Here’s an interesting YouTube account, giving concert piano the full clickbait treatment. It’s kind of fascinating, applying all the usual BS traffic-baiting moves to this area of music, that is nothing if not highly serious— […]
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Yolanda Mero on practicing the piano
More from the book Piano Mastery by Harriette Brower, here is Yolanda Mero (1887-1963)— like everybody in this book, the type of language she uses is dated, and a little long winded, but everyone will […]
Carl Friedberg on touch and technique on the piano
More from Piano Mastery by Harriette Brower— some words on sound and technique at the piano from Carl Friedberg (1872-1955). He was the principal piano instructor at Juilliard in the mid 20th century— Nina Simone […]
Best books: Beyer Elementary Method for the Piano
I’m always seeking out methods for introducing people to non-drumming activities— playing the piano, in this case. Last year I bought an 80s-vintage Clavinova, and got some beginner piano books so I could learn how […]