Wednesday, April 30, 2008

Ten Musical Commandments

by Fanny Waterman

  1. Keep your back straight and your fingers rounded.
  2. Practice regularly every day.
  3. Before you start playing any unfamiliar music, clap the rhythm, counting the beats aloud.
  4. Choose fingering most suited to your hand, write it on the music and keep to it.
  5. Hands separate before hands together.
  6. Practice slowly before playing up to speed.
  7. When practicing, correct any mistake immediately and play the passage several times correctly before going on or back.
  8. Play any piece with precise rhythm throughout before introducing any rubato or rhythmic freedom.
  9. Follow all of the composer's markings.
  10. Listen to every sound you make on the piano.

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