Chapter 83

Four Ways to Study a Piano PieceShould a composition be studied away from the piano?There are four ways to study a composition:1. On the piano with the music.2. Away from the piano with the music.3. On the piano without the music.4. Away from the piano without the music2 and 4 are mentally the most taxing and fatiguing ways, no doubt; but theyalso serve best to develop the memory and what we mean by "scope," which is a faculty of great importance.

Four Ways to Study a Piano Piece

Should a composition be studied away from the piano?

There are four ways to study a composition:

1. On the piano with the music.2. Away from the piano with the music.3. On the piano without the music.4. Away from the piano without the music

2 and 4 are mentally the most taxing and fatiguing ways, no doubt; but theyalso serve best to develop the memory and what we mean by "scope," which is a faculty of great importance.


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