> This message is in MIME format. Since your mail reader does not understand this format, some or all of this message may not be legible. ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment > I would say that the idea that practicing on a not so great piano makes y= ou a > better pianist is at least counterintuitive, at most, pure BS. Much of > learning and refining piano skills has to do with developing your sense o= f > hearing and connecting what your hands do to what your ears hear. It is = not, > afterall, the same as learning to type. The poorer the piano, the more y= ou > learn to not listen, to ignore what you hear and therefore surrender cont= rol > over what you are trying to accomplish musically. Wondering whether the > mechanical problems you are encountering in executing a difficult passage > belong to your fingers or the action can only serve to confuse the issue = more > and force you into some bad habits with respect to relaxation that will n= ot > serve your technique or tone production at all. And as far as advocatin= g > poorer pianos for our adult piano students to improve their technique=8Awel= l > that would be counterproductive. Remember, critical thinking is a privil= ege, > not a right. You have to earn it. > =20 >=20 > David Love Bravo. Fascinating topic. Have talked to so many concert & jazz pianists about this; they almost have to armor up with a kind of grief, I guess, and just go ahead and attempt to enable and create beauty on a less-than-good-sounding-and-feeling piano. It injures, IMO, their ability t= o be vulnerable enough to really FEEL any piano they play. It=B9s a problem that literally no other instrumentalist deals with, and it adds to the fear of understanding how a piano works, or even disdain for the mechanical nature of the instrument---why else would an artist resolutely refuse to find out how a piano works after playing it for years or decades? Food for thought.... All the best..... David Andersen ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: https://www.moypiano.com/ptg/pianotech.php/attachments/3b/f6/1e/4a/attachment.htm ---------------------- multipart/alternative attachment--
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