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29280	This amused Handel immensely and he exclaimed,"You vill jump, vill you?
15604	''What do you think makes a great player?'' 15604 A beautiful tone?
15604	And where did you capture the themes?
15604	But, madame, we have an appointment with M. Pugno; will you not be good enough to see if he is not here after all?
15604	Do you know these Technical Exercises of Brahms? 15604 Have you not seen many changes in the aims of students, and in the conditions of piano teaching in New York, during the years you have taught here?"
15604	Is it to be inferred that you do not approve of scale practise?
15604	One of the German music papers announced that you are about to leave Berlin, and have accepted an offer elsewhere-- was it in Spain?
15604	You ask if I think students can obtain just as good instruction here as in Europe? 15604 ''How do I know you comprehend my meaning,''he asks,''that you understand what I am talking about, if you say nothing?'' 15604 ''Why do n''t you play the work for the composer when he comes?'' 15604 ''Why not?'' 15604 ( 1) What means do you favor for gaining power? 15604 ( 10) What gymnastic exercises do you suggest? 15604 ( 2) What do you do for weak finger joints? 15604 ( 3) Do you approve of finger action? 15604 ( 4) Do you approve of technic practise outside of pieces? 15604 ( 5) What do you consider the most vital technical points? 15604 ( 6) What means do you advise to secure velocity? 15604 ( 7) How do you keep repertoire in repair? 15604 ( 8) How do you keep technic up to the standard? 15604 ( 9) The best way to study chords? 15604 2? 15604 ABOUT MEMORIZINGOn the subject of memorizing who can lay down rules for this inexplicable mental process, which will hold good for every one?
15604	And having mastered it, what do they consider the vital essentials of piano technic and piano playing?
15604	And why not?
15604	As I neared the last page, the question suddenly occurred to me, what had I done with that doubtful passage?
15604	As a rule the editing of piano music is extremely inadequate, though how can it really be otherwise?
15604	Can I so project this piece that the picture is alive?
15604	Can it ever be laid away on the shelf and considered complete?
15604	Do n''t you see how impossible it is to give two performances of the piece which shall be identical in every particular?
15604	Do you advocate this?"
15604	Do you know Breithaupt?
15604	Has it ever occurred to you what infinite pains people will take to avoid thinking?
15604	He should understand every point and be able to_ do_ the thing, else how can he really show the manner of the doing?
15604	How are they to learn what is best in music unless we are willing to give it to them?
15604	How can I play the piece twice exactly alike?
15604	How can he always play the same way when he does not feel the same?
15604	How can we feel thus?
15604	How few students, uninstructed in their principles, ever play good chords?
15604	How is it possible, with a series of dots, lines, dashes and accents, to give a true idea of the interpretation of a work of musical art?
15604	How much time does the artist really require for study?
15604	I can say,''play loud here-- soft there''; but how far do such directions go toward an artistic conception of the piece?
15604	If I recommend them to managers or institutions, should not my word count for something?
15604	If he simply seeks for uniformity where does the inspiration come in?
15604	Instead, then, of playing_ with_ a piece, why do you not at once begin to make it your own?
15604	Is the technic of an art ever quite finished?
15604	Is this the position taught by the_ Vorbereiters_, or favored by Leschetizky?"
15604	Is this understood in America?
15604	It occurred to me to ask how you yourself secure a beautiful tone on the piano, and how you teach others to make it?"
15604	MEMORIZING"How do I memorize a composition?
15604	Must it not always be kept in working order?
15604	No two people have the same hands, physique or mentality; so why should they all be poured into the same mold?
15604	Now, what do you think I can do for you?"
15604	Once, when I was playing a Nocturne, he called to me from the other end of the room:''Why do you always play that note with the fourth finger?
15604	One can not foresee how the future will judge the music of to- day; what will it think of Schönberg?
15604	Ought I not to know what my students can do, and what is required of a concert artist?
15604	POWER WITHOUT EFFORT"How do I teach them to acquire power with little effort?
15604	POWER"How do I gain power?
15604	So with études; instead of playing_ at_ so many, is it not better to perfect a few and bring them up to the highest degree of completeness?
15604	That is a wide subject; how can it be defined?
15604	The main thing is: Do I understand the meaning and spirit of the composition, and can I make these clear to others?
15604	The point which most concerns us is: How shall one practise so as to make the most of the time and accomplish the best results?
15604	The question should be: What has the player in himself, what can he accomplish?
15604	The questions had been borne in upon me: By what art or influence has this teacher attracted so large a following?
15604	Was it the manner of moving the keys, the size of hand, the length of finger, or the great strength possessed by the player?
15604	What did they not have to go through to master their instrument?
15604	What do I do to accomplish this?
15604	What does it matter if his work is not''liked''by some?
15604	What had my home piano in common with this wonder?
15604	What if we heard the Chromatic Fantaisie a score of times?
15604	What is it which brings to her side not only the society girl but the serious art- student and young teacher?
15604	What is the difference?
15604	What is the result?
15604	What modern piano sonata have we to- day, to compare with his?
15604	What was the reason of it all?
15604	What was the reason?
15604	What was the secret?
15604	What études, if any, shall we use, and what technical material is the most useful and effectual?
15604	Whence came his fearless velocity, his tremendous power?
15604	Why did all the efforts at piano playing I had hitherto listened to sink into oblivion when I heard this master?
15604	Why does one child learn to swim almost immediately, while another can not master it for a long time?
15604	Why should he always depend on the exercises made by others?
15604	Why should he not learn to know many less hackneyed pieces, which do not so frequently appear on concert programs?
15604	Why should not the child form a concept of_ forte_ and_ piano_, and so get away from the deadly monotony of_ mezzo_?
