On Apr 4, 2008, at 4:24 PM, Stewart McCoy wrote:
If you really had to memorise a piece, for example, because
you were going to perform it on stage in a play, you'd find a way to
memorise it.
Boy, if that were only true! It's exactly the pieces that I perform
that I'm concerned about.
I
Dear Doc
You will no doubt know the article in Lute News No 80 12/2006 p.6-8,
by Matthew Wadsworth, on exactly this subject. I really believed I
was totally incapable of memorizing, but after reading this issue I
felt I had to give it a go, and I was quite surprised to find I could
just
On memorization: The Chinese pianist Liu Chi Kung was imprisoned by the
Maoists for 7 years after the cultural revolution. During his imprisonment
he had no access to a piano but, since the guards held him is some regard,
was granted a cell with a window. After his release he, like so many of
Rudolf Kehrer had a similar experience in GULAG, he survived by having
penciled keys on a wooden plank.
RT
On memorization: The Chinese pianist Liu Chi Kung was imprisoned by the
Maoists for 7 years after the cultural revolution. During his
imprisonment
he had no access to a piano but,
There seem to be a lot of straw men and unsupportable declarations
going on here.
Where I come from, sight-reading means playing at first sight, not
just any playing from a piece of music: A new, previously unseen
piece of music of music is placed in front of you and you play it, as
best
On Fri, May 5, 2006, Robert Clair [EMAIL PROTECTED] said:
Where I come from, sight-reading means playing at first sight, not
just any playing from a piece of music: A new, previously unseen
piece of music of music is placed in front of you and you play it, as
best you can.
ayup.
