Posts Tagged ‘Sayings’

Accuracy vs. Tempo in Piano Practice

What Good Does It Do to Play at Full Speed if Your Music is Full of Wrong Notes?

Of course, all pianists are going to make mistakes as they work on their pieces. It’s what an adult piano student does AFTER making the mistake that is crucial to progress. Naturally, every piano student’s  ideal is to create accuracy in their playing. This means hitting the proper keys with the best, most effective fingering and giving those notes their proper lengths.

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Improve Your Piano Practice with These Two Maxims

Remember and Use Two Simple, but Powerful Sayings for Better Piano Practice

Introduction: One aspect of successfully teaching adult piano lessons is devising new and concise ways of expressing important ideas – ways of “putting things” that piano students will instantly understand and immediately put to use. During my years as a piano teacher, I’ve come up with quite a few  phrases that work well and these  “maxims” are used over and over in my live adult piano lessons. I offer them to you online for your consideration. (more…)

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