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4d (edited) • General discussion 💭
𝗧𝗵𝗲 N𝗲𝘄 V𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗼 𝗶𝘀 U𝗽
One of my students closed his eyes while he was playing, and told me he had more fun in that one run through than in weeks of trying to get everything correct.
He did not suddenly get good. He just stopped watching himself.
𝗪𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝘀 𝗶𝗻 𝗶𝘁
Four steps you can run on any song, from your first week at the piano.
- Take a piece of it, not the whole song
- Feel the beats you do not play, and keep the pulse outside your hands
- Close your eyes on something you already know
- Ask whether it felt alive, not whether it was clean
I also play a bit of Peace Piece by Bill Evans in there. Not as a piece for you to learn yet, but because of what it does while you listen to it.
𝗢𝗻𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗜 𝘄𝗮𝗻𝘁 𝘁𝗼 𝘀𝗮𝘆
Step 3 is the one people find hardest, and not because it is difficult. It is because playing with your eyes closed means you cannot mark yourself as you go. That feels unstable for about a week. Then it feels like playing.
If you try it this week, come back and tell me what happened. Even if it fell apart. Especially if it fell apart. 😊
𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁
The falling keys video for Peace Piece is in the Practice Room now if you want to see exactly what that left hand is doing. 🎹
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