Here is one of many articles that The Creativity
Institute has reviewed and reprinted on nurturing creativity in
children and on educational toys. Infants, toddlers, preschoolers
and school age children can all benefit from the right educational
toys and musical opportunities, even on the toy piano.
Learning The Piano And Playing The Piano
By Edward Weiss
Many piano students spend much time learning how
to play the piano. Years upon years of study time devoted to perfecting
technique, tone, dynamics, etc.
All the while, many of these same students
have never really played the piano. That is, they have spent their
time practicing in preparation for the moment when they can "perform"
for others.
Wouldn't it be refreshing if instead of learning
how to play other peoples music, we could feel confident enough
to create our own? Why is it so daunting a task for most of us?
I think it's because we've been taught that only a very few gifted
individuals are capable of producing music from scratch - whatever
the genre. Rock, jazz, classical etc.
Unfortunately, this belief is enough to stop
most dead in their tracks and for those, whose spark of interest
was lit in childhood, it soon turns cold and lifeless.
Now, playing the piano is entirely different
than learning the piano. Here we are at home. Why? Because we
are playing. So different an approach it is too! Children are
allowed free-play and are even encouraged to do so. But as we
grow up, we decide we must "make something worthy of performance."
What a tragic error in thinking! Yet one that pervades the music
world.
The solution is to understand that we all have
our own special music inside of us and each and every one of us
has something wonderful to share with the world. This something
comes through when we stop learning how to play the piano and
begin to play it truly for the first time.
About the Author:
Edward Weiss is a pianist/composer and webmaster
of Quiescence Music's online piano lessons. He has been helping
students learn how to play piano in the New Age style for over
14 years! Visit us now at http://www.quiescencemusic.com/piano_lessons.html
for a FREE piano lesson!
Source: www.isnare.com
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