Training Piano Students

The training of piano students with traditional theoretical principles; figured bass, secondary dominants, types of cadences, etc. are an egregious waste of time,

Missing Elements in Music

Music is a language, therefore follows much of the same principles as the spoken language. For example, we may see an octagonal sign

Josef Lhevinne

“…I have repeatedly had students come for instruction who have after great effort prepared one, two, or at the most three show pieces,

Leopold Mannes

To the gifted and experienced musician, music is a language—to be understood in sentences, paragraphs and chapters.  The student who is still struggling with

Josef Lhevinne

“…I have repeatedly had students come for instruction who have after great effort prepared one, two, or at the most three show pieces,

Amateur

amateur (Fr) fr amour, love: to love what one does, i.e. non-professional amateur d’art  art lover.

Eviscerate

Eviscerate: (En) To remove the contents of.  Figured bass is a specialized theory for the Baroque specialist, not for the general music student, and

Convolution

Convolution: (En) that which is complex and difficult to follow. twist, contortion, entanglement.  The theory of the secondary dominant is a convoluted theory