Pedalling in the Music of J.S. Bach
Many teachers, performers and adjudicators of exam and competition students insist that because the sustain pedal did not exist on the instruments for which Bach wrote, it therefore should neither need to be used, nor be used when playing his works on the modern pianoforte. This kind of reasoning, to be consistent, could lead one to conclude that performers on the modern day pianoforte have no place playing the music of J.S. Bach on it because none of his keyboard works were
Anniversaries
Ten Years Ago Last month I celebrated ten years since I commenced my explorations into the Taubman Approach. When I attended Therese Milanovic’s first workshop on the Taubman Approach in July of 2008, I could never have imagined the change in direction that my playing and teaching were about to take. Although I had a ridiculously busy schedule and really didn’t have time to take lessons, I couldn’t resist exploring this approach, with its promise of playing without pain. I bo
Video: Teaching Good Technique Right From the Beginning
Teaching your students good technique sets them up for success later on at the piano. And teaching technique really doesn’t have to be dull or boring. Done well, it becomes part of every lesson as you guide the student to move with freedom and ease and help them develop 10 equally strong fingers. In this lecture from the October 2017 Piano Pedagogues Sydney Workshop, Anthony van den Broek shows how to get the fundamentals of technique into your student’s hands, right from the
