08 May 26 • Practicing repetitions
If practicing passages by repetition is not done in a physically natural, efficient, comfortable, elegant way, it is not going to be remembered by the body....
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08 May 25 • Better than Horowitz
I dislike the pianists who want to play Horowitz repertoire "better than Horowitz". Faster, technically superior ...
08 May 24 • Melodic chords
Holding the top notes in chords in order to melodically connect is an important and undocumented pianistic tool....
08 May 23 • Ludwig Deppe’s secret trill exercise
Deppe's secret trill exercise is the training of the Lumbricalis: strengthening the muscle by loud and slow repetition until fatigue. Then decreasing volume and increasing speed, always probing the limits of clarity (evenness) speed, and power (loudness). Use all 3 phallanges as one, rooted in the...
08 May 21 • The higher authority of rhythm
In chamber music you play not only with each other but also with the higher authority of rhythm. All play with an imaginary conductor and that creates a grammar for musical communication. Is it obvious for the orchestra but is it any different for the...
08 May 20 • High art has never been profitable
High art has never been profitable! That seems to be an axiom of the past pointing into the future and nothing will likely change that. The attempt to counteract that axiom by applying pr, marketing, and business models is much more likely to destroy high...
08 May 19 • The unhappy Artiste
The unhappy and under-appreciated artist is himself at fault. Whiny, self obsessed, arrogant, spoiled is what he is. An artist needs to see himself in relation to society and history and try to find a place for his art in it only after he found...
08 May 17 • At piano competitions
At piano competitions some contestants come like lambs to the slaughter, some like captive animals, some like stubborn or spoiled children, some like robots prepared to recite data, some like wounded soldiers, some to experiment with repertoire, some about to fight, flight, or freeze, some...