Posts tagged ‘musicality’

Your ability to express is based on your previous experiences. The more colorful and wide your knowledge and experience is the richer the reflection or interpretation of a musical piece can be. So listen to different music and widen and enrich your musical specter. This idea is also mentioned by Heinrich Neuhaus in his book “The Art of Piano Playing”.

The more flexible and adaptable your body is, the better it is to use it as a channel between the piano and our musicality. If you increase awareness about possible motions of your body, your subconsious self and your habits will start using the new discoveries. Knowing and learning actively is like a door, through which information and skills go into our deeper self.

While our body is vibrating and moving according to musicality we need to know how to direct this power. The sound that comes out of the piano should reflect the play and joy and our body should also stay in a free and effective state while playing. And what do you need in this moment? A functioning piano technique.

You can also watch: Musicality and Piano Technique Part 1/2 – Are You a Musical Person?

Freedom, joy, spontaneity, surprise, creativity all appear while our whole nature with its knowledge and experiences starts to play with rhythm, harmony, melody, tune, sounds etc. At the same time we do nothing directly controlled and on purpose. We can feel, enjoy and experience the energy moving but do not force it by will. It is a process in our head that can spread all over our body, overwhelm it and free it up. When that energy of play is combined with high and fine craft and intelligence, this can form a miracle.

You can also watch: Musicality and Piano Technique Part 2/2 – The Fertile Ground for Piano Technique

This is very common that pianists practice mechanically or just try to fulfill all the marks that are written into the note sheet. This approach is not very much about music. Before practicing the piece try to visualize the music in your head and bind all the notation marks into your vision. When you have a beautiful conception ready in your head it will show you the way to practice efficiently.