Life Lessons from a Piano Student A gifted piano student learns to “play horizontally” on the piano and “live horizontally” in her everyday life. Article by Emma Armstrong-Carter, originally published on our previous site, March 9, 2011. Reprinted with permission of the author. My piano teacher teaches me music theory and technique, but the […]
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Glenn Gould and the power of playing slowly
Inspiring Performance https://videos.files.wordpress.com/2GVkYyvT/voice-musicwiz-glenn-gould-goldberg-variations-bach-aria_hd.mp4 Starting each new day by listening to Bach is a great way to become inspired, whether you are a performer, teacher or just someone who loves beautiful music. In this 1981 performance of the Aria from Bach’s “Goldberg Variations”, Glenn Gould shares with us the power of playing slowly, and bringing out […]
The Bach Goldberg Variations
Studying the Bach Goldberg Variations brings up a few questions, and some very exciting answers! “What on earth could a composer do with only eight notes?” we might ask. “Not much!” we might answer, especially if those notes were just the first four tones of a descending G major scale, a skip of a third, […]