15604	Why then should the pianist exhaust himself and give out his whole strength merely in the daily routine of practise?
15604	Why was there not one way?
15604	XXII WILHELM BACHAUS TECHNICAL PROBLEMS DISCUSSED"How do I produce the effects which I obtain from the piano?"
15604	not, Whose pupil is he?
16658	Is not singing taught in the public schools? 16658 ***** But what did Dominie say after the performance was over? 16658 And not all night too? 16658 And what kind of instructors teach singing here? 16658 Are they waltzes for children? 16658 Are you not aware that the public wish not only to listen, but to see something strange? 16658 Are you very strict, Herr Dominie? 16658 Are you willing to remain ignorant of the magnificent modern style of voice? 16658 Bessie, can you say your letters after me? 16658 But I hear you say,What is the use of worrying to pick up all those stray minutes, like lost pins?
16658	But did she not begin to climb the ladder at the bottom?
16658	But do n''t you study your pieces?
16658	But do people like it?
16658	But do you not play any scales and études?
16658	But do you play that whole heap?
16658	But does it not make your fingers ache to play such difficult music?
16658	But does not your teacher attend to having your piano always kept in tune?
16658	But how do you find parents who sympathize with your ideas and with your lofty views?
16658	But how then is it to be learned?
16658	But is your teacher satisfied with the tuning of your piano?
16658	But what did you do meanwhile?
16658	But what pieces are you studying with the Etudes?
16658	But what pieces, for instance?
16658	But what shall I play, mamma?
16658	But when are they then to have their piano lessons?
16658	But when are we to look for it?
16658	But when is the child to find time for the necessary practice of the piano lessons?
16658	But where are the notes all this time?
16658	But where are we to find suitable singing- professors, and who is to pay them a sufficient salary?
16658	But who is the frantic musician who is venting his rage or this piano?
16658	But why has the acquirement of this technique been usually unsuccessful?
16658	But will not your son play to us?
16658	But you have something else on your mind?
16658	Can you count 3,--1, 2, 3?
16658	Can you not go forward with the advancing age?
16658	Critics have often asked, Why does Jenny Lind sing so coolly?
16658	Did it sound unnatural to you,--mannered?
16658	Do n''t you like her natural expression?
16658	Do n''t you make her exert herself too much?
16658	Do n''t you make your daughters play it then?
16658	Do n''t you see, Lizzie, there are three flats in the signature?
16658	Do n''t you think she looks in good health, madam,--tall and strong for her years?
16658	Do our vocal composers make too great a sacrifice to their creative genius in making a study of those things which are essential?
16658	Do they improve or destroy the voice?
16658	Do you always give such a preliminary description before you begin a piece with a pupil?
16658	Do you do this when neither your teacher, nor your father or mother is present to keep watch over you?
16658	Do you feel inclined now, Madam, to execute with me the duet from"The Creation,"between Adam and Eve?
16658	Do you hear the difference?
16658	Do you imagine that our intelligent age can not discern your hidden satire?
16658	Do you imagine that the fingers of pupils sixteen years old can learn mechanical movements as easily as those of children nine years old?
16658	Do you like this gentle violet blue, this sickly paleness, these rouged falsehoods, at the expense of all integrity of character?
16658	Do you never say,"Nobody is listening"?
16658	Do you not also play such brilliant music?
16658	Do you not feel the special charm and the fine effect which is produced by the left hand playing alone, and no less by the right hand extended?
16658	Do you not frequently use the time for practising, when you have already been at work studying for five or six hours?
16658	Do you not perceive also that my appearance of ill- health produces a great musical effect?
16658	Do you not perceive that in this way you induce your pupils to strain and force their voices, and that you mislead them into a false method?
16658	Do you not see that I am standing with one foot in the future?
16658	Do you not think that the taste for a beautiful interpretation may be early awakened, without using severity with the pupil?
16658	Do you not think, with firmness and decision, you could have set Mrs. N. on the right track?
16658	Do you pursue the same course with longer and more difficult pieces?
16658	Do you suppose I do this from affection?
16658	Do you take enough healthy exercise in the open air?
16658	Do you think we should continue in the same course, Herr Dominie?
16658	Do you understand me, gentlemen?
16658	Do you wish your daughter to learn to jingle on the piano, in order to become musical?
16658	Does she always sew and knit without being reminded of it?
16658	Does she like playing?
16658	Does she like to go to school every day?
16658	Does she like to play?
16658	Does your daughter of thirteen years old always practise her exercises without being required to do so?
16658	For what do you have lungs if you are not to use them?
16658	From whom have you learned all this?
16658	Has my lecture been too long to- day?
16658	Has not the girl a great deal of talent?
16658	Has she talent?
16658	Have given themselves a great deal of trouble?
16658	Have you heard the famous Camilla Pleyel play Kalkbrenner''s charming D minor concerto?
16658	Have you no understanding of the construction of the piano?
16658	Have you the requisite knowledge for it?
16658	How can you educate artists and_ virtuosos_, when you yourself are so little a_ virtuoso_?
16658	How else can you begin, except by laying a proper foundation for a better style?
16658	How else will they be able to produce an effect?"
16658	How is it possible for a child to climb a ladder when not only the lower rounds, but a great many more, are wanting?
16658	How is it, Mr. Feeble, that she does not combine serious studies with her playing?
16658	How many hours a day do you make her practise?
16658	How many promising voices do these institutions annually follow to the grave?
16658	How much do your daughters practise?
16658	How?
16658	Hummel, Mendelssohn, Chopin, or Schumann?
16658	I am constantly asked,"How many hours a day do your daughters practise?"
16658	If she had not played at all?
16658	If the throat is really worn out, may it not perhaps be owing to the teacher, and to his mistaken management?
16658	In reply to these and similar questions, I will ask, Why does she wish always to remain Jenny Lind?
16658	Is it necessary for me to explain how such a rude accompaniment must interfere with the effort to sing firmly and delicately?
