Hi, I found the Musical Fossils site a couple of years ago and very much appreciated all the insight into the challenges adult music students can face. It's a...
Hang in there, Loris. It will get better. My story: I took piano lessons while I was a kid (lessons through high school) and joined the high school band as a...
Maybe your current piano teacher 'can't' teach them to you because she can't play them herself. I'd find a teacher who would be willing to teach them to you.....
-Hi Roger, THanks for the encouragement. You certainly have been a piano student a long time as an adult and are playing some exciting stuff...bravo. I...
Hi all, I have been following the posts for a while now, but never wrote anything, since my instrument is voice and my location Europe. I recognize a lot of...
-Darina, You do make a good point about not confusing the feelings the music evokes with the teacher. I did that, and regret it. I think in some cases it...
I have always loved this piece and finally learned most of it last year. STill have trouble with the end. I love playing it..it resonates with me. I told my...
Greetings, I am still amazed by the troubles teachers can cause their students and the rudeness of rejection towards prospective students. It certainly says...
Matthew Harre
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Sep 20, 2007 5:15 pm
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Two problems: The records (vinyl) and the insistance of the recording engineers that the playing be "perfect" (and the ability to re-record over areas where...
Slow, recognizeable melodies can be duplicated by "anyone", but the musicianship required in them is much higher than fast fingerwork. " Oh anybody can play...
There is a synopsis of past issues of Keyboard Companion here: http://www.keyboardcompanion.com/PastIssues.html, and an article written by you and Amy Rose...
-Hi Matt, If only more teachers cared enough to give 1/10th of the thought you have given to teaching adults. BUt I'm sure there are many very caring and...
Roger, I guess one of the upsides of how easy it is to rework a recording to get it perfect is that if we ever wanted to record ourselves we could improve on...
Maxi, I was excited by your link but it gets me nowhere and even when I play around with it I only get pictures. Any clues to help? Matt ... [Non-text portions...
Matthew Harre
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Sep 22, 2007 12:57 am
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Rodger, What your friend or relative said probably referred to only the first movement, which for many is the Moonlight Sonata. Many anthologies list just...
Matthew Harre
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Sep 22, 2007 12:58 am
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One must be a subscribing (for fee) member to read the articles, though there are selected links of some multimedia portions. Since you contributed an...
Hello folks, I am giving a workshop in mid-November to music teachers of adult students. I would like to know what you want to tell these teachers about the...
Matthew Harre
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Oct 13, 2007 5:34 am
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Well, I can't speak for anyone but myself, and I don't consider my experience as a music student to be representative of how "most people" proceed to learn...
In the case of young children I can imagine a difficult (psychological) relation to the teacher. Hurting their emotions and feelings may be a major subject....
klavierneuling
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Oct 14, 2007 3:57 am
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Hi -- Two things that have been very helpful to me. One is to tell me about the composer, his period & style, what's distinctive about his music as compared...
Please remind them that we are not typical students - are there really any typical students, anyway? So if they want to teach us a certain way because that is...
Karl, I think you are right about the teaching of music being the main thing, and I doubt many adult students would get into music lessons with the intention...
I used to teach mathematics to adults. Like music, many adults have strong emotional reactions to the subject material, and the most effective teachers teach...
I'd like to thank all of you for your responses. They called forth something I don't think teachers will be prepared for. With your permission, I will hand...
Matthew Harre
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Nov 10, 2007 11:22 pm
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Well good morning all, What a journey just to find this group and I'm so happy I have. My name is Debbie, I live in the Midwest and I'm 50 years old. I had a...
Debbie - it's good that you're apparently going to finally get serious about playing the piano "the right way" and that you really want to learn and to stop...
Hi Debbie, I'm no teacher but I've been an adult music student for a while and sometimes had a chance to hear what teachers think. I think a good teacher...
... Interesting thought. I am in my fifties and have returned to serious learning after a 40 year layoff. I have been using the Alfreds basic piano course on...
Hi Debbie, Well, what worked for me getting started with piano (at age 46) was signing up for a piano class at the local community college. THere are all ages...
Steve, I think teachers are important because they can make things easier to understand sometimes. Like hand movements, body movement, clipping rythim counts,...
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