Piano Guidance
Piano Guidance
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Flats are round and smooth and calming.
Look at the large end of the key (also called the bow). If the bow has straight sides and a triangle-shaped top (like a house), you probably have a...
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Ludwig van Beethoven No list would be complete with Beethoven, one of the most revered pianists and composers of all time. His playing differs...
Read More »Sharps or flats? What do you prefer, and why? 449006 03:36 PM Joined: Posts: 2,618 Geneva, Switzerland PoStTeNeBrAsLuX OP 2000 Post Club Member OP PoStTeNeBrAsLuX 2000 Post Club Member Joined: Posts: 2,618 Geneva, Switzerland So, in a quasi-masochistic effort to conquer this weakness, for the past 2 weeks I have been (slowly and seriously) learning Beethoven Op78 (F# major)[2nd movt is more of a challenge than the first in this regard], as well as attempting some medium-pace sight-reading of some of the more agressively "sharpy" examples from WTC. I have to say that it is starting to come a lot easier now, though when the double-sharps start arriving thick and fast, I have sometimes had to run for cover .
cello The violin (or viola or cello) is often said to be the instrument closest to the human voice. Dec 17, 2021
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Read More »You are mistaken when you think that only the mouth moves - moving the muscles of the whole face, and this is a symptom of involuntary tension during the play, which spread in the different parts of the body.
Originally Posted by Couperin With regard to making grimaces, it is possible to break oneself of this habit by placing a mirror on the reading desk of the Spinet or Harpsichord... It is better and more seemly not to beat time with the head, the body, nor with the feet. This one comes from the lesser Bach (or greater Bach, depending on your perspective): Originally Posted by CPE Bach [Through music] the keyboardist can master the feelings of his audience. Those who maintain that all of this can be accomplished without gesture will retract their words when, owing to their own insensibility, they find themselves obliged to sit like a statue before their instrument. Ugly grimaces, of course, are inappropriate and harmful; but fitting expressions help the listener to understand our meaning. Those opposed to this stand are often incapable of doing justice, despite their technique, to their own otherwise worthy compositions. This one from Hummel, a great piano teacher at the time of Beethoven: Originally Posted by Hummel Unbecoming habits should be carefully avoided; as, holding the face too near the book, biting the lips, nodding the head to mark the time, opening or distorting the mouth, etc; as they are prejudicial to the health and contrary to gracefulness of demeanour. I've collected some quotes on this topic, with this first providing a solution (from the composer Couperin):This one comes from the lesser Bach (or greater Bach, depending on your perspective):This one from Hummel, a great piano teacher at the time of Beethoven:
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