People are always walking up to the piano and talking to me--making requests--or just asking me where the restroom is.
That is rude. Some people seem like if they grew up in a jungle. No good manners at all.
yes it's terribly rude...lol...but sometimes they also come up to the piano and put money in the jar so I try to be as polite as possible. I'm sure Valentina doesn't have to put up with that crap...
But those 15 minutes with full concentration are much more usefull than 3 hours of piano playing + TV or Chess or other activity.Best wishes.rui
Many years back I had a small Chopin recital in a church. In the middle of a piece I felt knockings at my back and an older lady asked me whith a low voice if I could stay and drink some coffe whith them afterwards.
Technical exercises while watching tv works for me, maybe not for you
I'm still looking for a small keyboard that has actual piano action.
Bernhard said a lot of times that we must put all our attention in what we are playing.Best results dont depend of how many times we repeat an exercise or a section of a musical piece but of the concentration with we do it.Many of us cant keep full concentration more than <> 15 minutes. Then, we must make a break.
I don't think I agree with that. I'm pretty sure what's known about the cognitive and neurological bases of skill development supports the fact that numerous repetitions are important.
Yes, but they only work well if they are similar (consistent) enough. So those who have the tendency to constantly make unconscious changes to what we are doing will not benefit from mindless repetition, it only adds confusion to the brain. For me it's possible to repeat something several times in a similar way only with 100% concentration. And that concentration usually starts failing after about 3 times...It seems our ability to automatize movements is not equal. Someone has used an analogy of people knowing how to walk without concentrating on it...I cannot even do that and I have to learn it again every bloody morning... For the first 15 minutes I just keep stumbling on my feet
That's really interesting. Are you dyspraxic?