Music Lesson

Introduction to Details in Performance

"Only sometimes the details you do are very little. Nice details, but one doesn't hear them."

Key Concepts: Balance and Differentiation

• Finding the Balance:

  • "It's nice. It's beautiful. But it's too little."
  • It's always about finding the right measure.
  • The balance must be maintained so that the student feels this balance.

• Revisiting the Beginning:

  • "The beginning was very beautiful. But maybe we can start again."
  • "Don't do those too long. Not too much of that. Those accents. Let's start again."

Working with Timing and Dynamics

• Interaction with the Orchestra:

  • "You wait for Tobias or for the orchestra when you play also. No, not too soon."

• Listening Skills:

  • "I'm sorry, maybe I have some trouble here. I don't hear the first two."

Articulation and Control

• Final Notes and Phrasing:
  • "You have to learn to play the last note. To end. To finish a phrase."
  • "It's a question of bow control. Too much bow is never enough bow."

Technical Execution

• Clarifying Techniques:

  • "Think about it. Somewhere around there. Yes. Yes, it's much better."
  • "The endings are disappearing. This cuts everything into little pieces."

• Building Connections:

  • "That's a way also of making a connection between all these different parts."

Practicing with Intent

• Differentiating Sounds:
  • "The less you play, the more piano, the more you have to articulate very clearly."
  • "We can play very, very piano. But I think we don't know how to play pianos."

Encouragement for Improvement

• Technical Challenges:
  • "There is a little bit of a technical problem. You play either a lot with the fingers, and the other things you play with the arm."
  • "Make sure you give the movement from here, but the changes you do from here."

Refinement and Practice

• Refining Phrasing and Dynamics:
  • "More bow, more sound, more everything."
  • "Always the trills up bow. With a little accent for the articulation."

Conclusion

• Final Thoughts on Performance:
  • "When you have control of everything, then you can let go."
  • "It's either ways, but when you know everything functions, let it come by itself."

Closing Remarks:
"Thank you very much."