James Francis Cooke News
American author, musician and editor
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- music teacher, music critic, pianist, composer, playwright, journalist, writer, university teacher
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2015-07-01 03:50:14
[…] a solid foundation. This may seem counter-intuitive, and I’m not advocating against having a teacher, but it’s how I prefer to learn. I’ve done a lot of reading about the “best” way to build a practice routine, and there are endless opinions. These aren’t just the opinions of relatively experienced players, but also professionals, virtuosi, and even the masters and their teachers. I recently read a book called Great Pianists on Piano Playing by James Francis Cooke, and the number of contrasting views were comparable to the number of pianists in the book! If you’ve searched through internet forums, and read books, you know what I’m talking about (hands together vs hands separate, memorization vs sight-reading, technical studies vs pieces, 1 hour per day vs 8+ hours, etc.). In mathematics, when two ideas seem irreconcilable but both fit the existing theorems/postulates, it usually turns out that they are different sides […]
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