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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Roy James-Pike Roy, Edna has been doing a series of YouTube videos called Inside Edna's Studio: The Road to Ease. The first video talks about how the body position needs to adjust to where the…
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Roy James-Pike Hi Roy, the Taubman approach is very intriguing, but once you get to know it more, it does more a lot of sense. It takes the approach of playing with 'freedom', as Edna would say,…
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS @Roy James-Pike Hi Roy, yes, I did, and that's when I noticed that her hand and arm movements are very similar to what I've seen from students of the Taubman Approach.…
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Re: GENERAL HAND POSITIONS OF THE GREAT PIANISTS Hi Janice, I have not heard of Khatia so I read about her on Wikipedia. She studied Michel Sogny's 'piano method'. The method described on Wiki is very interesting.…
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Re: Mechanical Metronome The one that I bought many, many years ago is still available on Amazon. The brand is Wittner. When I brought it, it was made in W. Germany (!) It's still made in Germany, according to Amazon.…
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Re: changing piano technique @Christopher Macy I have not heard of Whiteside and Sandor, but just looked up their books on Amazon. Abby Whiteside's book appears to talk about the horizontal and vertical movements and the…
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Re: Happy New Year! Happy New Year to all and Happy Practicing in 2024!
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Re: changing piano technique @Roy James-Pike @Allan Freilich I am in the same 'era' as both of you. @Allan Freilich I've also been learning the Taubman method for about a year and a half.…
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Re: changing piano technique @Roy James-Pike I also studied the Hanon and Czerny exercises when I was young and I don't have injuries. I always chalked it up to it's because I never practiced very much!…
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Re: changing piano technique @Roy James-Pike I decided to go the Taubman approach when I was watching many of the YouTube videos of Dorothy Taubman's masterclasses when she was alive.…
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Re: changing piano technique @ALICE It's interesting to hear that you are undergoing a change in piano technique, or what the Taubman approach calls retraining. I am also in the same boat, so to speak,…
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Re: Should I set passing the Royal Conservatory examinations as a learning objective? @One Beat Good luck with your endeavours. Keep us posted on your progress!
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Re: Should I set passing the Royal Conservatory examinations as a learning objective? @Becky Brouwer @One Beat I agree with what Becky said about RCM providing structure and a roadmap. I grew up in Hong Kong and went through the Royal Academy of Music's exams (1 - 8) and theory up to…
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Re: Need some advice on trills after getting injured @Don I agree with your 1-3-2-3 fingering for the trills. My Taubman teacher taught me to use that fingering as well. Also, try not to have the fingers play in the same position on the same key every…
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Re: Need some advice on trills after getting injured I would recommend watching Bob Durso's videos on Tonebase. Your concept of 'wrist rotation' is somewhat correct, but the rotation is not from the wrist,…
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Re: Euphoria and the Taubman Technique @Janice Tonebase is a good community as it has a very supportive group of people in it. We get encouragement and inspirations through the interactions with other members. Good luck.
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Re: Euphoria and the Taubman Technique @Janice I'll be 72 on New Year's Eve, and I started Taubman lessons when I was about to turn 70. So it's never too late!
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Re: Euphoria and the Taubman Technique @Brian Buchbinder So true. @Janice Brain science research in the last couple of decades have shown that the brain has plasticity. It is a large piece of muscle, and like every muscle,…
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Re: Euphoria and the Taubman Technique @Janice From my experience of a little over a year, the musicality comes with the technique, naturally in a way. The rotations give you a much better tone and control,…
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Re: Euphoria and the Taubman Technique I've been taking lessons with a Taubman teacher for a little over a year. I wrote to the Golandsky Institute and Bob Durso gave me a name of a teacher who lives in the same city as me!…
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Re: How to deal with thumb arthritis @Kingsley @Janice I am also not a doctor, but I have recently embarked on a re-training journey with a Taubman teacher. What I learnt is that the thumb (so as the rest of the fingers),…
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Re: Roskell and/or Taubman? @Ivan Glad to hear that there is a supervised teacher in your area! I think it's important to find a TA teacher that the Golandsky Institute can stand behind.…
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Re: Roskell and/or Taubman? @Ivan @Andrew McMillan @Michael Hi all, nice to hear of your experiences with the Taubman method. I found my Taubman teacher through the Golandsky Institute as well and I heard back from Bob Durso.…
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions! @Vidhya Bashyam Vidhya, great job! I can totally hear the conversational-like or two people singing together and then separate as you had described. Very enjoyable!
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Re: Group-journey threw J.S. Bach - Two part inventions! @Gail Starr Gail, beautifully played! I have not been following this group journey for the last couple of months, and am just catching up with everybody's progress! I noticed we have the same piano!
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