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Stefan79
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Posts: 300
(6/29/01 5:17:43 pm)
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A.
Parisot
Hmm...I just read the article about Mr. Parisot and I
discovered something really cool!
I studied with one of Parisot's
students for a year and I really can tell where most of the ideas
came from...
The
teacher I study with now, keep telling me not to dip my left elbow
every time I shift...I haven't thought about why I do it, I just do
it. I guess I must have picked it up when I was studying with
Parisot's student...I don't remember him saying anything about it to
me though...Then I read it in the article and now it makes sense! I
don't know how I should do though...should I do as my teacher says
and get rid of it, or should I keep it? I mean...she does know what
she's talking about...she was a student of Tortelier, Blöndal
Bengtsson, Piatigorskij and Fournier...on the other hand, I guess
that my other teacher knows what he's talking about to...
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Stefan
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AaronReeves
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Posts: 186
(6/29/01 9:19:21 pm)
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what a
dilemma
I have something slightly similar to yours. My first piano teacher
was a relatively old woman with a consequently "old school" method
of teaching. She had me play very firmly over the keyboard with not
too much excess movement. Or so I suppose. How else would I have
developed that habit? As a result of the almost stiff style of
playing, I started pulling my wrists up and playing only from the
fingers, neglecting energy and movement that my arms could bring
into my music. This brought LOTS of tension, which is, as we all
know as musicians, very bad and potentially dangerous to your body.
My new teacher has been trying to break this style of playing, quite
successfully and to my amazement that I am now playing much better.
MUCH better. I now know how to use my arms to aid in shaping musical
phrases and so forth, not to mention that it's just more comfortable
and not as painful.
Alright, ALL THAT to say: why not try
what your new teacher is telling you to do? If you find that it
helps you play better, and you can get a better sound out of the
instrument, (over a long time, muscle habits are hard to break) then
go for it! All the better. If it's hurting your sound, causes you
"bad pain" in your arm, and you can't play as expressively, then
just adopt the little elbow dip as a personal "trademark", for lack
of a better word.
If
anyone disagrees with me, please speak up, I don't really know what
I'm talking about!
Aaron
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zambocello
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Posts: 640
(6/30/01 12:22:45 am)
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Re: what a
dilemma
This is a complicated situation that comes up for all of us one
time or another. My short answer is to do what your current teacher
tells you to do, otherwise why study with him/her?
On the
other hand, soak up all the information and insight you can,
regardless of sources and conflicts. It's amazing how many of the
things we study don't really make sense until much later.
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