dizzyfingers

6 anni fadiscuss

I’ll never forget being introduced to this piece in my first semester of music college. It was at the weekly composition departmental, we were going to listen to a few pieces and discuss. When the professor played this it shattered my naive jazz/classical/pop perception of composition!

dizzyfingers

7 anni fadiscuss

I am fascinated by tarantula hawks, the first time I saw one flying I thought it was a black humming bird! I’ve watched one hunt a tarantula and drag it 25 yards across a yard to it’s layer. The deep blue black and contrasting copper wings are visually stunning. Oh yeah and the second most painful sting right behind the bullet ant, right in my own middle American suburban back yard!

dizzyfingers

7 anni fadiscuss

I like this article for what to do in the moments of practice, but for a more complete plan this post that was nested in the OP is pretty important in describing how often and in what manner you should do this.

http://www.calnewport.com/blog/2011/11/11/if-youre-busy-your...

dizzyfingers

7 anni fadiscuss

>> I imagine that in doing so I was unconsciously reproducing one of the best impacts of certain kinds of therapy: creating the acknowledgement that yes, I feel the way I feel, that is mirrored by my environment in some way, and it’s not something I need to hide or feel shame about. The music helped me feel that without needing to reveal anything about myself.

This was/is the purpose of the blues, an acknowledgement and release from adversity.

dizzyfingers

7 anni fadiscuss

Any body remember when Alone was writing The Last Psychiatrist?

dizzyfingers

8 anni fadiscuss

I’ve followed HN for around 10 years now but even basic stuff like this can come across as jazz to me. Funny thing is I understand jazz at a professional level. I feel foolish because I use godaddy, because they have good customer service and their interface is easy to understand but as a HN lurker I want to have good web etiquette. I’m going to see about turning this feature off in the way the author describes but what can I do to stay clear of the Kenny Gs of tech? Full disclaimer I have nothing against Kenny G, and even respect him, just one of those jazz expressions...

dizzyfingers

8 anni fadiscuss

The only thing I'll add to this is the benefit of working with a metronome. With 88 keys and 10 fingers there is a lot pianists can get distracted by but when you strip it down to RH/LH eighth notes starting at 30 bpm you can really focus on generating a time feel!

A guide you say?! Funny you mention it this is what I've cobbled together for my students over the years. It's about time for me to give it another pass to further refine it but it is a reliable path towards basic keyboard proficiency. Let me know what you think.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/15UObA9KnJ1Q6Lymz3QBulSFm...

dizzyfingers

8 anni fadiscuss

I see a lot of discussion here regarding the influence of listening to music but I am also curious about the influence of rhythmic training. This year I added rhythmic training as a warm up to all of my piano students lessons. I've been using an old staple 'Stick Control' (link below) to train the most basic LH/RH coordination and beat perception and have been amazed at the improvement across the board including myself since I work on this with them. I would compare the improved LH/RH coordination with improved conceptualization of a beat to a rising tide that lifts the ships of the beginner, the prodigy, the professional and the senior citizen student.

https://www.amazon.com/Stick-Control-George-Lawrence-Stone/d...

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