THE QUALITIES OF A BALANCED PIANIST

The Balanced Pianist

• practices with a sense of humor and adventure.
• practices with honesty and persistence.
• greets mistakes with curiosity and enthusiasm.
• builds on strengths while strengthening weaknesses.
• moves with lively energy from one balanced place to the next.
• connects directly to the piano in effortless natural alignment.
• strives for a toned, lively physical balance between tension and relaxation in practice and performance.
• practices finding a focused, peaceful concentration in practice and performance.
• commits completely to each note -- even if it's only a nanosecond long -- with arm and ear, before moving to the next.
• remains peacefully in place on every note, mentally and physically, while planning mentally and preparing physically to move to the next.
• strives for a happy, engaged mental balance between feeling driven on one hand, and not caring on the other, in practice and performance.
• strives for balance between ebb and flow in the musical story line.
• strives for honest communication in music-making.
• listens to each voice in the music and balances them all.
• teaches students to coach themselves in the ways they learn best.

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