| Description |
ix, 267 pages ; 23 cm |
| Note |
Includes index. |
| Summary |
This is a book to appeal to a wide range of readers - pianists of every level from beginner to professional, piano teachers, musicians of all kinds, and the broader community of music-lovers. |
| Contents |
Section One: Teaching; Enlisting the imagination; Pretending to be other people; Why don't people play better?; Grappling with the instrument; Words and signs; Tempo is character; Connecting the beats; Sensing the style; Imagery, positive and negative; Different physiques; The inescapability of one's own nature; What we talk about in lessons; The benefit of hindsight; Fusion cooking; 'You'll find the black notes play louder than the white ones'; 'For me this is like jazz'; Is playing the notes enough to reveal the music? To sway or not to sway; How important is it to hear the sound?; Section Two: Learning; Beethoven among the Alpine flowers; Not all those who wander are lost; The sound of two hands clapping; Music lights up the brain; Epilogue; Index |
| Subject |
Tomes, Susan.
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Tomes, Susan. |
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Tomes, Susan -- Education.
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Education. |
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Piano -- Instruction and study.
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Piano -- Instruction and study. |
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Pianists -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Pianists. |
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Scotland. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| Subject |
Piano teachers -- Scotland -- Biography.
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Piano teachers. |
| Genre/Form |
Biographies.
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| ISBN |
9781783273256 hardcover |
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1783273259 hardcover |
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