Transcript Applied Piano Study - Dena Kay Jones, Pianist

Applied Piano Study
Fall 2006
“They’re not going to give you
anything…You’re gonna have to go
in there and take it!”
--Don Haskins
1966 NCAA Championship Game
Coaching Remarks to his Team
After silence, that which comes
nearest to expressing the
inexpressible is music
--Aldous Huxley
Formal education will make you a
living; self-education will make
you a fortune
--Jim Rohn
Syllabus
Course requirements are an
accumulation of successful, piano
programs from throughout the
country.
If you follow these organized steps,
you will succeed. But you must
remain focused, keeping your eyes
on your goals.
Setting Goals
Those that are determined for you
Those that you yourself are
determined to reach
Those that you would like to reach
but can’t (for the time being)
Family
Prioritizing
– Responsibilities/Obligations
School
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Practice
Research/Study
Attending Concerts
Career Development
Work
– Minimum/Maximum time
“Free” Time
– Needed –vs– wanted
Piano Studies
Daily Practice
Good ideas are not adopted automatically. They must
be driven into practice with courageous patience.
--Hyman Rickover
Practice is the best of all instructors.
--Publilius Syrus
How much do you love music?
Love and magic have a great deal in common. They
enrich the soul, delight the heart. And they both take
practice.
--Nora Roberts
I never practice; I always play.
--Wanda Landowska
Practice
When beginning a new work:
– Correct notes
– Correct rhythm
– Correct finger numbers
Memory
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Auditory
Visual
Tactile
Muscle Memory
Theoretical Comprehension
Form
Tonal Centers
Memory Spots
Memory continued
– Different stages of memory:
Initial
Retention
Recall
– Memory will be challenged
Performance Anxiety
Trust in your memory
Develop your memory (daily work)
Practice (cont.)
Technique
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Means for musical expression
How is the music constructed?
How do you want it to sound?
How do you get what you want?
Musicality
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Dynamics, tempi, following the markings
What does the composer want?
What do you want?
Express your ideas!
Practice
Slowly
Fast
Set daily goals and strive to reach
them continually (practice journal)
Daily routine
– Same time each day?
– Daily –vs– large amounts
in a few days
– Different amounts of time?
4 hours a day
A musician must make music, an
artist must paint, a poet must
write, if he or she is to be
ultimately at peace with him or
herself. What one can be, one
must be.
--Abraham Maslow