16658	Is it so?
16658	Is n''t she sickly?
16658	Is not Lizzie a good pupil?
16658	Is not it so?
16658	Is not that touching?
16658	Is not your teacher here this evening?
16658	Is that in your power?
16658	Is this to be acquired by playing the notes?
16658	Is your beautiful voice and your talent to disappear like a meteor, as others have done?
16658	JOHN S. After tea will not Miss Emma play to us?
16658	Just how old is she now?
16658	Let this be the answer to the strange question, Do your daughters like to play?
16658	Lizzie strikes_ e_ in unison and the same in the bass, and exclaims:"There, mamma, did n''t I tell you so?
16658	MRS. S. Does she speak French?
16658	MRS. S. Have you not yet sent your younger daughter to school?
16658	MRS. S. You acknowledge, then, that formerly you had to force her to it?
16658	Mrs. Gold, were those delicious_ fermate_ of your own invention?
16658	My dear friend, how have you managed to make piano- playing so utterly distasteful to little Susie?
16658	My friend, do you not think that views like these will assist in the training of young and inexperienced teachers, who are striving for improvement?
16658	My mamma, who is also musical, and used to sing when papa played the flute, said,"What ridiculous little things are those?
16658	Now just how old is your daughter Emma?
16658	Now what is the next key above_ f_?
16658	Now, Herr Dominie, how do you like my method?
16658	Now, I demand of all the defenders of this new style, wherein is this superior beauty supposed to consist?
16658	Now, Mr. Dominie, will not your daughter Emma play us some little trifle?
16658	Of what use are the notes to a singer, if he has no attack, and does not understand the management of the voice?
16658	Of what use is mere unskilful, stupid industry?
16658	Perhaps you have a different one?
16658	Pray what else have you on your mind?
16658	Pray where is there the most singing?"
16658	Probably that is what you call"devilish modern"?
16658	Richard Wagner agrees with me, when he says,"Why, then, write operas to be sung, when we no longer have either male or female singers?"
16658	Sing in your own plain way: what is the use of this murmuring without taking breath?
16658	So this is your daughter who is to give a concert to- morrow?
16658	So you were obliged to play only solos?
16658	The girl is only eighteen years old: is she beyond salvation?
16658	The horse his father gave him has made him quite strong._)***** I may be asked,"But how did Stock play?"
16658	Then what do these societies amount to?
16658	Truly, she plays differently; but is it more finely?
16658	Was that accidental?
16658	Weber, Beethoven,& c.,--who has not heard all about them?
16658	Well, my young ladies, how many hours do you think all those minutes would make in a year?
16658	Well, you are satisfied now with Emma''s state of health?
16658	What are you studying now, Mr. Stock?
16658	What do you mean by that?
16658	What does that mean?
16658	What follows from this?
16658	What gain is it to art?
16658	What healthy ear can endure such enormities in tone formation, such tortures in singing?
16658	What is all this growling and buzzing?
16658	What is it that we hear in almost every house?
16658	What school- master has not been surprised at this facility, and what good old aunt has not laughed at it?
16658	What shall I do in the next lesson?
16658	What would Father Strauss say to this affected, unmusical performance, that bids defiance to all good taste?
16658	When did your daughter begin to play?
16658	When may I have another lesson?
16658	When the stiff fingers are fifty or sixty years old, and the expression is imprisoned in them, so that nothing is ever to be heard of it?
16658	Where are they to learn it?
16658	Where did he learn piano- playing?
16658	While this is your mode of accompanying the études, how then do you accompany the aria, the song?
16658	Who are at the head of these institutions and societies?
16658	Who expects superlative excellence from the age in which he lives, and who dares to attack it, in its most vulnerable parts?
16658	Who finds fault now with their musical culture, with their sound taste, or their want of love for classical music?
16658	Who has not listened to performers and singers who were otherwise musical, but whose sentiment was either ridiculous or lamentable?
16658	Who is it who sing in the schools?
16658	Who was the lady who sang the solo in yonder singing academy?
16658	Will you allow her now to play Chopin''s two nocturnes, Opus 48?
16658	Will you allow me first to replace this broken string?
16658	Will you be good enough to play me something, Miss Lizzie?
16658	Will you do me the favor, Miss, to play something on the piano?
16658	Will you not go on, Mrs. Gold?
16658	Would it not have been easier and more to the purpose, if you had used both hands?
16658	You have been playing now for six or eight years: are you repaid for the trouble, if it only enables you to prepare embarrassments for others?
16658	You like it better the oftener I play it?
16658	You pay some attention to adaptability to the piano or the violin: why are you usually regardless of fitness for the voice?
16658	You quite understand now the difference between the high sharp tones and the low deep ones?
16658	You say, Is not time worth gold, and yet we are offered lead?
16658	_ Answer._ But how would they have obtained their celebrity, if this were not the true, correct, and pure mode of singing?
16658	_ Answer._ What, then, is the effect of your culture?
16658	and did you think it wooden, dry, dull?
16658	and how is it that the instruction which you have given her for the last three years actually amounts to nothing?
16658	and that to excite the feeling for music, to a certain degree, even in early years, is in fact essential?
16658	do you not practise any exercises?
16658	or do you hope that the soft air of Italy will in time restore a voice once ruined?
16658	or shall she grow more musical by learning to play finely?
