elfenbein klaviermusik notes » pedagogy http://notes.sibyllekuder.com notes . news . opinion . fact . research . ideas Mon, 23 Jan 2012 04:45:45 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.2.1 On piano methods http://notes.sibyllekuder.com/2010/06/20/on-piano-methods/ http://notes.sibyllekuder.com/2010/06/20/on-piano-methods/#comments Mon, 21 Jun 2010 01:11:32 +0000 admin http://notes.sibyllekuder.com/?p=303 Question: My recently engaged teacher says that the word “method” jars on her nerves. Kindly advise me whether a method is not the best thing for a novice, and, if so, which one?

Answer: Your teacher, while possibly a little over-sensitive, is not wrong. America is the most method-ridden country in the world. Most of the methods in vogue contain some good points – about a grain of truth to a ton of mere ballast. Your teacher’s utterance makes me think that you were lucky in finding her, and that you have excellent reason to trust in her guidance.

Source: Josef Hofmann, “Piano Playing With Piano Questions Answered” (first published in 1908)

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