I do think that as people become 'musicians' they become pretentious, like you and marik, and try to deny any appreciation of the purely physical achievements pianists display.
Not true. People could call me whatever, but only not pretentious. In fact, you are the first person EVER calling me so.
Back to the topic, I regard technique highly. As a professional I know the value of it, know how much hard work stands behind it, and tremendiously respect it. I equally greatly enjoy whether beautifully played Chopin Notturne, or well performed 6th Rhapsody, or super fast op.10/2, played absolutely evenly on pianissimo, with perfect execution of middle voices, or just nice and even C major scale.
Unlike you, I don't buy some amateurish things like "to play unevenly is OK". I got my education in Moscow Conservatory, where EVERYBODY could play very fast, but where if you'd possibly dare to say something like "if you miss notes for sake of speed, it is OK" to your professor, your music would fly out the window while you would fly out the class after such kick in your butt, that you surely be fast enough to catch the music down in the street and never find your way back, again.
For me music is a system, where every little detail is in very tight relationship with others and cannot POSSIBLY exist one without another. Take one little part out of it and the whole system will collapse.
No doubt, ability to play fast is a part of this system, but it does not exist by itself, which would be an absurd, especially when applied to teaching or WAY of PRACTICING.
It is the same as to take for example a basketball player and start training him to only move his legs fast--sure it doesn't matter, he knows what his task is and what and where the basket is, so as long as the legs move fast he's gonna be good
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My posts.... are serious, and I only wish for some actual discussion...
Well Opus, it seems you are questioning people's intelligence. Not a very wise thing to do.
Let's see:
It is you, who never listens to anybody.
It is you, who ridicules people who say some quite intelligent things with remarks like "I listen, then laugh".
It is you, who spams the board and turns almost every thread about technique into flame wars.
It is you, to whom it is IMPOSSIBLE to talk whether seriously, or otherwise.
It is you, who behaves here like an out of hands 5th grader.
It is you, who never able keep one idea even in one reply, jumping all over the place, and answering with completly random and unrelated things.
I am not even talking about those "Who has the best..." "threads" you create
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After all that you want to tell me how wise and intelligent you are? Sorry, I have my very serious doubts.
You want to discuss, then learn some social skills and discuss things talking the same language.
So far, everything points out to your burning desire for attention.
And seriously, do you really beleive somebody gives a ... about your talks how good, enlightened and intelligent you are?
Have a good day.
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