16658	this sweet, embellished, languishing style, this_ rubato_ and dismembering of the musical phrases, this want of time, and this sentimental trash?
16658	what do you think of it?"
16658	what must I hear?
16658	who can describe the effect of this melancholy march?
16658	who told you that?
16658	why does she always sing Amina, Lucia, Norma, Susanna,& c.?
16658	why does she choose operas in which she can give the most perfect possible image of her own personality?
16658	why does she endeavor to preserve her voice as long as possible?
16658	why does she first regard the singing, and only afterwards the music, or both united?
16658	why does she not select for her performances some of the later German or even Italian operas?
16658	why does she not sing grand, passionate parts?
28026	But what is the use of saying all this? 28026 But why seek difficulty when there is so much that is quite as beautiful and yet not difficult?
28026	Franz Liszt-- ah, you see I bow when I mention the name-- you never heard Franz Liszt? 28026 Have you ever been in a foreign art gallery and watched the copyists trying to reproduce the works of the masters?
28026	What is your favorite type of aëroplane?
28026	( Why should the immorality of the artist''s life be laid at the doors of fair Bohemia?)
28026	ARE PIANISTS BORN OR MADE?
28026	After all, the greatest thing in the artist''s life is W- O- R- K. II ARE PIANISTS BORN OR MADE?
28026	Are other great schools of pianoforte playing likely to arise?
28026	Are stimulants good or bad?
28026	Are there not as fine teachers here in America as in Europe?
28026	But how many musicians can do this?
28026	But who ever heard of a music student making a regular business of learning the profession as would a doctor or a lawyer?
28026	By what device may pianism descend to a lower level?
28026	Can Liszt be regarded as a pianistic composer in the same sense as that in which Chopin is considered pianistic?
28026	Can a pianist''s playing be distinguished by touch?
28026	Can missed practice periods ever be made up?
28026	Can one be overexact in playing?
28026	Can one who for years has waged a battle for the American teacher and American musical education answer this question without bias?
28026	Can the teachers in America be blamed if the parents and the pupils fail to make as serious and continued an effort here?
28026	Can we who trace the roots of our lineage back to barren Plymouth or stolid New Netherland judge the question fairly and honestly?
28026	Did Liszt follow a method in teaching or was his work eclectic?
28026	Did you ever stop to think how continually this is employed?
28026	Do celebrated virtuosos use scales regularly?
28026	Do great pianists devote much time to writing upon piano technic?
28026	Do n''t you think I am a lucky boy?
28026	Do not the same exercises occur in thousands of pieces but in such connection that the mind is interested?
28026	Do you fear the grind, the grueling disappoints, the unceasing sacrifices?
28026	Do you think that came in a day?
28026	Do you wish to make music?
28026	Do you wonder that I drink to forget it?"
28026	Does a trained ear help in the acquisition of touch?
28026	Does he find fame and fortune waiting for him next morning?
28026	Does music resemble poetry?
28026	Does piano study cultivate concentration?
28026	Does the technical material of to- day differ greatly from that of forty or fifty years ago?
28026	Does the virtuoso hamper himself with details of technic during a performance?
28026	Does the work, the time, the expense frighten you, little miss at the keyboard?
28026	Godowsky, der ist wirklich ein grosser Talent_--how has he attained his wonderful rank?
28026	Graft?
28026	Has Russian music influenced the progress of other musical nations?
28026	Has piano playing progressed since the time of Hummel?
28026	Have not students contented themselves with two lessons a week since time immemorial?
28026	Have the compositions of the most original composers been the most enduring?
28026	Have the possibilities of the art of musical composition been exhausted?
28026	How are examinations conducted in Russia?
28026	How can I express more emphatically the necessity for the pianist being a man of culture, artistic sensibilities and of creative tendencies?
28026	How can we expect the pupil to make rapid progress if the start is not right?
28026	How did Rubinstein regard the theory of touch?
28026	How do the muscles of the shoulder come into action in piano playing?
28026	How does Russian musical progress in composition differ from that of other musical nations?
28026	How does weight playing differ from the high angular playing of the Czerny epoch?
28026	How else can he become familiar with the personal individualities of the great composers?
28026	How have the changes in the structure of the instrument affected pianistic progress?
28026	How is one''s playing affected by health?
28026	How is phrasing related to breathing?
28026	How is the matter of digital technic regarded in Russia?
28026	How long does the virtuoso practice each day?
28026	How long must one study before one may make a_ début_?
28026	How long will it take the world to comprehend his message if he really has one?
28026	How may complex musical problems be solved mentally?
28026	How may errors arise in the use of the terms of expression?
28026	How may finger strength be cultivated?
28026	How may individuality be developed through poetry?
28026	How may machine- like playing be avoided?
28026	How may master works be born again?
28026	How may one be helped in learning the musical language?
28026	How may one find the bearing of one movement upon another?
28026	How may piano study be compared with the polishing of beautiful jewels?
28026	How may the compositions of Rubinstein and Glinka be regarded?
28026	How may the mechanics of playing be distinguished from the larger subject of technic?
28026	How may the piano become a barrier between the student and musical expression?
28026	How may the pupil''s elementary work be made more secure?
28026	How may the right tempo be established?
28026	How may the student break the veil of conventions?
28026	How may variety in piano playing be achieved?
28026	How must real musical understanding be achieved?
28026	How must superficial pupils be treated?
28026	How should a very talented child''s practice time be divided?
28026	How should one seize opportunities to improve?
28026	How should practice time be divided?
28026	How should the arm feel during the act of touch?
28026	How should the child''s general education be conducted?
28026	How should the fingering of a new piece be studied?
28026	How should the fingers rest in legato playing?
28026	How should the mechanical difficulties of the piece be studied?
28026	How should the public appearances of talented children be controlled?
28026	How should the sense of hearing be employed in piano playing?
28026	I the master?
28026	In what does the Russian teacher of children take great care?
28026	In what period of time should a very talented child master the elementary outlines of technic?
28026	In what spirit should all studies be played?
28026	In what way was Edward MacDowell''s individuality marked?
28026	Is a great virtuoso obliged to practice years in order to secure results?
28026	Is analysis natural to children?
28026	Is any time spent in music study really wasted?
28026	Is it advisable to isolate difficulties and practice them separately?
28026	Is it any wonder that beginners lose interest in their work, and refuse to practise except when compelled to do so?
