Tag: mental imagery and piano playing

legato playing, piano instruction, piano lessons, piano lessons by Face Time, piano lessons by Skype, piano technique

Piano Technique: Playing LEGATO can be a drag!

arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

One of my favorite verbal prompts to students who have a choppy approach to scales and arpeggios, is: "drag" your fingers from note note--"feel" the weight transfer with imagined resistance. I often talk about flowing "vowels" not consonants through an arpeggio. Other mental images are equally effective: Think of the piano as a bowl of… Continue reading Piano Technique: Playing LEGATO can be a drag!

"Tales of a Musical Journey" by Irina Gorin, Debussy Arabesque no. 1, Debussy Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy, learning piano, mental imagery, mind body connection, Mozart sonata in C K545, music, music and heart, phrasing at the piano, pianist, piano, piano addict, piano instruction, piano instructor, piano lesson, piano lessons, piano pedagogy, piano playing and breathing, piano playing and phrasing, piano playing and relaxation, piano practicing, piano student, piano teacher, piano teaching, Pianostreet.com, pianoworld, pianoworld.com, playing piano, producing a singing tone legato at the piano, Scarlatti, Scarlatti Sonatas, Shirley Kirsten, Shirley Kirsten blog, Shirley Smith Kirsten, slow mindful practicing, slow piano practicing, studying piano, Teach Street, teaching piano, The art of phrasing at the piano, W.A. Mozart, whole body listening, whole body music listening, word press, wordpress.com, you tube, you tube video

Jello and other mental images for pianists

arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Here comes the jello again. I thought I was the only one swimming around in it until I found the good company of Irina Gorin, piano teacher and author, who served what amounted to a jello substitute at her piano lessons. She had packed away a small tub of colorful putty that she dispensed to… Continue reading Jello and other mental images for pianists