Thanks for the interesting reply. I too, couldn't agree more that one doesn't have to Play to teach. As I said, that one teacher of mine, was brilliant. I have a friend that always tell me, "Those who can PLAY do, Those who can't TEACH"! I don't agree with that either!
Anyway, what I found interesting in particular was the bit about "not how to play a piece, but how to LEARN to play a piece". I know that it must vary SO greatly from piece to piece and depend on hundreds of different factors, but if you could go over some of the standard things you look at in determining exactly how YOU would go about learning a piece in minutes?....and what are the "most" likely factors that would make someone else take months as opposed to your minutes? Does this difference in the amount of time spent learning a piece have entirely to do with "correct learning techniques" or do other factors weigh into it?
I mean, I would think if you have a piano student of 1 month and one who has studied 10 years...and you gave them both Fur Elise....of course the student who had 10 years could play it much easier and faster..always(right?), but it would be because of experience and level of playing, wouldn't it, not JUST because of how they learned the piece?
Would there be a way a student of limited time could be given techniques, that would actually allow them to learn a piece faster?
If you have time, (I know I take alot of it, and I'm sorry) could you please list out the steps you feel one needs to take "exactly" to learn a piece quickly, I'm very interested to see what you do. Also, could you learn ANY piece quickly, doesn't it matter the difficulty of the piece? And when you say LEARN a piece, I'm assuming you mean PLAY a piece?