28026	Is it artistic?
28026	Is it musical?
28026	Is it really necessary to go to Europe to"finish"one''s musical education?
28026	Is it really necessary to instruct our little folks to think that everything must be done in a"cut and dried"manner?
28026	Is listening important in pianoforte playing?
28026	Is music a part of the daily life of the child in the Russian home?
28026	Is one ever warranted in altering a masterpiece?
28026	Is scale study indispensable?
28026	Is the ability to identify a chord by hearing more important than the ability to identify it by sight?
28026	Is the piano an expressive instrument?
28026	Is the utmost concentration necessary in all piano playing?
28026	Is your ambition to play scales, octaves, double notes and trills?
28026	Lucky Nathan,--have you not a thousand brothers who may never see a contract?
28026	May one memorize"backwards"?
28026	May time be wasted with unprofitable studies?
28026	More sacrifice for Nathan''s mother and father,--but what are poverty and deprivation with such a goal in sight?
28026	Must the pupil continually help himself?
28026	Must the student know the characteristics of the instrument for which the composer wrote?
28026	Need the practice of scales be mechanical and uninteresting?
28026	Of what value is the teacher if he is not to apply his knowledge with the discretion that comes with experience?
28026	Plunder?
28026	Schumann more original than Chopin?
28026	Should immediate musical results be sought in technical study?
28026	Should individual physical peculiarities be taken into consideration?
28026	Should individuality in playing be developed at an early age?
28026	Should music be studied by phrases or measures?
28026	Should one be careful about the body before concerts?
28026	Should one pin one''s faith to any one method?
28026	Should phrase analysis be taught at an early age?
28026	Should pianists acquire a knowledge of the main feature in the construction of their instrument?
28026	Should the education be confined to the classroom?
28026	Should the musical child be encouraged to read fiction?
28026	Should the student continually estimate his own ability?
28026	Should the student gain an idea of the work as a whole before attempting detailed study?
28026	Should the talented child be urged or pushed ahead?
28026	Spoils?
28026	Strange to say, no one ever seems to think it necessary to inquire,''What is the most beautiful piece?''
28026	Surely, so much earnest effort can not be wasted even though all can not win the race?
28026	THE AMERICAN VIRTUOSO OF TO- DAY How does the American aspirant compete with Nathan?
28026	THE MOST DIFFICULT COMPOSITIONS"I have continually been asked,''What is the most difficult composition?''
28026	THE NEW TECHNIC AND THE OLD You ask me what are the essential differences between the modern technic and the technic of the older periods?
28026	The legato thirds seem simple?
28026	Then why spend hours in practicing at the keyboard with the view of doing something we can already do?
28026	Upon what detail of interpretation does musical performance most depend?
28026	Upon what does fine phrasing depend?
28026	Upon what does velocity depend?
28026	Upon what principle is expression in art based?
28026	WHY NOT SEEK THE BEAUTIFUL?
28026	Was I, after years of public playing, actually making mistakes that I would be the first to condemn in any one of my own pupils?
28026	What additional musical studies should be included in the work of the pupil?
28026	What are some remedies for slovenly playing?
28026	What are the two means of administering touch?
28026	What becomes of the thousands of students all working frantically with the hope of becoming famous pianists?
28026	What better guide could you possibly have than the words of the great pianists themselves?
28026	What channel in the study of pianoforte must the pupil develop most thoroughly?
28026	What combines to make a program attractive?
28026	What composer preserved the most perfect balance between artistic conception and expression?
28026	What did Chopin call the left hand?
28026	What do I mean by a practical knowledge of harmony?
28026	What does a great virtuoso receive for his performances?
28026	What does originality in pianoforte playing really mean?
28026	What exercises does he use?
28026	What fundamental laws should underlie interpretation?
28026	What great difficulties do the virtuosos visiting America encounter?
28026	What indicates a finely balanced musician?
28026	What is a good arrangement of practice hours?
28026	What is considered the most difficult scale to learn?
28026	What is it in playing that sways the audience?
28026	What is it then, which promotes a few"fortunate"ones from the armies of students all over America and Europe and makes of them great virtuosos?
