Today’s guest post has been written by Israeli pianist, teacher and writer Rami Bar-Niv, who is no stranger to my blog. Rami has recently published a new book, ‘Piano Playing Wisdom’, and in this post, he writes about the inspiration behind it. Piano-Playing Wisdom After the success of my book ‘The Art of Piano Fingering:…
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Interpretative Guidelines: Rami Bar-Niv
My guest writer this week is pianist, teacher and author Rami Bar-Niv. Rami has written many articles for this website and today’s focuses on interpretation. You can read more from Rami by clicking here. A good start is the balance between brain and heart, which is pretty good advice for life in general. Brain is…
Music and Sight Reading: Rami Bar-Niv
The guest post this week has been written by pianist, teacher and author Rami Bar-Niv. Here, he discusses the important topic of sight-reading in relation to note reading and rhythmic understanding. You learn to read music like you learned to read your language, and then you just read it. Furthermore, I claim that if you…
Performance Joy: Rami Bar-Niv
Performance anxiety is a very real issue for countless performers. Whether they be musicians, politicians, lecturers or presenters, the act of working in front of others can cause all kinds of uncomfortable sensations from nausea and sweating to heart palpitations and, in severe cases, amnesia. In this post, Israeli concert pianist, teacher, and writer Rami…
Butterflies: Rami Bar-Niv
Pianist, teacher, and composer Rami Bar-Niv continues his journey into piano technique and today’s post is the fifth in the series for this blog. Many thanks to those of you who’ve written to tell us how much you have been enjoying these articles. The fifth pillar of my five main piano-playing-technique pillars is the butterfly…
Grabbing: Rami Bar-Niv
The first guest post of the year has been written by pianist, teacher, and composer Rami Bar-Niv. This is the fourth article in his piano technique series for this blog. Here, Rami highlights the importance of the ‘grabbing’ movement as part of developing a secure piano technique. The fourth pillar of my five main piano-playing-technique pillars…
The Beauty of the Rotation Technique: Rami Bar-Niv
Pianist, teacher, and composer Rami Bar-Niv returns this week to continue his excellent, and very popular, series here on my blog. Rami’s articles are focusing various aspects of piano technique and today’s surveys the rotation technique. A rotational movement is the movement we do when we turn a doorknob or a key in a door….
The Magic of Wrist Circles: Rami Bar-Niv
Today’s post is the second in a series of articles focusing on piano technique written by guest writer Rami Bar-Niv. Rami is an Israeli pianist, teacher, writer, and composer based in the US. Here, he discusses the importance of wrist circles. Wrist Circles is one of the important piano-playing techniques. It enhances legato, phrasing (also…
The Music of the Wrists: Rami Bar-Niv
Today’s post has been written by guest writer Rami Bar-Niv. Rami is an israeli pianist, composer, author, and instructor of master classes, who is based in the USA. In this article, he discusses that vital topic for all pianists: wrist movement. Rudolf Serkin complained once: “how come, before I play the opening chord of Beethoven’s…