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This is probably harder for men than it is women; women are better at multi tasking, or so i have heard.
I certainly have a very difficult time with this. I usually loose the beat but I can finish a sentence and keep playing, but the music will most likely be sloppy. And on top of that, if I encounter a part that is even slightly difficult, something I have to think about to read, the music stops.
It's frustrating because I really hate to start over, but I also hate starting in the middle of a piece.
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I'm not sure why anyone would hope to be able to talk while playing. Isn't the music where the focus should be? Isn't the music enough? You must never have to deal with impatient loved ones who don't want to sit through an entire sonata to ask a question. I would rather attempt to give some sort of answer while I continue to play, rather than stop what I'm doing, or demand they come back in 20 minutes heh! Oh I've had loved ones do that and I've held entire conversations with people while playing (20 minutes at a time during postludes at church...and there's always a talkative drunk at most wedding receptions that wants to tell you about their musical days). I just was curious as to WHY someone would actually WANT to learn how to talk while playing. I mean it doesn't HELP you at all.
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I talk during my playing all the time, when practicing, mostly filled with profanity though..
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I talk during my playing all the time, when practicing, mostly filled with profanity though.. Hahaha! Yes, guilty here as well.
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I'm not sure why anyone would hope to be able to talk while playing. Isn't the music where the focus should be? Isn't the music enough? In a perfect world, yes. Here is a few examples where talking is helpful, or necessary: 1. Explaining to students something about a passage as it is being demonstrated. 2. Explaining to band members what they should play, and where. 3. Telling people at a gig the name of the song/piece. 4. Banter with the audience as you play an introduction to a piece. 5. Telling someone to chill out/answer the phone/go away/let the cat out, etc.
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I'm not sure why anyone would hope to be able to talk while playing. Isn't the music where the focus should be? Isn't the music enough? You must never have to deal with impatient loved ones who don't want to sit through an entire sonata to ask a question. I would rather attempt to give some sort of answer while I continue to play, rather than stop what I'm doing, or demand they come back in 20 minutes heh! Oh I've had loved ones do that and I've held entire conversations with people while playing (20 minutes at a time during postludes at church...and there's always a talkative drunk at most wedding receptions that wants to tell you about their musical days). I just was curious as to WHY someone would actually WANT to learn how to talk while playing. I mean it doesn't HELP you at all. Well, it might help some people. If you can manage to talk, hold conversations while playing music - imagine the firm grasp you have of the music. Liszt has been mentioned a few times already - the stories about him playing through other composer's hand-written orchestral scores, performing an instant reduction to piano score, AND providing a commentary while he played - well, they boggle the mind. It shows that playing the piano was second nature to him. I think we'd all like to have that ability, and instead of sweating over the technical aspects, focus on the interpretive aspects. I just read a book in which the author (Charles Rosen) suggest reading a book while practicing, so sublimate the technical aspects. I have only done this during Hanon, at times, and then it wasn't really a book - it was watching tv. But I have also read opposing views that promote focusing on every single note, no matter what - full attention during all scales and exercises. What does everyone think of reading a book during practicing? I have yet to try it with anything othe than scales.
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Try doing math in your head while you play...it uses the same part of the brain...I can barely add something simple 2 + 9 as I play.
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What does everyone think of reading a book during practicing? I have yet to try it with anything othe than scales.
Pointless. I've do the TV thing all the time while practicing, but not to WATCH TV. I leave it on and use it as a focus tool, but I couldn't ever tell you what's been on the TV while I've been practising.
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I'm not sure why anyone would hope to be able to talk while playing. Isn't the music where the focus should be? Isn't the music enough? In a perfect world, yes. Here is a few examples where talking is helpful, or necessary: 1. Explaining to students something about a passage as it is being demonstrated. 2. Explaining to band members what they should play, and where. 3. Telling people at a gig the name of the song/piece. 4. Banter with the audience as you play an introduction to a piece. 5. Telling someone to chill out/answer the phone/go away/let the cat out, etc. Really none of which can't be done while not playing.
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What does everyone think of reading a book during practicing? I have yet to try it with anything othe than scales.
Pointless. I've do the TV thing all the time while practicing, but not to WATCH TV. I leave it on and use it as a focus tool, but I couldn't ever tell you what's been on the TV while I've been practising. So you use it to force you to focus on the music, and get used to distractions?
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What does everyone think of reading a book during practicing? I have yet to try it with anything othe than scales.
Pointless. I've do the TV thing all the time while practicing, but not to WATCH TV. I leave it on and use it as a focus tool, but I couldn't ever tell you what's been on the TV while I've been practising. So you use it to force you to focus on the music, and get used to distractions? Yeah. I don't really remember how I got started doing it, but I've done it since high school. Not much of a problem now haha.
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The most important thing is, in my humble opinion, that other people, yes, the ones that listen to you when playing, shouldn't be able to talk....
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The most important thing is, in my humble opinion, that other people, yes, the ones that listen to you when playing, shouldn't be able to talk.... My family will ask to hear me play then make idle conversation in the middle of a piece, very annoying.
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The most important thing is, in my humble opinion, that other people, yes, the ones that listen to you when playing, shouldn't be able to talk.... My family will ask to hear me play then make idle conversation in the middle of a piece, very annoying. Liszt had that problem with Tsar Nicholas once. He stopped playing, and when the Tsar finally noticed and started wondering what the problem was, Liszt said "Even music herself should be silent when Tsar Nicholas speaks". A shamed Nicholas shut up.
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Well it isn't all too hard to speak while playing, if you learn to play the piece without thinking. Like the moonlight sonata (1st movement) - It is very simple to remember all the notes and it is not technically difficult. So to me at least, talking to someone else and maintaining eye contact isn't very hard, although i have to occasionally look at the keys. But as long as you manage to play the piano without thinking about what you are playing, it's easy... but it requires some practice, plus - it makes the performance poorer because you aren't fully focused
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While practising, I can talk actually, but it would all be beeps...
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