28026	What is it which distinguishes the performance of the great pianist from that of the novice?
28026	What is one of the greatest faults in musical educational work in America?
28026	What is the best material for the development of a mental technic?
28026	What is the best remedy for careless playing?
28026	What is the difference between brain technic and finger technic?
28026	What is the effect of too many mechanical rules?
28026	What is the law of artistic progress?
28026	What is the nature of the technical study done by Harold Bauer?
28026	What is the vital spark in piano playing?
28026	What is this vital spark that brings life to mere notes?
28026	What lies at the foundation of pianistic greatness?
28026	What may be called the sculptor of individuality in music?
28026	What may be considered the most difficult branch of pianoforte study?
28026	What may be said of the poetic idea of the piece?
28026	What may be said of the sensitiveness of the finger tips?
28026	What may be said of the status of American musical education?
28026	What may the pupil learn from concerts?
28026	What must be the sole aim in employing a technical exercise?
28026	What must one do to become a virtuoso?
28026	What part did fashion play in the introduction of embellishments?
28026	What part does personality play in the performer''s success?
28026	What part does right thinking play in execution?
28026	What part does talent play in the artist''s success?
28026	What part should the study of phrasing play in modern music education?
28026	What qualities must the student preserve above all things?
28026	What should be artist''s main object in giving a concert?
28026	What should be the first step in the musical education of the child?
28026	What should be the pianist''s first thought during the moment of performance?
28026	What should be the preliminary study of a new composition?
28026	What should be the teacher''s first consideration?
28026	What studies are particularly useful in the cultivation of brilliant playing?
28026	What voyages of exploration must the student make?
28026	What was Reisenauer''s opinion of the works of MacDowell?
28026	What was the principle which made the Tausig exercises valuable?
28026	What with three and four concerts a night why should not the critics have a_ pourboire_ for extra critical attention?
28026	What would be thought of the Russian pupil who attempted pieces without the proper preliminary scale work?
28026	When is the hand touch generally employed?
28026	When is the teacher''s responsibility greatest?
28026	When should the first steps in analysis be made?
28026	Where must the student find his problems?
28026	Wherein does the appeal of Debussy lie?
28026	Which difficulty should you practice most?
28026	Who could resist the temptation to learn them all when they are once commenced?
28026	Who could withstand the alluring charm of the Chopin etudes?
28026	Who is the great European master who is working such great wonders for her?
28026	Why are Russian pianists famed for their technical ability?
28026	Why are stencil- like methods bad?
28026	Why are too complicated exercises undesirable?
28026	Why do some pupils find technical studies tiresome?
28026	Why does Busoni produce inimitable results at the keyboard?
28026	Why does Rachmaninoff excel as a composer for pianoforte?
28026	Why is Bach so valuable for the student?
28026	Why is a knowledge of the different dance forms desirable?
28026	Why is a more difficult fingering sometimes preferable?
28026	Why is it that the compositions of Johann Sebastian Bach are so useful in piano study?
28026	Why is such a premium put upon mere difficulty?
28026	Why is the study of musical history so important?
28026	Why must monotony be avoided in technical study?
28026	Why must one seek to avoid conventions?
28026	Why not a little mind formation?
28026	Why not develop the habit of noting the phrases in the same way?
28026	Why should imitation be avoided?
28026	Why should one listen while playing?
28026	Why should students avoid becoming"piano- playing machines"?
28026	Why should the student determine problems for himself?
28026	Why try to make a bouquet of oak trees when the ground is covered with exquisite flowers?
28026	Why was Köhler so successful as a teacher?
28026	Why was the great Liszt greater than any pianist of his time?
28026	Why waste time in practicing passages which you can play perfectly well?
28026	Why?
28026	Will genius or talent take the place of study and work?
28026	Will the public now receive him as a great pianist?
28026	Will the technic of Liszt ever be excelled?
28026	With what has technic to do?
28026	Without this knowledge how could he possibly expect to study with understanding?
28026	Would it not be better to train him to play a piece which he could comprehend and which he could express in his own way?
28026	XIV SEEKING ORIGINALITY VLADIMIR DE PACHMANN THE MEANING OF ORIGINALITY"Originality in pianoforte playing, what does it really mean?
28026	You ask me,"How can the student form the proper conception of the work as a whole?"
28026	You wonder at this?
28026	_ Non ê vero?_ When the composer has sought originality and contrived to get it by purposely taking out- of- the- way methods, what has he produced?
28026	_ Non ê vero?_ When the composer has sought originality and contrived to get it by purposely taking out- of- the- way methods, what has he produced?
28026	_ Pourquoi?_ No one can learn by copying the secret the master has learned in creating.
39211	How do you mean?
39211	103 Why Rag- time Is Injurious 134 Why So Many Different Keys?
39211	105 Why the Pianist Should Study Harmony 104 Why the Piano Is So Popular 128 Why Two Names for the"Same"Key?
39211	110"What Is the Matter with My Scales?"
39211	15 is the movement in C- sharp minor to be played in the same tempo as the opening movements, or much faster?
39211	16 Which Should Come First-- Conception or Technique?
39211	1?
39211	3 What Is the Best of Chopin?
39211	8, and the B flat minor prelude?
39211	86 What Is the Difference Between the Major and Minor Scales?
39211	ACCOMPANYING[ Sidenote:_ Learning To Accompany at Sight_] How can one learn to accompany at sight?
39211	After a kindly salute he would always ask me the same question:"Well, what is new in the world?"
39211	Alas, why are those pesky scales so difficult, in fact, the most difficult thing to do on the piano?
39211	And by- the- bye, what is the character of this piece?
39211	And does it affect the whole chord?
39211	And if one can play them why should one keep everlastingly on playing them?
39211	And now?
39211	And rhapsodical, irregular-- hey?
39211	And which is the best edition of Bach''s piano works?
39211	And why should there not be excellent teachers in America by this time?
39211	Are compositions in sharps considered more brilliant than those in flats?
39211	Are not the indispensables in all success very much the same?
39211	Are there no intermediate works?
39211	Are they just indications of speed?
39211	Are they merely theoretical?
39211	Are they to be executed according to Philipp Emmanuel Bach''s rule, so that the grace notes take their time from the note that follows them?
39211	BACH[ Sidenote:_ The Beginner in Bach Music_] Can you give me a few helpful suggestions in a preliminary study of Bach?
39211	BAD MUSIC[ Sidenote:_ The Company That One Keeps in Music_] Must I persist in playing classical pieces when I prefer to play dance music?
