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Mar 3, 20234 min read
PERFORMANCE IN THE FACE OF PUSH-BACK
Joe, my neighbor-piano mentor friend pictured here before he played my Duchess, loves to prepare for months for his student recital every...
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Feb 28, 20235 min read
WHY DO SOME PRACTICE DAYS GO SO WELL?
Last night I played Schumann's "Traumerie," Mendelssohn's "Confidence (intermediate arrangement)," Schumann's "Foreign Lands," Aram...
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rhapsodydmb
Feb 27, 20235 min read
HOW DO SELF-ESTEEM AND SELF-CONFIDENCE DEVELOP?
Shaky self esteem and self confidence seem to be major challenges for many senior or "older" adult piano students. A former piano teacher...
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rhapsodydmb
Feb 20, 20233 min read
FRIENDS, PIANISTS, & COUNTRYPEOPLE: LEND ME YOUR EAR!
Today after a short conversation with my composer-pianist friend Bruce, this strange idea came to me: Do you think up there somewhere in...
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rhapsodydmb
Feb 13, 20239 min read
WHAT I WISH I HAD KNOWN AT THE START
At the end of March, 2023 I will accomplish 24 months of weekly piano lessons. So what do I wish I had known before I returned to study...
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rhapsodydmb
Feb 6, 20236 min read
MUSIC - IN THE "RIGHT" TIME!
Bruce, a composer-pianist-broker friend who is significant to my growing musical confidence and knowledge, recently asked why my music...
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rhapsodydmb
Feb 5, 20236 min read
LISTENING TO ONE’S “INNER VOICE” IN A HANG DRUM - by Raven Crone (Guest Blog; with Rowley & Joy)
I was reading two poems about “Inner Voices,” in a manuscript of Ann’s second volume of poetry which is scheduled for publication later...
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rhapsodydmb
Feb 5, 20237 min read
FINDING A MUSIC TRIBE: The loneliness of a long-distance piano student
Being an amateur pianist who studies in individual zoom lessons at home, is a lonely affair. It occurred to me after about a year of such...
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rhapsodydmb
Jan 25, 20238 min read
THE "FLOW" - A MYSTERIOUS CONCEPT
Words fascinate me. When I was in early grammar school and it was about time to leave for school in the morning, my mom used to find me...
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Jan 23, 20236 min read
LEARNING THE PIANO - DREAMS & INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS
After the just-past 21 months of piano lessons, I have arrived at the conclusion that there are no (or very, very few) "best practices"...
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rhapsodydmb
Jan 20, 20234 min read
“MUSICALITY” - AN ELUSIVE CONCEPT
The more I delve into new words and concepts from the world of music, the more I find ambiguity and vagueness. So often the experts I...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 17, 20222 min read
WHAT PIANO LESSONS AND LOVE OF MUSIC DELIVER
I noted a December 11, 2022 New York Times' article by Jenny Odell about what Twittering does/did to her sense of time. Her conclusions,...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 14, 20224 min read
THE EXCHANGE
I observe that when I enter into music, either as a player of my piano or a listener to another person or group, I am participating in an...
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Nov 20, 20225 min read
DISRUPTION OF SOUND WAVES
During a piano lesson on November 17, 2022, my teacher wanted to help me fine-tune the piece I was working on, the Tchaikovsky Waltz from...
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