Errors vs. Bugs and the End of Stupidity - Winnowing Oar — LiveJournal
A pianist has to believe in telekinesis. You have to believe you have the power to move your fingers with your mind. I learned that from Phil Cohn, my piano teachers piano teacher. Once in a while, when I was in high school, shed arrange for me to have a master…
38 Errors vs. Bugs and the End of Stupidity "A pianist has to believe in telekinesis. You have to believe you have the power to move your fingers with your mind." I learned that from Phil Cohn, my piano teacher's piano teacher. Once in a while, when I was in high school, she'd arrange for me to have a master class with him. He was a diminutive man who looked exactly like Dr. Strangelove, and had a gentle way of guiding your hands and body while you played. He was very interested in the physicality of piano; he liked to tell stories about students of his who could play any piece upside down, or
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