Friday, October 17, 2008

A four-fingered pianist

What can I say? An absolutely astounding feat. This is not only inspirational for pianists, but this is inspirational to me as an instructor. I would love to meet her teacher!

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Following along to Chopin's E-Flat Nocturne

There is a wealth of classic recordings accompanied with the sheet music available through YouTube. I cannot emphasize enough the importance of listening to new music, or probably in this case–familiar music, while following along to the sheet music. I find this to be the most useful way to listen to music academically and I firmly believe that through a routine of this, you will become a better musician and sight-reader.

Here is a clip of Artur Rubinstein playing a famous Chopin Nocturne. Rubinstein was one of the greatest interpretors of Chopin's music. It is useful to literally see his interpretation while hearing.