Many
piano students spend much time learning how to play
the piano. Years upon years of study time devoted
to perfecting technique, tone, dynamics, etc. All
the while, many of these same students have never
really played the piano. That is, they have spent
their time practicing in preparation for the moment
when they can "perform" for others.
Wouldn't
it be refreshing if instead of learning how to play
other peoples music, we could feel confident enough
to create our own? Why is it so daunting a task for
most of us? I think it's because we've been taught
that only a very few gifted individuals are capable
of producing music from scratch - whatever the genre.
Rock, jazz, classical etc. Unfortunately, this belief
is enough to stop most dead in their tracks and for
those, whose spark of interest was lit in childhood,
it soon turns cold and lifeless.
Now,
playing the piano is entirely different than learning
the piano. Here we are at home. Why? Because we are
playing. So different an approach it is too! Children
are allowed free-play and are even encouraged to do
so. But as we grow up, we decide we must "make
something worthy of performance." What a tragic
error in thinking! Yet one that pervades the music
world.
The
solution is to understand that we all have our own
special music inside of us and each and every one
of us has something wonderful to share with the world.
This something comes through when we stop learning
how to play the piano and begin to play it truly for
the first time.
Edward
Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster of Quiescence
Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping
students learn how to play piano in the New Age
style for over 14 years and works with students
in private, in groups, and now over the internet.
Stop by now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html
for a FREE piano lesson!
(Source:
http://EzineArticles.com/)
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