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Keybedding, impact and injury
17
10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
Just written a post that may be of interest- particularly to anyone who has suffered any kinds of injury. I'm not yet going too deeply into the practical issues within this preliminary post, bu...
4th and 5th finger trills
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
In Beethoven's Moonlight sonata Mov 3, there are parts where you must hold an octave with your thumb and 4th finger, while playing a trill with 4th and 5th fingers. This is almost impossible for me d...
Chopin Evolutionary Etude
3
10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
How can I gain speed with my left hand? I would say my right hand is a lot faster than my left.
New member, first post.
7
10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
I just found found two interesting things in my mailbox today. The first package I opened contained The Art of Piano Playing by Heinrich Neuhaus, and the second The Craft of Piano Playing by Alan Fra...
Brilliant technique, brilliant pianist...jazz...
8
10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
Hi, I don't know if I'm posting correctly here about this, but I just wanted to have your advices about one pianist Hiromi Uehara. Just one example, but you will find many on Youtube : I have hea...
Different ways of organizing force
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
I've been doing some experimenting on my own. Perhaps my question here is covered or addressed by the Craft of Piano book as a whole (I've only read the first few chapters). What I notice is that t...
The fun of practice
7
10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
Speaking of the fun of practice, I read an essay about practicing which I found on this website: "Majoring in Music" The article points out that practice requires discipline and on...
Shoulder tension again
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10 years ago by A Pianist in Technique and methods
I have recently read the first post from Andrew's blog - pianoscience or whatever- and found many interesting philosophies that resemble very much Alan's way of seeing the mechanics of the arm in pian...

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