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[crazy for ivan moravec]

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[pianistimo]

thanks for that succinct list.  i will print it out and carry it in my pocket.  seriously.  it's something to think about.

delight in harmony is what my teacher tried to point out that i should do more of.  i thought i already did - but apparrently the dissonant parts are just as important as the harmonious in his opinion.  the fact people rush over dissonance makes the harmonious parts sort of 'blase.'  so, now, i listen for those augmented fourths and highlight them with yellow marker.  especially in brahms op. 118 #2.  i don't want to march around saying 'devils chord' 'devils chord'  but - in actuality light and dark do make contrasts of each other and the beauty is in the contrast.

[dnephi]

Really awesome.  That equals at least Busoni's 12 commandments.

[dnephi]

Some selections of high import-

highest dynamic ranges-soft as they dared.

Pacing-play into keys for power but not percussive, give yourself a good hair-raising dynamic plan.

Sound-good variety of color

Character/atmosphere- absolutely essential.

Feel the Music.

Honestly, these are the 15 commandments.  I want a sticky.

[felia]

Thanx Ivan:D

[rc]

Thanks CrazyforIvan, and thanks to your friend and to Lydia.  I'll be taking it with me too, important reminders.

My critical weakness is the fingers, many things still give me trouble.  Fluency with the keyboard.  Aside from regular practice, I'm progressing through Fink's book.

I would say I have a well developed sense of mood, dynamics and harmony...  Mood from listening, walking around town getting lost in music or laying in bed letting the imagination wander.  Dynamics from practicing scales as ppp as possible, and scalar passages in Mozart - trying to keep the melody always changing dynamically, each note of a different volume than the last, never static.  Harmony from certain Bach pieces, WTC bk1 preludes 1 and 6, all about the dissonance and consonance, tension and release.