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Jenn <jennconductsREMOVETHIS@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> "Soundhaspriority" <nowhere@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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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.
He could do worse than buying Volume 1 of Bartok's Mikrokosmos and
supplementing it with any adult beginner book for notation basics, for
instance Ada Richter:
http://www.amazon.com/Older-Student-Richter-Piano-Course/dp/0769252672/re
f=sr_1_5?ie=UTF8&s=books&qid=1209246946&sr=1-5
or
http://tinyurl.com/6k4873
The rewiring thing is for real.
Stephen
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