I think they may be referring to the Bartok "Mikrokosmos" which is seven volume work in piano pedagogy that the composer wrote for his four year old son. The...
Let me tell you a little about my music school. It is mostly for "leisure" students, interested in a well-structured method, but not Carnegie Hall-oriented. ...
Hello Lya! Your story sounds very impressive. Could you elaborate a little on the difference between someone who wants to play 'for Elise' and someone with a ...
Isleif
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May 3, 2006 9:14 am
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Hi Connie, Your question jogged a memory cell. I found this old bookmark: http://www.geocities.com/Vienna/2217/methode.htm It is hard reading because of the...
That looks like a really good essay; thanks for sending it. Nice that it has to do with violin, too. Connie (violinists) www.geocities.com/conniesunday/ ...
In all these years of learning and teaching, I have encountered students who only want to play certain pieces - one or two in a world of thousands of them. The...
Dear Lya, I am a "fresher" in this musical dialog I appreciate so much. I believe that people longing for "Fur Elise" and "Moonlight" sonata are a 100% right....
Dear Folks, Vica Achim has joined our message group which pleases me greatly for Vica is the author of the page called "Letters from Vica." I will be adding a...
mharre
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May 9, 2006 12:43 pm
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I certainly hear what you are saying and as a former music student on flute (trained in the standard manner) and a current student on piano (trained in a...
If you've not read it, the book Piano Lessons (Music, Love & True Adventures) by Noah Adams is a must for adult beginners on an instrument. His quest is to...
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May 9, 2006 2:12 pm
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Hi, Vica: I play for my own pleasure. I don't really perform. If there is a piece I want to play that is slightly above my level, I will give it a try....
Hi Michele, Vica, all, That's exactly what I am, too.....except months rather than years<smile> I used to play flute so have the musical basics, and as you...
Hi Vica, The mention of Fuer Elise always opens a special place for me. I was a self-taught piano player as a teen, playing the music in my grandmother's book...
Victoria: I never meant to classify right and wrong in music. What I want is to introduce students into the never-ending world of piano literature, a world...
Hi. I have just joined this group. So glad to find other adult pianists on the net. Am looking for a Summer Piano program for piano and theory...if anone...
There is a wonderful piano camp at Bennington, Vermont. For info: <sonatina is a live-in piano camp>. And what a coincidence, I'm going there for my second ...
Thanks for the information regarding Sonatina...much appreciated. I should have added that I am looking for a program in Europe or the U.K. for the summer....
Hello, (I would like to learn your name) I find very interesting everything you are saying. In many ways my own experience is similar to yours. Now as an adult...
Dear Lya, I think I can tell you that I understand, like and share your ideas on music and teaching. What do you mean by "the school method"? Vica ... From:...
... Oh, just call me Odd Duck, [:)] ... that you understand how to play it better than before? And you started to progress rapidly using certain exercises? ...
A big hello to other musical fossils. I thought that it would be interesting if I gave an update on where I am at with my piano learning (see previous posts...
Good morning: We are having a discussion on SuzukiUSA about how much professionals practice -- land would love to hear what other musicians say about this. ...
I've gotten some excellent responses so far, and these are archived at: http://www.geocities.com/techfiddle/propractice.html I'll continue to add to these over...
This sounds like an interesting group! My name is Angela Hartman and I have my own piano studio in Louisville, KY. I have 48 students and 9 of those are...
If you look at the career of the pianist Claudio Arrau: he studied with Marin Krause, who studied with Listz, who studied with Czerny, who studied with...
If anyone knows of nice RSS feeds for music-related pages, please let me know? My feeds are at http://www.geocities.com/techfiddle/feeds.html, but all I have...
My teacher, (1) Marķa Luisa Rasgado studied with his grandfather, (2) Carlos del Castillo, who studied in Leipzig with (3) Alfred Reisenauer, one of the...
I am hoping to do my own piano recital in fall of 2007. I just started playing seriously a couple of years ago (at age 34), after not having played for almost...
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