39211	But why not select an easy Etude by Chopin and make a start?
39211	But-- how is this language to be learned?
39211	CHOPIN[ Sidenote:_ What Is the Best of Chopin?_] Which are the best compositions of Chopin to study by one who really desires to know him?
39211	CHOPIN[ Sidenote:_ What Is the Best of Chopin?_] Which are the best compositions of Chopin to study by one who really desires to know him?
39211	Can a dull person, by reading them to us, convey bright thoughts intelligibly?
39211	Can anybody explain, without reflecting upon one''s sanity, why one should persist in playing them?
39211	Can one of them be omitted, and which one?
39211	Can you give me a hint how to overcome my difficulty?
39211	Can you give me a little outline of points for which to look that may help me in my piano study?
39211	Can you not replace the real clubs by imaginary ones?
39211	Can you suggest any method that would make it easier?
39211	Do composers consider modulation in selecting their key?
39211	Do you advise practising with notes when I already know it by heart?
39211	Do you advise practising with or without the pedal?
39211	Do you think"Pischna"would help me much to regain my former ability to play?
39211	Does a liberal use of the soft pedal tend to make the student lazy in using a light touch?
39211	Does it lie in the arrangement of semitones or in the character, or in both?
39211	Does this difference indicate different executions and, if so, how would the two turns have to be played?
39211	Does this justify me in hoping that something out of the ordinary will become of him?
39211	FORCE OF EXAMPLE[ Sidenote:_ Hearing a Piece Before Studying It_] Should a pupil hear a piece played before studying it?
39211	GENERAL[ Sidenote:_ What Does"Technique"Mean?_] What are the different techniques, and which one is most generally used?
39211	GENERAL[ Sidenote:_ What Does"Technique"Mean?_] What are the different techniques, and which one is most generally used?
39211	How can I avoid it, so that they will feel free and easy?
39211	How can I change it?
39211	How can I overcome it?
39211	How can I overcome the unevenness?
39211	How can I remedy this?
39211	How can this be done?
39211	How is the true legato accomplished?
39211	How should the 6- 8 and 9- 8 movements of Liszt''s Dance of the Gnomes be metronomized?
39211	Humourous, is it?
39211	I am practising three hours a day; how long should I practise at a time?
39211	I have heard the mordent sound like a triplet?
39211	I maintain that the flat sign is superfluous, and I should like to know if this is right?
39211	I recall that Rubinstein once said to me:"Do you know why piano- playing is so difficult?
39211	If a book should be read to us by a person who does not understand it, would it impress us as true, convincing, or even credible?
39211	If dance music it must be, why, have you never heard of the waltzes and mazurkas by Chopin?
39211	If my daughter( six years old) is to study the violin should she first spend a few years with the piano, or_ vice versa_?
39211	If not, what would you advise me to do?
39211	If so, why?
39211	If the half- tone, what would be the name of the auxiliary note?
39211	If you have very much money to spare, why not?
39211	In my despair I asked him:"Why not?"
39211	In the face of your teacher''s advice to the contrary?
39211	Indispensables in Pianistic Success I"The Indispensables in Pianistic Success?
39211	Is an exact division possible?
39211	Is any one''s music more profound?
39211	Is he right?
39211	Is it a fault of training, or has it any other cause?
39211	Is it because I do not understand it, or is the name a mere amateurish invention?
39211	Is it because of my touch?
39211	Is it because of this lesser sensuous charm that the art of the piano is considered the chastest of all instruments?
39211	Is it dramatic, tragic, lyric, romantic, humourous, heroic, sublime, mystic-- what?
39211	Is it not wise to begin all over again as slowly as possible?
39211	Is it practicable?
39211	Is not staccato always done with the fingers?
39211	Is she right?
39211	Is the alternation of the thumb and the second finger desirable in the playing of a trill?
39211	Is there a place on the concert stage-- even if only as an accompanist-- for a woman thus equipped?
39211	Is there any advantage in varying the height of the wrist?
39211	Is there any rule which you can give me?
39211	Is this correct?
39211	Is this the correct accent?
39211	It has helped me, but shall I be doing wrong to continue?
39211	It is probably a very bad habit, but I do not hear it when I do it How can I cure it?
39211	Kindly advise me whether a method is not the best thing for a novice, and, if so, which one?
39211	LEGATO[ Sidenote:_ The Advantage of Legato Over Staccato_] Is it better for me to practise more staccato or more legato?
39211	MARKS AND NOMENCLATURE[ Sidenote:_ The Metronome Markings_] What is the meaning of M. M.= 72 printed over a piece of music?
39211	MENDELSSOHN[ Sidenote:_ The Study of Mendelssohn_] In a complete course for a piano student should the study of Mendelssohn be included?
39211	Must we always endure listening to Wagner''s music in a variety show and to Strauss''waltzes in Carnegie Hall?
39211	Now, in what order should the Sonatas be studied?
39211	OCTAVES[ Sidenote:_ How Best to Play the Octaves_] Should I play octaves using the"hinge"stroke from the wrist or by using the arm?
39211	Of what benefit is harmony?
39211	Of what benefit is the general school- work a child has to go through?
39211	On the other hand, how would the stereotype, academic manner of playing Beethoven suit his Concerto in G-- that poetic presage of Chopin?
39211	Or is there any special method of exercise?
39211	Or, to lessen fatigue, is an occasional rise and fall of the wrist permissible in a long passage of scale or arpeggio?
39211	PITCH AND KINDRED MATTERS[ Sidenote:_ The International Pitch_] What is meant by"pitch"as regards piano tuning?
39211	POLYRHYTHMS[ Sidenote:_ Playing Duple Time Against Triple_] How must I execute triplets played against two- eighths?
