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> "Clyde Slick" <Mr.clydeslick@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> On 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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> > >> In article <-aydnSkWRMwA-o_VnZ2dnUVZ_qain...@[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?
> >
> > >> I'm not aware of any, but that's really outside my area of
expertise.
> >
> > >> > 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.
> >
> > >> Large hands aren't really an issue. I would look for a teacher or a
> > >> class that specializes in instruction for adults.
> >
> > >> Good luck! It's cool that you want to learn.
> >
> > > Find a teacher that can relate to the genre of music you wish to
play.
> >
> > 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 :)
> >
> > 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.
> >
> > 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?
Nope.
Interesting (to me) thread, guys. Thanks.
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