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LEARNING THE PIANO - DREAMS & INDIVIDUAL OPINIONS
After the just-past 21 months of piano lessons, I have arrived at the conclusion that there are no (or very, very few) "best practices"...
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rhapsodydmb
- Jan 20
- 4 min
“MUSICALITY” - AN ELUSIVE CONCEPT
The more I delve into new words and concepts from the world of music, the more I find ambiguity and vagueness. So often the experts I...
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rhapsodydmb
- Jan 13
- 5 min
IN COMPLETE HARMONY: My Story of The Piano & Music
I'm an exuberant lover of health and the arts. As a “baby boomer” child growing up in Texas and at the urging of my mother, I pursued...
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rhapsodydmb
- Jan 13
- 7 min
TEACHING PIANO TO OLDER STUDENTS
There is nothing different -- and everything different -- about teaching the piano to older students! Working in a cooperative...
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rhapsodydmb
- Jan 8
- 6 min
DESENSITIZATION: HOW TO ENCOURAGE FOCUS DURING PIANO LESSONS
People who experience more anxiety than others tend to focus attention on OPO (other people’s opinions), especially negative opinions....
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rhapsodydmb
- Jan 6
- 8 min
SITTING IN THE POCKET: HOW AN ADULT STUDENT CAN ENHANCE LESSONS
“Sitting in the pocket” is a summary saying that comes to my mind when I consider this blog topic. On December 14 in an earlier blog, I...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 25, 2022
- 4 min
DIVINE DISCONTENT
Motivation to persist is a gossamer, ethereal concept. The yearning for some goal or thing is not all, because in order to effectively...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 23, 2022
- 3 min
FINDING OUR VOICES IN THE NEW YEAR
Such a lovely holiday present just arrived in my Dec. 23 morning email and it's about bells! It's an article written by Maureen Buja, a...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 20, 2022
- 4 min
GLITTER EFFECTS
I'm not sure that "glitter effects" are passe. Glitter is ineluctable to me! Tom Stoddard, playwright and now 85, thinks differently, as...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 19, 2022
- 2 min
A HOLIDAY WISH: MUSIC AS AN ACT OF SERVICE
This is the month and this is the week of "giving." For me, it's a time to take stock of my year and remember all the things for which I...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 18, 2022
- 3 min
WHAT THE HECK IS A "PIANO"?
Almost as difficult to define as is "music," it is exceedingly difficult to define precisely what and who The Duchess is, and what she...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 18, 2022
- 5 min
SILVER LININGS AND CELEBRATION IN MUSIC LESSONS
My mom used to tell me there was always a silver lining in every cloud. Not long ago during two years of holistic physical training, my...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 17, 2022
- 2 min
WHAT PIANO LESSONS AND LOVE OF MUSIC DELIVER
I noted a December 11, 2022 New York Times' article by Jenny Odell about what Twittering does/did to her sense of time. Her conclusions,...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 14, 2022
- 4 min
THE EXCHANGE
I observe that when I enter into music, either as a player of my piano or a listener to another person or group, I am participating in an...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 14, 2022
- 3 min
UNDERSTANDING THE BODY & FRAMING THE ISSUE
“You have a sound pedaling technique and appropriate expression of the feeling of the piece,” my online piano teacher had said on...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 14, 2022
- 5 min
A MINOR PARADIGM SHIFT
In February 2022 after one year of piano lessons, a certain experience got my attention in a big way. There was time to play two pieces...
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rhapsodydmb
- Dec 14, 2022
- 7 min
WHAT IMPROVES MY LEARNING EXPERIENCE?
A Teacher’s Role A teacher’s role is wider than just giving us effective methods. It’s more to help us hear the tune and understand the...
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rhapsodydmb
- Nov 20, 2022
- 5 min
DISRUPTION OF SOUND WAVES
During a recent piano lesson on November 17, 2022, my teacher, Robert Estrin (livingpianos.com), wanted to help me fine-tune the piece I...
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rhapsodydmb
- Nov 20, 2022
- 3 min
IF NOT NOW -- WHEN ?
In society, having fun is considered by many to be less valuable than working hard or being practical or "serious." The label of...
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