"Clyde Slick" <Mr.clydeslick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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26 Apr, 12:47, "Soundhaspriority" <nowh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Clyde Slick" <Mr.clydesl...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> > On 26 Apr, 11:56, Jenn <jennconductsREMOVET...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> "Soundhaspriority" <nowh...@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> >> > I am interested in learning, hence the following question: Does the
> >> > academic
> >> > literature indicate any genuine advances in teaching techniques?
The
> >> > music
> >> > lesson business has always been clouded by gimmickry, which I am
> >> > unable
> >> > to
> >> > see through. What should I look for?
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> >> I'm not aware of any, but that's really outside my area of expertise.
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> >> > My hands have rather limited spread, and my aspirations are
limited;
> >> > I
> >> > simply want to be able to hear my musical thoughts. Perhaps I might
> >> > do
> >> > some
> >> > new-age fiddling with composition.
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> >> Large hands aren't really an issue. I would look for a teacher or a
> >> class that specializes in instruction for adults.
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> >> Good luck! It's cool that you want to learn.
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> > Find a teacher that can relate to the genre of music you wish to play.
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> Rachmaninoff, Boulez, Barraque, 2nd Bartok concerto, Ravel's Gaspard Le
> Nuit, Horowitz's Carmen Variations,
> Kaikhosru Shapurji Sorabji. I have about a month, since I'm already
booked
> for a concert :)
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> Seriously, I am not a dextrous person. I inherited 1/2 of a musical
> archetype from my dad's side, but my hands are small and not
particularly
> fast. My handwriting is horrendous. Yet I probably have perfect pitch,
and
> in my teens, musical dreams were common. So I'm sorta locked in. About
two
> years ago, I assembled a computer piano using a Fatar 880 weighted
> keyboard,
> Steinberg's "The Grand" sampler, and I used my practical knowledge to
> reduce
> the latency commonly associated with such setups, so that it closely
> approximates a real piano. It has a Sugden amp, Wharfedale Diamond 7
> Anniversaries, and it has sat, mostly unused.
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> I seem to have the ability to play classical favorites, one note at a
> time,
> sightless with one hand, but playing multiple notes at one time, and
using
> both hands, requires serious brain rewiring. I wonder if there has been
> any
> psychological research on the best learning procedure?
>
> Bob Morein
> (310) 237-6511- Ascunde citatul -
>
there 'is' an instrument within your inner core, but maybe it isn't
the paino.
I woudln't know. But I seriouly think it is not the piano.
You don't think piano.
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I hope you're wrong. Does it have to come so naturally that one can play
with both hands without lessons? The reason I am interested in the piano
is
because, traditionally, it is the instrument of composers. It has the
greatest ability to make one's musical thoughts audible. It is a
polyphonic
musical laboratory.
In my youth, I played the clarinet, and I did manage two handed
fingerings,
but the clarinet, or the bass, like most instruments, exist for the sounds
they make. The piano is, by comparison, a neutral broker.
Bob Morein
(310) 237-6511
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