Need help to interpret what my piano teacher meant

[qoogla_55]

My piano teacher always says that my playing is brilliant but it has no details. What do you teachers mean by "details"

I also need tips on tone gradation.

[pianisten1989]

First thing to to is to ask your teacher...

Anyway, details probably is everything. Look for the slurs and dynamics. Where you have pauses, and make a pause if you have one. Different symbols, like accents and staccato. Just everything that's in the scores.

[quantum]

Sounds like your teacher wants you to work beyond the notes.  There are many other descriptors in a score than just notes, take a look at them and apply them.  Dynamics, articulation marks, tempo changes, pedaling, phrasing, breathing, tone, etc.

You can achieve tone gradation through different types of touch used on the keyboard, also the pedals add to the tonal possibilities.  Often different genres of music may have different touch: articulated baroque touch, legato pedaled touch for more romantic music, flat fingers touch for impressionist music, angular touch for 20th Century works - these are only very basic descriptions.

Ask your teacher to demonstrate methods of achieving diversified tone.  

[qoogla_55]

Thanks pianisten and quantum for your replies.
I find them useful.

[keyofc]

googla,

I think you recieved some good comments.
But I would definitely ask the teacher what he/she means.
She may not be pointing out everything listed in the comments - since she says your music is brilliant.

It could be one thing you're missing
Get her/him to identify it so you can improve where you need to - and have the confidence
you need on what you are already good at.

[qoogla_55]

Thanks keyofc