by Jude Treder-Wolff, LCSW, RMT, CGP Piano lessons were mandatory in my house growing up. I loved piano and wanted to play, but did everything my immature and impatient mind could dream up to avoid practicing the scales, precise fingerings and exercises that are designed to develop the muscle memory and skills that make expressive piano-playing possible. My teacher observed my sloppy performance, the mechanical attacks upon those poor keys undeserving-of-such punishment, my mechanical and rigid phrasing, all the ways I overcompensated for a lack of solid technique. He reminded, cajoled, admonished, that there was no substitute for going through the boring, tedious skill development to become a musician. And I believed him. But putting that belief into action took something else. That “something else” was a visionary method my teacher rolled out. He could have called me undisciplined and impulsive. He could have called me out on my atittude, which wavered between rese
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