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June 28, 2024

The Piano Player's Secret: Turning Mistakes into Music

Imagine your child sitting at the piano, fingers poised over the keys. They start to play, and suddenly - oops! A wrong note. What happens next could make all the difference in their musical journey.

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May 23, 2024

Why Multiple Teachers Works Best: The Power of Diverse Perspectives in Piano Education

The study produced an interesting statistic that has caught the attention of both researchers and practitioners: the mortality rate of patients rises significantly when they are seen by fewer healthcare providers. This finding was reported by EClinicalMedicine in 2021 and it shows the importance of having multiple perspectives on a patient's health when they are in the care of healthcare professionals. This multi-perspective approach helps to make sure that no aspect of a patient's condition ...

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October 09, 2016

Can video recording change music education? (Part I of III)

The feedback loop is one of the most fascinating aspects of learning. It’s a simple, but powerful process that happens hundreds of millions of times in our life. We learn We change We improve It’s this process and the forces that live in and between it, that decide how far we go. A passion and curiosity for learning, an openness to change, and a persistence to improve, these are all parts of that process. So last year when I came across a Clavier Companion article from one our early Oclef sig...

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August 25, 2016

Is Frank Ocean’s new album Blond more artistic, creative and impactful than all of today’s contemporary classical music?

The obvious answer is that you can’t compare apples and oranges, but that’s not the case here. Stravinsky released his Rite of Spring in 1913 as Ballet Russes newest cross-arts production. The art created a reaction that drove people to riot. They were so emotionally connected to the outcome and felt compelled to riot. They were moved. When Franz Liszt toured for a few years – people would travel from neighboring villages so they could see the “Great Franz Liszt”. They were seeking to see som...

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