Tonight I’m generating a list that I might write from in the future.
Things I love about the Piano:
- black and white keys
- tactile pleasure
- running scales
- patterns of twos and threes, threes and fours, fives and ones
- touches
- legato
- staccato
- martellato
- appoggiatura
- trill
- mordent
- pedals
- playing octaves from your toes
- Chopin in the evening
- Mozart in the morning
- Hanon
- sitting under the piano while my mom played
- shiny ebony finish, so shiny you can see your reflection
- Bosendorfer
- arpeggios
- 1890 Steinway at church with real ivory keys
- The book, The Piano Shop on the Left Bank: Discovering a Forgotten Passion in a Paris Atelier
- form
- “play with authority”
- Brahms’ Intermezzo Opus 118, No. 2
- hand position and apples
- elbows and balloons
- movement
- imagery
- phrase, melodic arch
- bass
- student-teacher
- teacher-student
- small fingers riding on my hand
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I love this slice list! So much in the list… And so many potential writings from it.
This is an exercise we ask kids to do, so I thought I’d practice:).
I appreciate how many teachers practice what they ask students to do. There is so much here to pull from, I’m curious as to what you will choose.
Your list… is pure poetry. Made me smile.
Thank you so much!
WOW! You know a lot about the piano. Great list!
So much to saver and use to write from in the future. I love lists.
It’s clear from your list that your experiences with the piano are extensive and involved. Lots of possible slices here!