It’s very valuable for both the body and mind to play any musical instrument. The neurological demand, stress-relieving qualities (it should have), along with the physical and neural exercises of learning and memorizing an instrument are priceless. Many people, who play instruments, let alone the Piano, are considered to be sophisticated. This can be appreciated …
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Pianists are unlike any other musicians. They don’t just have an instrument, they have a huge instrument. They can’t carry it around and jump all over the stage or dance about, they have to sit there and face the music literally. Of course there are portable mini keyboards but we’re talking the real deal piano, …
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Famous pianists are usually forgotten with time, then again when you think about it everything gets forgotten with time. Playing a piano isn’t a skill that many have, especially when you want to say that you play it well. Sergei Vassilievich Rachmaninoff knew what he was doing whenever he got his hands on a piano, …
Little did we know that classical musicians can suffer from stage fright. One would think that after those years of super disciplined training that they would have overcome such a problem but according to writer Ivan Hewett’s story focusing on several legendary classical musicians such as Steven Osborne, Renee Fleming and Vladimir Horowitz. Each of …
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