Technique vs Musicality: Which is More Important?
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- Hi, I'm Robert Estrin. This is LivingPianos.com. Today's topic is "Technique vs Musicality" There will be a lot of opinions about this subject. But truth be known, you can't really separate technique from musicality completely.
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This topic reminds me of what the guitarist Guthrie Govan said in a masterclass video. He touched on the topic of scales, particularly when guitarists learn them, but it applies to any instrument. The point in learning them isn't so that you can play up and down the scales as fast as possible. That's not really "music" any more than typing the alphabet repeatedly is "literature".
Guthrie is an amazing guitarist, teacher. His comment is pretty accurate. And it pretty much applies to any instrument.
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You tell em Robert, all these new players that want to play la campanella in their first year of playing!!! They are only cheating the music, not serving it. That goes for the whole moonlight sonata, clair de lune crowd too, you know... the "genius", "prodigy" memorizers, that cant read happy birthday.
This is so true... your forgot to mention Fantasie Impromptu … Generally, every new pianist are playing advanced Chopin stuff in a couple of months.
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@@theroninpianist4443 and they butcher the piece every time and almost ruin their entire technique bc of horrible habits.
And if a player wants to play Liszt etudes in the first year, they will probably never be good. To develop properly you must study and enjoy every piece, not race through like a 3 year old child!
I agree with you.
I have much musical talent, but almost no formal music education. Whenever I play acoustic Grand piano with the door closed, people listening outside are surprised. They thought they were listening to an accomplished pianist. I form a Vulcan mind meld with the piano enabling me to channel my musical ideas. Thanks for the video it makes me happier 😊👍 🌻🌅 ❤️.
This is a very well explained video. Please keep up the good work!
I know very little about classical music, but when I saw the title I was thinking, are the two really mutually exclusive? on occasion I've heard the argument that 'too much technique' can be a hindrance to musicality; this seems to be an idea sometimes repeated by less proficient jazz musicians. But, for example, I remember reading Oscar Peterson's biography where he said when he was developing his abilities at the piano he noticed some difficulties related to playing certain runs with 2 hands, so he spent countless hours trying to develop his technique in that area so that the difficulty would not 'get in the way of the music', as he put it. In fact he encouraged youngsters wanting to get into jazz to take traditional lessons in piano playing, which was actually how he started, as is the case with many of the top players.
Very nice discussion Robert!
Foe some reason many musicians equate technique with the ability to play fast. Especially with guitar. Playing fast is great at times but it has to be balanced properly with slower playing. I think learning improvisation skills is probably a good way to sound more musical.
What a wonderful video! Greatings from Chile 🙌🏻🙌🏻
Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense you are a fiasco, without technique an amateur, without heart a machine. The profession does have its hazards. -Vladimir Horowitz
Wonderful video, thank you for this Robert!
Would love to learn that piece, what is it called? 4:05 Ty
You can't have musicality without some technique but you can have technique without musicality. No one would say Ravel was unmusical even though he was not a brilliant pianist.
For me, it requires great technique to be musical
Technique is needed to realize the artistic vision. But if a person is only technical, waiting around to be struck by “musicality lightning” might not work. And good point that different pieces require different levels of technique.
I agree, 100%
Who comes to my mind is Eugene Kissin, perfect technically, but often times I don't like his interpretations, especially fast Chopin, because it seems like as if he's running athletic event and I see lack of musicality in there. It's like he hasn't developed into that level of musicality/maturity even is his later years and that's why I think there are many better pianists, despite his technical perfection.
Different sides of the same coin!
My thought exactly.
That melody you played is very similar to "A nightmare on elm Street" theme song. Maybe its just me🙄
I agree that’s what I heard instantly lol
Interesting topic.
Thank you Robert. 🎉🎉🎉
A lot of teachers don't teach techniques! Xx
What is the name of that piece of music please?
Can Musicality be STUDIED? I feel there are naturally gifted and musical geniuses even though it’s not their passion @ all. What about the slow learners and unmusical enthusiasts?
What's the name of the piece?
Reminds me of the guitar players on Instagram that turned guitar playing into an athletic pursuit.
Well said
Even someone as controversial as Hanon noted that technique and music is inseparable. "You can play poorly with technique, but you can't play well without"
Horowitz made mistakes and was the most musical in his time.
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Why i gotta explain this lol