(Holds thumb and index finger about a centimeter apart.)I play about this much piano.
For me effective practice/performance is having a mental image of the sound I want and then trying to achieve it. As the performance gets better,so does the idealization,so I'm constantly chasing something that is unobtainable(at least for me),but making progress in both areas.
Yes,as my ears become more accomplished it does effect the way I judge equipment. I'm more conscious of articulation and imaging than I was five years ago. Who knows how I will feel in another five years?
Aaron Copeland made distinctions between listening to music on sensual and musical planes. I'm becomming more conscious of counterpoint and tone colors of orchestrated combinations of instruments. I find myself listening to less large ensemble,concert hall music and more small ensemble,salon venue music-be it classical or jazz
For me effective practice/performance is having a mental image of the sound I want and then trying to achieve it. As the performance gets better,so does the idealization,so I'm constantly chasing something that is unobtainable(at least for me),but making progress in both areas.
Yes,as my ears become more accomplished it does effect the way I judge equipment. I'm more conscious of articulation and imaging than I was five years ago. Who knows how I will feel in another five years?
Aaron Copeland made distinctions between listening to music on sensual and musical planes. I'm becomming more conscious of counterpoint and tone colors of orchestrated combinations of instruments. I find myself listening to less large ensemble,concert hall music and more small ensemble,salon venue music-be it classical or jazz