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    Music, The Art of Sound: Sound and Touch: Lesson 1

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    This document is a course supplement on sound and touch for pianists. It discusses that music is the art of sound, so sound should be a top priority for pianists. There are two types of "musical ear" - the subjective ear which imagines the intended sound, and the objective ear which monitors the actual produced sound. The type of sound needed varies depending on the musical style, composer, piece, or passage being played. Examples are provided comparing the different sounds needed for works by Mussorgsky, Mozart, Brahms, and Prokofiev.

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    This document is a course supplement on sound and touch for pianists. It discusses that music is the art of sound, so sound should be a top priority for pianists. There are two types of "musical ear" - the subjective ear which imagines the intended sound, and the objective ear which monitors the actual produced sound. The type of sound needed varies depending on the musical style, composer, piece, or passage being played. Examples are provided comparing the different sounds needed for works by Mussorgsky, Mozart, Brahms, and Prokofiev.

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    This document is a course supplement on sound and touch for pianists. It discusses that music is the art of sound, so sound should be a top priority for pianists. There are two types of "musical ear" - the subjective ear which imagines the intended sound, and the objective ear which monitors the actual produced sound. The type of sound needed varies depending on the musical style, composer, piece, or passage being played. Examples are provided comparing the different sounds needed for works by Mussorgsky, Mozart, Brahms, and Prokofiev.

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    This document is a course supplement on sound and touch for pianists. It discusses that music is the art of sound, so sound should be a top priority for pianists. There are two types of "musical ear" - the subjective ear which imagines the intended sound, and the objective ear which monitors the actual produced sound. The type of sound needed varies depending on the musical style, composer, piece, or passage being played. Examples are provided comparing the different sounds needed for works by Mussorgsky, Mozart, Brahms, and Prokofiev.

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    COURSE SUPPLEMENT

    MUSIC, THE ART OF SOUND


    WATCH THE LESSON
    AT TONEBASE.CO

    SOUND AND TOUCH: LESSON 1


    BORIS BERMAN – INSTRUCTOR

    “Music is the art of sound, so sound should be at the top of the pianist’s
    priorities.”

    There are two kinds of "musical ear", both of which are of top
    importance for a pianist:

    1. The "subjective ear" is the imagined sound we strive to


    reproduce.
    2. The “objective ear” is the musician’s ability to monitor the
    actual sound coming from under their fingers.

    A "beautiful" sound is relative to a particular style, composer,


    piece, or passage.

    For example, one sound may work for


    Mussorgsky's Pictures, but be too fat for
    Mozart. A sound that would work for
    Mozart would be too thin for Mussorgsky.

    The Brahms C Major Sonata needs a full,


    orchestral sound. Should you play the
    chords from the last movement of
    Prokofiev’s 7th Sonata the same way? No,
    this is too lush, we need something more
    compact, drier, and more matter-of-fact.

    Watch the lesson at tonebase.co Berman 1


    Mussorgsky Pictures at an Exhbition, Promenade, mm. 1-2

    Mozart K. 333, 1st movement, mm. 1-4

    Brahms Op. 1, 1st movement, mm. 1-4

    Prokofiev Sonata No. 7, 3rd mvt, mm. 1-7

    Watch the lesson at tonebase.co Berman 2

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