Should you master every piece on piano?
Channel: Tommy's Piano Corner
Date: 22/07/2019

This video takes a look at whether we should always try to master every piece we learn on piano.  There is a school of thought that says we should, but I'm not convinced - at least not in the way we are generally told to attempt it.  Don't get me wrong, I'm not saying sloppy playing is OK - in fact, I'm saying just the opposite.   Ultimately, our goal is to be the best pianists we possibly can and play the music we love in the best way we possibly can.

To illustrate my point, I'm using the standard four stages of mastery:
Unconscious Incompetence
Conscious Incompetence
Conscious Competence
Unconscious Incompetence
and applying them to the process of learning a piece on piano.

Can you guess which one I think we should aim for?  Participate in the poll in the video

Let me know below what you think.

Resources mentioned in the video:
Play It Again, an Amateur Against the Impossible by Alan Rusbridger - https://amzn.to/2JVn1RJ
My video on variety in practice - https://youtu.be/IvYPZNHYpJ4
My video on creating a Play Along Piano version of Ave Maria over Bach's C Major Prelude - including a link to a free download of an MP3 to use at home - https://youtu.be/dc3DfQSCPfQ

EQUIPMENT:
Fully details of all equipment used are available on my blog at the address below:
http://tommyspianocorner.com/youtube-equipment/ 
Filmed on an iPhone 8+ - using the Filmic Pro app
Audio captured on an iPhone 6S using a Shure MV88 Microphone
Vocals captured on a Rode SmartLav microphone plugged into an iPhone 4S
Video editing done using iMovie
Audio editing done using Garageband

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