Natural Laws in Piano Teaching

Download or read book Natural Laws in Piano Teaching written by Mary Wood Chase and published by Forgotten Books. This book was released on 2015-06-13 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Natural Laws in Piano Teaching It has been argued that it not only is unnecessary but inadvisable to make a study of the anatomy of the hand, of the muscles used in piano playing, and their various actions; that the mind should be upon the effect to be produced, upon tone production and interpretation and not upon mechanical actions. It is, however, the experience of the author that every pupil can be most easily reached by knowing the reasons for everything. By teaching cause and effect, the pupil learns to deduce his own rules or laws. He works more intelligently and therefore more directly, with least possible loss of time. Also when an appeal is made to the reason, he is more interested to obtain accurate results by realizing the necessity of observing unchanging governing laws. When the impression is thus deeply made, it is most easily retained by the memory. In the first stages of technical development, when position, condition, and actions are being established, there is no opportunity for interpretation. A student cannot learn to paint until he learns how to mix his colors. One thing must be studied at a time. The first step in the beginning of technical study must be to obtain conscious control and development of the hand. If correct and intelligent methods are used from the first, there will be no mechanical or muscular distraction when the subject of interpretation is reached. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.