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Re: From Fear to Flourish: Managing Performance Anxiety
We commonly go from the practice room to the stage but starting with an awareness of what happens in our mind, body, and emotional self-talk as we’re about to perform, while we’re performing,…
George Lopez
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Re: changing piano technique
This idea was just an “aha” moment after seeing an exhibit of DaVinci in Chicago years ago on his engineering designs of transverse motion levers where a knob moving in a circular motion moves a…
George Lopez
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Re: changing piano technique
One thing that has been important to me about technique is that all levers from tip to shoulder are being used just in proportion to what sound is required so fingers, wrist,…
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Re: changing piano technique
@Marc M Yes! I studied with Boris in Holland for 3 summers in the 90’s and he was very systematic about his approach to technique.
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Re: changing piano technique
I’ve been working with the idea of the fingers as the bristles of a brush that are moved by the arm as a brush handle. A beautifully coordinated technique has a fine balance and expert timing of…
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