A Philosophical Approach to Piano

Root, grow then blossom.

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Play What?
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It's your choice...!

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Dissecting the Dissected
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See the smaller picture!

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Internal Piano Visualisation
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Look familiar?

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3 Important Piano Elements
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...and blending them.

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Variety & Yteirav
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Still water stagnates.

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Give Up!
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You don't need to try to be You

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From Chaos to Order
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Stilling the water to see deeper...

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A Philosophy on Technical Exercises
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What is needed, when is needed...

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Hands, Muscles and Tendons
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Aching good, Pain bad

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Practormance
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Bringing together two extremes.

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Stop Asking Questions
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You play fine without them!

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Following the 'You' Method
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Finding Your light...

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The Fear of Spontaneity
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... when improvising.

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A Closer Look at Fingering
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...muscles and the mind.

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Becoming a Pianist?
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Four surprising truths...

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Choosing Repertoire
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Without the ego

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The Pianist's Checklist
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Deconstructing it all...

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5 Common Questions Answered
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No comment.

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Franz Liszt's Birthday
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éljen sokáig Liszt Ferenc!

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10 Minutes @ The Piano
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A little chat.

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The Mind Triangle
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Special book excerpt

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Listening to Jazz
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For education and fun!

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The Great Piano Illusion
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and how to see through it.

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Water Pianism
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To wet your appetite...

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Easy Does It!
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Or hard-ly so...

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Why Improvise?
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Really, why do it?

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Just a Drop
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of patience...

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Conscious Interference
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and its removal.

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Something to Say?
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Liszt, Chopin, Monet and Twain did...

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Right Back to Basics (2/2)
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and then some more...

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Musical Personality
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Discover yours...

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Right Back to Basics (1/2)
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and then some...

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Why You Can't Play the Piano
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... how you could.

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Mind Your Mind
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Mind first, mind second, mind third.

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A Philosophy on Practice
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Why do you do it...?

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Where are you going?
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Removing extremities...

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Look Ma, No Hands!
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It's all in your head

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Labels and Limits
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So you think you're a pianist?

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Scale Evenness
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Balance the mind; fingers follow

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Removing the Pianist Ego (Part 3/3)
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Expectation

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Removing the Pianist Ego (Part 2/3)
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Playing Without Perceptions

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Removing the Pianist Ego (Part 1/3)
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The Water Pianist

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Play by Not Playing
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Introducing Taoism into your piano world

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Seeing Major Scales Differently
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The key to playing in keys!

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A Philosophical Approach to Playing the Piano
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I have finally completed my new book!

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From Classical to Jazz - For Teachers
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Of late, I have happily read of many Classical piano teachers asking for advice on how to deal with requests from students, of all breeds...

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Finding Myself in Liszt
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