Tricia Tunstall
Autore di Note by Note: A Celebration of the Piano Lesson
Sull'Autore
Tricia Tunstall has served as Adjunct Professor of Music at Drew Univeristy and at Bergen College.
Opere di Tricia Tunstall
Etichette
Informazioni generali
- Nome canonico
- Tunstall, Tricia
- Sesso
- female
- Nazionalità
- USA
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Recensioni
Premi e riconoscimenti
Statistiche
- Opere
- 3
- Utenti
- 110
- Popolarità
- #176,729
- Voto
- 3.5
- Recensioni
- 4
- ISBN
- 7
My mother taught mainly college students, usually beginners, for college credit. When I was sick and stayed home from school, I usually spent the day in my room listening to my mother's piano students, often hearing the same pieces multiple times throughout the day.
It's been years since I took a piano lesson or eavesdropped on my mother's lessons. Tricia Tunstall's book brought those memories flooding back. While my mother had a gift for teaching adult beginners, Tunstall's gift seems to be instilling children with a love for music by identifying the musical styles that appeal to them and showing them how to express themselves through music. Tunstall spends time learning about each student's musical taste, and she encourages exploration and spontaneity as well as structure and technique.
Throughout the book, Tunstall talks about the intimacy of the piano lesson and the relationship of teacher and student:
When my students strive toward mastery, they expand and deepen what they know about human feeling. The vast challenges of technical development are always, finally, in the service of emotional exploration: discussing a three-against-two figure, one may suddenly find oneself discussing sorrow, and a fingering change can open the way to jubilation. Teacher and student take turns leading and following one another through the possibilities of feeling; it is a kind of intimacy all the richer for being mediated by the beauty of music.
Tunstall's book truly is a celebration of the piano lesson. It reminded me of the ways in which music has enriched my life, and it has encouraged me to experiment with new styles and techniques as well as to improve my technical skills. Who knows – maybe I'll even take up lessons again!… (altro)