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Piano Technique: No Pain, Much Gain

Posted on July 10, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Sometimes we learn a floating, flowing path to beauty through the unfortunate school of HARD knocks. To this effect, I recall my esteemed Oberlin Conservatory piano teacher dealing in mindless, stressful repetitions of meaningless exercises that caused joint pain and … Continue reading →

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“Counting Correctly, but Playing Un-rhythmically”

Posted on April 28, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

“The habit of counting correctly but playing unrhythmically develops easily in the beginning and is too often overlooked.” – Richard Chronister (A Piano Teacher’s Legacy, Ed. Edward Darling) http://www.amazon.com/Teachers-Selected-Writings-Richard-Chronister/dp/0976116308 I love this quote, because many students count out beats quite … Continue reading →

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Chiming in the New Year with my favorite piano performance picks!

Posted on January 2, 2015 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Grigory Sokolov grabs a deserved spotlight in this bedazzling performance of Schubert’s Klavierstucke No. 1 Bruno Sainmangeon, producer and documentarian captured Sokolov in the same acoustically favorable Berlin space that Murray Perahia chose to deliver the memorable Bach Partita in … Continue reading →

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Piano technique is about flexibility not finger strength

Posted on September 15, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

I remember my days at the Oberlin Conservatory pumping out meaningless Schmitt finger exercises, often holding notes down, while a selected persecuted finger had to brave the pain is gain ritual. (tap, tap, tap, tap, and move on to the … Continue reading →

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Ear Training and Transposing are intrinsic to piano lessons (examples from an Adult lesson in progress)

Posted on June 21, 2013 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

It’s not easy to plan a one hour piano lesson to include ear training, solfege and transposing. (They belong together, bundled with Theory, and enrich the learning environment) At the Oberlin Conservatory, Theory, Keyboard Harmony, and Eurhythmics were taught separately. … Continue reading →

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Rekindling ties with a dear NYC friend, her 1893 Steinway B, and piano tinkering grandbaby

Posted on December 8, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Friendship is forever. Coming back to New York City was living proof of it. Continue reading →

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Rina’s Lesson-in-Progress: From the staircase to the piano (Reinagle Minuet in G) Videos

Posted on April 18, 2012 by arioso7: Shirley Kirsten

Rina, 5, has embarked upon her 7th month of study and is scaling my staircase before settling down to the piano. I’ve used this routine to imbue a sense of music’s topography before a keyboard transfer. It’s working. Videotaped samples: … Continue reading →

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Tag Archives: Oberlin Conservatory

Piano Technique: No Pain, Much Gain

“Counting Correctly, but Playing Un-rhythmically”

Chiming in the New Year with my favorite piano performance picks!

Piano technique is about flexibility not finger strength

Ear Training and Transposing are intrinsic to piano lessons (examples from an Adult lesson in progress)

Rekindling ties with a dear NYC friend, her 1893 Steinway B, and piano tinkering grandbaby

Rina’s Lesson-in-Progress: From the staircase to the piano (Reinagle Minuet in G) Videos

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