A L L I N E E D E D t o K N O W A B O U T P L A Y I N G t h e P I A N O .
Like David Helfgott's father says to Sam Rosen in Shine ~
'No … music … teachers, Mr. Rosen.'
So then to impart everything I may have ever needed to know in fact about playing the piano that I just recently came to realize I have learned from watching the film Shine fifteen years ago or something and now a twenty-minute TED Talk the other week ...
> Boldness of attack!
> You must tame the piano or it'll get away from you; it's a monster - tame it ... or it'll swallow you whole!
> Liszt broke plenty of strings.
> The notes first; the interpretation comes on top of them.
> It's all a question of balance.
> Learn to play blindfolded.
> Your hands must form the unbreakable habit of playing the notes so that you can forget all about them, and let them come from here … the heart!
> You must play … as if there is no tomorrow.
> Play only one impulse for the entire phrase; stop thinking about every single note and start thinking about the long line from the beginning to the end.
Now ... now it is time to put that education into good practice.
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