All students are often asking the same thing: quick fixes to play a certain piece flawlessly. I wasn’t an exception: I wanted from my professors fingerings, exercises that could help me feel absolutely comfortable in certain difficult sections.
Today, I’m so glad my teachers never quite responded to my requests: it pushed me to be creative in my daily practice and I was forced to learn to solve all kinds of technical problems myself. Of course, when I was hitting the wall, they always had a solution to make me shift perspective and get out of trouble.
If I had to teach piano again to long term students I would probably say only 2 things to close the technical chapter: be creative and find a way to feel comfortable every time you play, every bar you play. Along these lines, I would probably develop their constructive thinking.
What does really count is the sound quality and musical result. How we do it doesn’t really matter. Everyone does things differently anyway.
Sorry, but there is no quick fix to magically play better. It is a long, sometimes painful and always careful lifelong education: technique is about understanding your body and how it works.
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