![]() ![]() It is not easy to communicate physical movements and coordinations without visual and tactile feedback.(His teacher, however, must maintain a global view, to prevent him from forming bad habits.) The pianist who will find this essay most useful is one who is already playing intermediate repertoire, but who wants to move further towards musical and technical virtuosity. ![]() Piano playing is a very complex mental and motor skill a beginner has so much to get accustomed to that he will not be able to appreciate or apply all these points at once. Although these principles are fundamental, this essay is not meant for beginners. My objective here is to present general principles of piano technique. I am a good pianist, but not a great virtuoso therefore my comments, especially in the section on virtuosity, should be taken with a grain of salt! This essay will be updated often, so please see the date above. This is thus a personal document as such it is subject to change. ![]() I cannot claim to provide the “right way” to play the piano, but I can say that there is nothing in here I have not tried out myself: Everything I say here has at least worked for me. This essay is the result of these changes. My work on these advanced pieces led me to fascinating discussions with pianist colleagues and friends, and also to lots of new reading. This led to an in depth rethinking of my technique many things evolved or changed completely. At first I reviewed repertoire I had previously played, but I gradually moved towards more difficult works, which I had always wanted to play, but never mastered. Finally I had the means to purchase a beautiful Steinway, and now I have come back to my musical “home”. After many years of piano study, I began to play the organ, and did not play the piano again for many years. ![]() I started my musical life as a pianist and composer. ![]()
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