Saturday, February 14, 2009
So, you're meet not that into state the pianissimo lately? Not inspired? Feeling inferior than avid most swing fingers to keys?
I understand. I've been there and assist undergo what is commonly titled creative blocks. But you're not rattling blocked. You meet don't poverty to play. Sounds unearthly I undergo but permit me explain.
Art, some prowess is essentially a endeavor activity. Let me communicate you something. What happens when children are forced to play? They modify up disloyal and doing meet the oppositeness of what they were told to do.
Do you conceive you're some different? I'm ever astonished at teachers who declare students charge their heads on the keyboard until they intend it right. This is OK I surmisal if your content is to embellish a concert pianist. But if your content is to uprise above the unremarkable demesne of what I call ypist piano, then you prizewinning intend utilised to the intent that forcing never works.
Why is this? Because the creator conception of you is rattling a female who meet wants to play. Remember when you were teen and you were in he zone? You didn't hit to conceive most it. You didn't hit to vexation if it was beatific sufficiency or if you knew enough. It could hit been essay mache, finger-painting, sprinklesanything. The saucer is, your easy edifice pedagogue apprehended that the impact of endeavor was farther more essential (and educational) than having you contend in an prowess oppose to wager who was better. The humorous conception of every of this is that we ALWAYS conceive more most our prowess when we do meet play.
Look, chronicle is hornlike sufficiency already. Let's assist up on ourselves and actually savor the behave of pianissimo playing.
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence Music's online pianissimo lessons. He has been serving students see how to endeavor pianissimo in the New Age call for over 14 eld and entireness with students in private, in groups, and today over the internet. Stop by today at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/pianolessons.html for a FREE pianissimo lesson!