Among the arts, when the emotion is profound and deeply felt, when words fail, human beings turn to music. Music is also a means to express yourself, who you are, your inner beauty, your strongest and most positive emotions, your life experience. You can only bring to a work of art, to contemplate it, to express it, what you have within yourself.
Tools
Buildings are built one brick at a time. To build anything, to create anything, we must have the proper tools. In playing the piano, to express the composer’s intentions and to express ourselves, we need to have technique. There can be no question about this.
There are two equally important aspects to piano technique: the proper touch for playing with a beautiful tone color, and a set of exercises for developing the muscles used in playing the piano. The music is in the muscles; the meaning is in the tone color.
Persistent Practicing
If you are just practicing and hoping to get better, progress will be slow and you will only ingrain your old, bad habits. It is hard to build anything only by hand. It is easy to build something if you have the proper tools and equipment. To express your musical imagination in your piano playing you have to have a total piano technique.
Even though you know about the importance of piano technique, if you do not act upon it you will not get one step further. Without effort there will not be any progress.
The only requirement is that you practice diligently and persistently.
The Plan
Everyone can have a dream. But to make the dream come true you have to have a specific plan and act upon it. Don’t falter, don’t hesitate. Keep trying and you will achieve your dream of possessing a strong piano technique.
Your time and energy are precious. Use them wisely. Make a practice schedule, and follow it faithfully.
Even though you walk slowly you will reach your destination.
If you dig the well you will find the water.