Essential Piano Technique Lesson

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Never, Never play the piano whilst drunk. I did once and ran straight over a saxophonist. That's my tip. Thankyou.

oh come on! i love playing the piano while im drunk.. :D

Whilst I agree with much of what proff Schmelling has to say I have to be blunt and say that it isn't gospel. I have studied with teachers from all over the world and this is only ONE way of playing the piano .. not necessarily the best. Indeed it is a source of great annoyance to me that teachers polarise so much with regards to the technical training and production of sound..when there are clearly many ways to produce a beautiful sound and strong technique.

Yes, thank you for that. I sometimes have students come back saying "my other teacher makes me do this" and I tell them, that's nice, and you do that while you're in his class. But I am teaching you the way I believe you will play most effectively. I have a friend who is a wonderful pianist, and he plays with flat fingers (I find it very odd, but there you go). Everyone's hands have slightly different muscular structure, so they are bound to operate differently.

Horowizt plays with flat fingers, Valentina too and lang lang.. I think it's to keep the action small, the fingers as close to the keys as possible. They play really fast pieces...

Thanks!

Looking forward to this in the Fall!!!

Very helpful!