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Jan 6, 20238 min read
SITTING IN THE POCKET: HOW AN ADULT STUDENT CAN ENHANCE LESSONS
“Sitting in the pocket” is a summary saying that comes to my mind when I consider this blog topic. On December 14 in an earlier blog, I...
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Dec 25, 20224 min read
DIVINE DISCONTENT
Motivation to persist is a gossamer, ethereal concept. The yearning for some goal or thing is not all, because in order to effectively...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 23, 20223 min read
FINDING OUR VOICES IN THE NEW YEAR
Such a lovely holiday present just arrived in my Dec. 23 morning email and it's about bells! It's an article written by Maureen Buja, a...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 20, 20224 min read
GLITTER EFFECTS
I'm not sure that "glitter effects" are passe. Glitter is ineluctable to me! Tom Stoddard, playwright and now 85, thinks differently, as...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 19, 20222 min read
A HOLIDAY WISH: MUSIC AS AN ACT OF SERVICE
This is the month and this is the week of "giving." For me, it's a time to take stock of my year and remember all the things for which I...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 18, 20223 min read
WHAT THE HECK IS A "PIANO"?
Almost as difficult to define as is "music," it is exceedingly difficult to define precisely what and who The Duchess is, and what she...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 18, 20225 min read
SILVER LININGS AND CELEBRATION IN MUSIC LESSONS
My mom used to tell me there was always a silver lining in every cloud. Not long ago during two years of holistic physical training, my...
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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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rhapsodydmb
Dec 14, 20223 min read
UNDERSTANDING THE BODY & FRAMING THE ISSUE
“You have a sound pedaling technique and appropriate expression of the feeling of the piece,” my online piano teacher had said on...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 14, 20225 min read
A MINOR PARADIGM SHIFT
In February 2022 after one year of piano lessons, a certain experience got my attention in a big way. There was time to play two pieces...
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rhapsodydmb
Dec 14, 20227 min read
WHAT IMPROVES MY LEARNING EXPERIENCE?
A Teacher’s Role A teacher’s role is wider than just giving us effective methods. It’s more to help us hear the tune and understand the...
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rhapsodydmb
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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Nov 20, 20223 min read
IF NOT NOW -- WHEN ?
In society, having fun is considered by many to be less valuable than working hard or being practical or "serious." The label of...
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