01-16T18:37:28","slug":"jesus-molina-speed-challenge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/jesus-molina-speed-challenge\/","title":{"rendered":"The Jes\u00fas Molina Speed Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Everyone wants to play fast. And few people do it better than Jes\u00fas Molina.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In this quick tip, Jes\u00fas will show you a speedy pattern you can play on the piano to impress all your friends. It sounds great, it&#8217;s not too difficult to play, and it looks VERY cool!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don&#8217;t forget to download the lesson PDF before you begin.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/d1923uyy6spedc.cloudfront.net\/Speed%20Challenge%20-%20Score-1653275894.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">DOWNLOAD LESSON PDF<\/a><\/center>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:25px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>This speed exercise requires both hands and a stylish crossover. The left-hand notes are highlighted here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Jesus%20Molina%20Speed%20Challenge\/jesus%20speed%20exercise.png\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Here are some tips on how to play this pattern fast:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Start slow. <\/strong>You can&#8217;t play fast until you can play everything perfectly at a slow tempo.<br>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Focus on accuracy. <\/strong>There&#8217;s no use playing fast if you play messy. Make sure your notes are even and clean before speeding things up.<br>\ud83d\udd25 <strong>Use a metronome. <\/strong>Embodying the beat can help you speed up. You can hear Jes\u00fas click along with his playing in the video.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-columns are-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flex wp-container-core-columns-is-layout-9d6595d7 wp-block-columns-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:80%\">\n<span class=\"blue-text-block\">\n<center><h2 style=\"font-size:24px;\"><b>\ud83c\udfb9 Learn From One of the Top Pianists in the World \u2728<\/b><\/h2><\/center>\n<img decoding=\"async\" style=\"display: block; margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto;\" src=\"https:\/\/www.musora.com\/musora-cdn\/image\/quality=85\/https:\/\/pianote.s3.us-east-1.amazonaws.com\/blog\/2022\/Improvisation%20Guide\/Jesus%20Molina%202.jpg\">\n<p>We\u2019re proud to announce Jes\u00fas as our Pianote Coach. His exclusive course on Improvisation and Musical Freedom will change the way you think about the piano.<\/p>\n<p>He\u2019s broken down the lessons into different levels of difficulty. So it doesn\u2019t matter where you are in your piano journey \u2014 you CAN learn how to improvise.<\/p>\n<p>In this course you\u2019ll get:<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>9 video lessons covering improvisation in jazz, bossa nova, classical, and more<\/li>\n<li>His secret 6-month practice plan with assignments for every lesson<\/li>\n<li>Access to EVERYTHING inside Pianote, including hundreds of detailed song tutorials<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<center><a class=\"join\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/jesus-molina\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">JOIN PIANOTE<\/a><\/center><br><\/span>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-column is-vertically-aligned-center is-layout-flow wp-block-column-is-layout-flow\" style=\"flex-basis:10%\">\n<p><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:20px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p>Another way to practice this exercise is to practice the right-hand arpeggios as solid chords. This will help you in the early stages of finding all the notes and getting comfortable with the chord shape.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>For more ways to brush up your speed and technique, check out:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/3-speed-exercises\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">3 Exercises to Play Piano FAST<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/piano-target-practice\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Piano Target Practice<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/faster-fingers\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Faster Fingers:<\/a> a 30-lesson course pack that will get you playing fast, faster!<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>&#8230;And if you want more Jes\u00fas Molina, we have more lessons featuring the legend:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/intros-outros\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Epic Piano Intros and Outros<\/a><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><a href=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/how-to-improvise-on-piano\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">How to Improvise on Piano: A Beginner&#8217;s Guide<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n\n\n\n<iframe class=\"email-form-include-full\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/weekly-email\" frameborder=\"none\"><\/iframe>\n\n\n\n<div style=\"height:10px\" aria-hidden=\"true\" class=\"wp-block-spacer\"><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Learn how to play lightning fast with this quick speed challenge tip from world-renowned piano player Jes\u00fas Molina.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":49,"featured_media":10863,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[520,509],"tags":[1069],"class_list":["post-7808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-play-faster","category-technique","tag-gsotp"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/49"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7808"}],"version-history":[{"count":15,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":11009,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7808\/revisions\/11009"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10863"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pianote.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}