Why You Must Exaggerate Your Playing When Practicing Slowly #pianolessons

From LivingPianos. FULL ARTICLE: https://livingpianos.com/why-you-must-exaggerate-your-playing-when-practicing-slowly/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about why you must exaggerate your playing when practicing slowly. Why would you want to exaggerate? Shouldn’t you try to play exactly the same way slowly as when you speed up? Yes, that’s a valuable technique, but there are many…

How to Play Expressively on the Piano

From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/how-to-play-expressively-on-the-piano/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin, today we’re exploring how to play expressively on the piano – the secret behind evoking emotions through your playing! Playing expressively includes the unique sound each artist brings to the piano, stemming from their technique, and the balance between their hands. Three essential elements of expressive…

Can You Make a Crescendo on a Chord on the Piano?

From LivingPianos. Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. Today’s question is: Can you make a crescendo on a chord on the piano? How many of you have seen a held chord with a crescendo on it in your score? How can you possibly do something like that? Did the composer not understand the physics of…

Will AI & The Singularity Transform Music? Ray Kurzweil’s Vision

From LivingPianos. https://livingpianos.com/will-ai-the-singularity-transform-music-ray-kurzweils-vision/ Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about the relationship between keyboards and the singularity. This should get a lively discussion going, and the central figure in our discussion is a man by the name of Ray Kurzweil. How many of you have heard of Kurzweil keyboards?

Musical Solutions to Technical Problems

From LivingPianos. Welcome to LivingPianos.com, I’m Robert Estrin. The subject today is about finding musical solutions to technical problems. My teacher, John Ogden, tied for first prize in the Tchaikovsky International Piano Competition with Vladimir Ashkenazy, two legendary pianists. I remember John Ogden talking about how he really was taken with Ashkenazy’s performance of the…