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Artful piano playing: Rising above the notes by “feeling,” singing, and “shaping” phrases

Posted on May 12, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Burmguller’s “Sincerity,” Op. 100 is the perfect vehicle for spinning limpidly beautiful phrases. But how does the pianist go beyond what appears to be strings of 8th notes that can easily sound typed out. To avoid the ponderous, vertical approach … Continue reading →

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Piano lesson: Chopin B minor Waltz, Op. 69, no 2. (bouncing phrases back and forth)

Posted on March 14, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Teaching affords the greatest opportunity to listen objectively to students serving up their menu of pieces. It allows ideas to spring forward and bounce back. Today, my Greek student resurrected his Chopin B Minor Waltz in preparation for a forthcoming … Continue reading →

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Two musical Eulogies for Newtown’s fallen

Posted on January 28, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Two musical offerings are grief-filled expressions of enduring loss in Newtown, Connecticut. Continue reading →

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A Skype piano lesson-in-progress bundled with technique and Romantic era phrasing

Posted on January 10, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Despite the imperfection of the media environment, there’s intrinsic musical and pedagogical value in web-cam-driven piano lessons. Continue reading →

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Piano Instruction: Don’t always accentuate the downbeat– Burgmuller’s music proves it (Video)

Posted on January 4, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

“Inquietude” from Burgmuller’s Op. 100 collection of Twenty-Five Progressive pieces, invites a player to examine harmonic progressions as a clue to phrasing a composition that’s often pounded to death with unnecessary DOWNBEAT accents. Seymour Bernstein, distinguished pianist, teacher and author, … Continue reading →

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Old World piano playing (1949) with a pronounced wrist break

Posted on September 29, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

The supple wrist amounts to a “wrist break” that is discouraged among partisans of the Taubman approach. In the main, they adhere to a forearm-driven piano technique along with rotation, and relaxation . The videos embedded, however, contradict such rigid thinking about the wrist, as demonstrated by the performance of a Polish pianist (1949) A Chopin Mazurka is energized by redundant wrist breaks without incurred injury. As one colleague related in reference to Taubman/Golandsky, “how could decades of Russian teaching so easily be tossed aside.” Continue reading →

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A Purr-fect sedative for a Cat

Posted on August 19, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

“Harmony of the Angels” has a soporific effect on Aiden cat while it provided a relaxing prelude to Rina’s earliest piano lessons. Students, young and old, love its thread of sonorities. Continue reading →

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Preparing for a Skyped piano lesson to Europe by tweaking a Logitech Cam (Videos)

Posted on April 6, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Since there’s a 9-hour difference between my West Coast locale and London, England, I had ample time to prep my external cam for the right keyboard angle. Conversely, the student beaming in from Europe had her SWEEX HD all lined … Continue reading →

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Pastorale by Burgmuller in lilting two: Op. 100, 25 Progressive Pieces

Posted on March 7, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

A plaintively beautiful piece, Pastorale requires a lilting “feel” of two beats per measure. A flowing melody permeates the voicing, cushioned in sonorous chords. The challenge is not to upstage the treble line as it unfolds. The phrasing in the … Continue reading →

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Burgmuller’s “The Return”–like a light opera, with interspersed drama (videos)

Posted on March 4, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

“The Return” from the composer’s Twenty-Five Progressive Pieces, Op. 100, is ear-catching. Like an Offenbach opera replete with an Overture, it delights in a set of lighthearted staccato chords that spill into a passionate MINOR sequenced interlude, setting the heart … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Romantic era music

Artful piano playing: Rising above the notes by “feeling,” singing, and “shaping” phrases

Piano lesson: Chopin B minor Waltz, Op. 69, no 2. (bouncing phrases back and forth)

Two musical Eulogies for Newtown’s fallen

A Skype piano lesson-in-progress bundled with technique and Romantic era phrasing

Piano Instruction: Don’t always accentuate the downbeat– Burgmuller’s music proves it (Video)

Old World piano playing (1949) with a pronounced wrist break

A Purr-fect sedative for a Cat

Preparing for a Skyped piano lesson to Europe by tweaking a Logitech Cam (Videos)

Pastorale by Burgmuller in lilting two: Op. 100, 25 Progressive Pieces

Burgmuller’s “The Return”–like a light opera, with interspersed drama (videos)

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