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Having studied pianoforte technique for a period of 15 years as well as sitting numerous examinations and working as a private music teacher, I can categorically state that technical exercises are an essential part of a good pianist's everyday practice session. They keep one's fingers nimble and tend to promote a smooth, even tone when playing.
However, when I started working as a professional musician playing the keyboard, I did notice a certain wooden quality to some of my performances of jazz standards and popular Broadway tunes. As I had been classically trained in Pianoforte techniques I found it difficult at times to free up my skills sufficiently in order to tackle free-form compositions.
Looking from a broad musical perspective the pros and cons of technical exercises are:
PROS -
. Keyboard fluidity of tone is maintained. Technique books such as "Czerny's School of velocity" provide 100's of solid technical exercises that promote smooth execution when performing scales and melodic runs.
. Good technique is promoted in many areas through the practicing of specific exercises. Skills learned are transferable when one is performing complex musical works as many of the greatest composers such as Beethoven, Mozart, Haydn, Bach, Chopin, Debussy, Rachmaninoff and others wrote complex works that were built up through advanced technical-based passages; no matter if one is playing a sonata, piano concerto, rhapsody or something relatively simple such as a waltz or nocturne, good technique is an essential in order to convincingly perform many works.
. Having good piano technique is a bit like physical fitness for an athlete. It allows a musician to perform at a consistently high level and reduces the risk of tiredness or repetitive strain injury (R.S.I.) if one is playing for long periods.
. Good technique allows one a greater versatility when playing.
CONS -
. An established technique can at times promote a conservative and orthodox state-of-mind in some performers; when one attempts to play jazz compositions or in more modern style such as that found in atonal and impressionist compositions, one sometimes has a tendency to be a bit stiff in execution. Depending on the style or school of music attempted, appropriate technique may have to be tailored and necessary adjustments made.
. Some technically proficient pianists tend to lack originality when playing; they may be pitch perfect and smooth yet substandard in musical ingenuity and artistic flair.
. As technical exercises are inclined to be a bit on the dry side and quite boring to master they are often seen as being the least enjoyable part of learning to play the piano.
CONCLUSION -
As with most disciplines it is important that one establishes a solid foundation in any skill that is learned and it is hard to deny that good piano technique will give an individual a solid practical grounding when improving one's overall musicality; nothing will improve the standard of overall performance like a solid technique.
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