Ingredients of the technique a. His early technical training 1. Sight reading, both solo and duet repertoire 2. He was not taught technique 3. Nothing mechanical helps the technique 1.
Formal exercises are bad for the ear and touch.
They are not alive and are merely mechanical 3. Technical Methods of Performing a. Scales, arpeggios, octaves and chords 1. Use the 5th finger to guide the hand 2. Each tone must lead to the last one b. Strength 1. For strength, imagine the fingers singing 2.