Why Does a Pianist Like Certain Styles?
Understanding one’s preferences regarding art is always difficult
I’ve boiled it down like this. (more…)
Posts Tagged ‘Listener’
Enjoying Playing and Practicing Piano
Some piano students make emotional trouble for themselves
Instead of focusing on the sheer enjoyment of making music which they love, they wonder if they are “doing it properly.” Similar concerns are too common as well. Such folks have been indoctrinated, often at a young age, that there is a right way and wrong way to make music. I’d say something different – that there is a way that makes the listener happy and a way that does not. By “listener” I include the pianist him/herself. (more…)
Interpretation and Tempo – One Final, Critical Tip
Good Piano Performance Demands Pianists Know and Obey This Rule
In past essays we have discussed the mechanical aspects of performing with good tempo and the musicality of performing with good tempo. In closing these essays, I want to offer one further, critical guideline. My piano students have greatly benefited from following it. (more…)
