The key to the pianist's world

From: The American Music Teacher | Date: April 1, 2003| Author: Tabachnick, Sandy Rucker | Copyright information

The pianist must discover infinity in the vertical movement that makes up the small world of key descent. Because it's such a miniscule world-vertical movement of about three-eighths of an inch from the surface of the key to the bottom-key descent may impress us mostly by its insignificance compared to the lateral sweep of hands across the keyboard, but for the pianist the artistry that captivates an audience begins with key depression. In the early 1900s, piano pedagogue Tobias Matthay wrote...

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