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The Key Mental Skill of Expert Musicians

The Key Mental Skill of Expert Musicians

by Gerald Klickstein | Aug 29, 2020 | memorization, music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way

“When I sit in Paris in a café, surrounded by people, I don’t sit casually – I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.” —Arthur Rubinstein, pianist The Musician’s Way, p. 34 Like Arthur Rubinstein, countless expert musicians use...
Mental Imaging

Mental Imaging

by Gerald Klickstein | Jul 4, 2010 | creative process, creativity, music performance, music practice, The Musician's Way

“To rely on muscular habit, which so many do in technique, is indeed fatal. A little nervousness, a muscle bewildered and unable to direct itself, and where are you? For technique is truly a matter of the brain.” –Fritz Kreisler, violinist (quoted in, Kato...
The Four Stages of Memorization

The Four Stages of Memorization

by Gerald Klickstein | May 8, 2010 | memorization, music practice, The Musician's Way

“I’m very mistrustful of tactile memory. I think it’s the first thing that goes.” –André Watts, pianist The Musician’s Way, p. 82 Have you ever been blindsided by a memory lapse? Maybe you felt secure in practice, but, during a performance, you blanked on a...

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