A report on how practicing Chopin helped me play Brahms last week; some quotes from Chopin (and one from Chuck Close); thinking through my next performance (with a request for your ideas); snippets of all 24 etudes (I’m ignoring the other three for now); an impromptu play-through, with some yelling, of 10/5; how I’m practicing 10/11 (and a couple of minutes of actual practicing).
Thanks so much to listeners who have written reviews on iTunes. Unless I get 100 reviews by December 20–and it doesn’t yet look like I will–there will be only five more episodes of this podcast. Thanks for being my practice buddy!
This is the most concise and best advice for any pianist trying to master a collection of music. Jocelyn takes you through a really elaborate and well-thought-out path for learning truly difficult piano passages. You truly need to understand this process and she clearly leads you through it!!!
I like the way you break down the problems to find noticeable solutions! I hope that you will have enough followers to feel that the podcasts are worth continuing.