How many piano teachers did you go thru before one taught you proper technique?

[ialaban]

I do realize that most teachers don't teach proper technique until the student knows enough music theory such as rhythm, sight-reading, tempo markings, etc. otherwise they might get burned out. There also could be some special circumstances that might affect how much time you spent with a particular teacher, etc. So feel free to comment and state what you chose on the poll.

[ranjit]

I don't feel like any teacher has taught me totally proper technique yet, so I'm not sure what to answer.

[ted]

I was never taught any technique at all, proper (if such exists) or not. It wasn’t until recovery from motor control issues fifteen years ago forced me to do so that I thought about it. My teacher did sell me his Virgil Practice Clavier, without which I doubt I could play as I do now; but then those devices are considered improper for technique these days so the quandary remains. I often wonder what I would play like had I been taught some technique when young; almost certainly better at playing pieces but perhaps less of a Ted creatively.  Obviously I cannot answer the poll.

[perfect_pitch]

Learnt from 4 twats who taught me how to play hard pieces badly for 4 years, before one teacher who tried to correct all my bad habits in less than 2. Then went through another 2 teachers who were god-damn useless for the next 3 years, before I got another teacher who was great at telling me what I was doing wrong for 3 years... but couldn't for the life of her tell me how to fix it.
Finally found my last teacher, who I profoundly have the most incredible respect for and have been doing lessons with her on and off for the last 15 years.

[lostinidlewonder]

Play relaxed, controlled to produce desired sound, is there really a moment when you could say that is all taught to you by one teacher or any group of teacher for that matter? I like to play in a manner that takes into account my own two hands and my own mind not someone else's or some preconceived ideology of mastery. It seems to me that unavoidably it is a journey filled more with self discovery accompanied with a dash of good advice. A clashing of ideas tested through your experience base, a world of limited unchanging solutions and a number of arbitrary answers which morph and change depending upon the angle it is viewed from.

 Isn't it important that a good teacher makes you aware and sets you in the right direction and allows you to question and test improvement? There's really no end to this all is there?

In any case, what I learned from my teachers was more important than technique or musicality. Learning about who I am as a musician, what I can achieve and how to set achievable targets of all sorts, much more valuable.

[lelle]

I picked 5 since I have had 5 teachers up until this point, though nobody actually suceeded teaching me I had to work that out mostly on my own.

[transitional]

Well, that depends. Is the moonlight sonata mvt 3 "technically difficult"?

[thalbergmad]

I had 4 teachers before I found the right one and sadly I was almost 40 before it happened.

Thal

[perfect_pitch]

Well, that depends. Is the moonlight sonata mvt 3 "technically difficult"?

To a degree... yes. In the great scheme of things - no.