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 Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 9:29 am
that my entire playing technique is fundamentally wrong. Ties my brain in knots. I swear, there is nothing more likely to make you want to slam your head against your instrument than playing C major at snail's pace, over and over, with a lunatic yelling "NO!" at every other note.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 1:04 pm
Is this a teacher you've had for a while, or a new one?
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 2:57 pm
Technique smechnique. If you can play the piano without looking retarded you're doing it at least somewhat right.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 3:17 pm
New teacher, D20s. This was my... fourth lesson with him, I think. Funny it took him four lessons to come to this decision, but I suppose it's better than if he'd have done it the very first time, I'd probably have disliked him then. Today was just frustrating.
I do like the guy, he's very enthusiastic and, it seems, very sincere. He does a lot of yelling "YES!!" and "NO!!" which is quite alarming, the liberal use of "that's completely hopeless" is balanced with equally liberal "perfect! excellent!" and last week he told me I played beautifully, so I suppose it evens out.
Actually, I think he's the only person to ever have told me I play anything beautifully whilst having a good idea of what they were talking about. My old teacher wasn't very good at compliments. I think even if I sat down and sightread, idk, all of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes absolutely perfectly the most she'd say would be "...good." No wonder her son is a socially retarded, yet mildly famous award-winning concert pianist at the age of 15 or something.
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Posted: Mon Nov 16, 2009 4:48 pm
hellosara New teacher, D20s. This was my... fourth lesson with him, I think. Funny it took him four lessons to come to this decision, but I suppose it's better than if he'd have done it the very first time, I'd probably have disliked him then. Today was just frustrating.
I do like the guy, he's very enthusiastic and, it seems, very sincere. He does a lot of yelling "YES!!" and "NO!!" which is quite alarming, the liberal use of "that's completely hopeless" is balanced with equally liberal "perfect! excellent!" and last week he told me I played beautifully, so I suppose it evens out.
Actually, I think he's the only person to ever have told me I play anything beautifully whilst having a good idea of what they were talking about. My old teacher wasn't very good at compliments. I think even if I sat down and sightread, idk, all of Liszt's Transcendental Etudes absolutely perfectly the most she'd say would be "...good." No wonder her son is a socially retarded, yet mildly famous award-winning concert pianist at the age of 15 or something. New teachers always do that. You could have the best, perfect technique in the world, and any new teacher will tell you it's all wrong because it's not the same thing that they do.
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Posted: Tue Nov 17, 2009 5:17 am
Mm, I guess so, but he has managed, already, to fix some things I've always had trouble with, so I'm gonna take his advice for the time being.
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