{"id":1622,"date":"2013-11-20T10:00:28","date_gmt":"2013-11-20T18:00:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/?p=1622"},"modified":"2013-11-20T13:13:15","modified_gmt":"2013-11-20T21:13:15","slug":"time-and-space-at-the-piano","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/boykonpiano.com\/archives\/1622","title":{"rendered":"Time and Space at the Piano"},"content":{"rendered":"

In practicing, if we come up short in a jump—playing an octave and a seventh when it should be two octaves—we try to correct by jumping faster. Perfectly sensible—if it works. If it doesn’t work after a couple of attempts, try giving it another fraction of a second, and think of its size in seconds rather than intervals. Time instead of space. This may make it easy, so prepare to be amazed.<\/p>\n

Or you may think, “How absurd! Even if I get the second note right, it’ll be too late.” Well, it will be later<\/i>—no argument; but maybe by so little that it won’t register as late. Or maybe you’ve been feeling enough pressure from this particular difficulty that you’ve been playing a bit fast, and now you’ll be at the right tempo. Being objective about this can be tricky, so dance and sing the passage; or record yourself and dance to the playback. See “The Most for the Least”<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Bagatelle<\/p>\n

\nA minor error often comes before a major one.
\nRemove the former and the latter will diminish, too.
\nSo even silly verse can help augment your learning skills.\n<\/div>\n<\/span>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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