How to Play at the Piano

Introduction to the phenomenology of music

The phenomenology is the sensitive study of sound phenomena, the sensitive logic of sound phenomena in relation to our emotional world to create unity.

It is a complex teaching which I present in a very logical fashion in the book on the phenomenology of music.

The Pédagogie Résonnance is about finding the right gesture in relation to phrasing. There is a logic to gestures that is inscribed in the 8, that is inscribed in the breath, and that unifies phenomenological phrasing with the right gesture.

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01. Introduction to the phenomenology of music

02. On the piano

03. On putting the sounds in relation

04. On sitting at the piano

05. On the gesture called infinite 8

06. On the solitude at the piano

07. On playing very fast or very slowy

08. On stage fright

09. On phrasing

10. On making mistakes

11. On the rubato

12. On the climax

13. On impact and resolution

14. On the hand

15. On the wrist

16. On the compensatory gestures

17. On the scale

18. The pedal

19. On the memory lapse

20. On memory lapse (cont.)

01. Introduction to the phenomenology of music

02. On the piano

03. On putting the sounds in relation

04. On sitting at the piano

05. On the gesture called infinite 8

06. On the solitude at the piano

07. On playing very fast or very slowy

08. On stage fright

09. On phrasing

10. On making mistakes

11. On the rubato

12. On the climax

13. On impact and resolution

14. On the hand

15. On the wrist

16. On the compensatory gestures

17. On the scale

18. The pedal

19. On the memory lapse

20. On memory lapse (cont.)

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