39211	POSITION OF THE BODY[ Sidenote:_ Do Not Raise the Piano- Stool Too High_] Are the best results at the piano attained by sitting high or low?
39211	PRACTICE[ Sidenote:_ The Morning Practice On the Piano_] In resuming my studies in the morning what should I play first?
39211	RUBATO[ Sidenote:_ As to Playing Rubato_] Will you please tell me what is the best method of playing rubato?
39211	STACCATO[ Sidenote:_ Wrist Staccato at a High Tempo_] What can I do to enable me to play wrist staccato very fast without fatiguing the arm?
39211	Should it be curved well under the hand while playing?
39211	Should its use be restricted to a particular stage in the course of study?
39211	Should the thumbs of both hands strike the same keys at the same time all the way through or should the left hand omit them?
39211	Since that time I have studied only by myself; for to whom could I have gone after Rubinstein?
39211	THE GLISSANDO[ Sidenote:_ To Play a Glissando Passage_] Will you describe the best method of holding the hand when playing glissando?
39211	THE INSTRUMENT[ Sidenote:_ The Kind of Piano Upon Which to Practise_] Is it irrelevant whether I practise upon a good or a bad piano?
39211	THE MEMORY[ Sidenote:_ Playing from Memory Is Indispensable_] Is memorization absolutely essential to a good player?
39211	THE OTHER FINGERS[ Sidenote:_ The Fourth and Fifth Fingers_] What exercise would you recommend for the training of the fourth and the fifth fingers?
39211	THE PEDALS[ Sidenote:_ A General Rule About the Pedal_] Should I use the pedal with each melody note?
39211	THE STUDENT''S AGE[ Sidenote:_ Starting a Child''s Musical Training_] At what age should a child begin the study of instrumental music?
39211	THE THUMB[ Sidenote:"_ What is the Matter With My Scales?_"] What is the matter with my scales?
39211	THE THUMB[ Sidenote:"_ What is the Matter With My Scales?_"] What is the matter with my scales?
39211	THEORY[ Sidenote:_ Why the Pianist Should Study Harmony_] Do you recommend the study of harmony and counterpoint to the piano student?
39211	TRANSPOSING[ Sidenote:_ The Problem of Transposing at Sight_] What, please, is the quickest and safest way of transposing from one key to another?
39211	Then I would begin all over again, but hardly had I played a few measures when he would interrupt and say:"Did you start?
39211	Then why did you apply for a teacher?
39211	Therefore, why not play the piano as a piano?
39211	To the hundreds of students who at various times have asked me: What is the quickest way to become a great piano- player?
39211	Von Bülow laughed and said,''Why do you thank me?
39211	Was my old or my new teacher right?
39211	Well, why do n''t you speak?"
39211	What contemporary composers write good piano music?
39211	What does a dash mean over a note?
39211	What does an accidental in parentheses mean?
39211	What is the best book of instruction for a beginner, a child of ten?
39211	What is the correct method, and may the difficulty be overcome by slow practice?
39211	What is the difference between them?
39211	What is the meaning of the dot placed after the D in the bass?
39211	What modern parlour pieces would you recommend after Bendel''s"Zephyr"?
39211	What salary might I expect and what would be the best"course"to pursue?
39211	What would you advise, to make my memory more retentive?
39211	What would you advise?
39211	What would you think of a parent who deliberately sent his child into bad company in order that such child should learn how_ not_ to behave?
39211	When I wish to play them rapidly it seems that the key does not always produce a sound?
39211	Wherein lies the difference?
39211	Which is preferable to use, the thumb or the forefinger?
39211	Which is the best work of that kind from which I could learn?
39211	Which of his compositions are the most useful?
39211	Which would you advise?
39211	Why have the Rothschilds more secretaries than I have?
39211	Why not make a piano sound like a piano?
39211	Why share the musical food of those who are, by breeding or circumstance, debarred from anything better?
39211	Why should we look for a correct conception of a piece anywhere but in the piece itself?
39211	Why this self- deception?
39211	Why try to do the impossible thing in endeavoring to make the piano sound like another instrument of a different mechanism?
39211	Why would not twelve suffice, and thus avoid duplicate keys?
39211	Why, then, not listen to his specific language instead of losing our way in the terms of another art?
39211	Why?
39211	Will you please give me your opinion?
39211	Will you please tell me something about it?
39211	Would E on one piano actually sound like F on another?
39211	Would you still advise me to begin the study of the piano?
39211	Yes-- but when I bumped it till it fairly bled where would I get the metaphorical handkerchief?
39211	You understand the meaning?"
39211	You"want"to use the pedal?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Always Keep in Touch with Bach_] Do you think that the playing of Bach''s works will keep one''s hands in good technical condition?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Better Not Give the Child"Modified Classics"_] What little classics are best for a child after six months''lessons?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Biting the Finger- Nails Spoils the Touch_] Is biting the finger- nails injurious to the piano touch?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Can Music Be Studied in America?_] Is it necessary for me to go to Europe to continue my music studies?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Can Music Be Studied in America?_] Is it necessary for me to go to Europe to continue my music studies?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Cantabile Passages_] Should a cantabile passage be played with a high finger- stroke or by using the weight of the arm?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Chopin''s Works for a Popular Concert_] What works of Chopin would you suggest for a popular concert programme?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Do Not Injure the Hand by Stretching It_] Is there any way to increase the stretch of my very small hand?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Do Not Over- Use the Soft Pedal_] Should the Gavotte in A, of Gluck- Brahms, be played without the soft pedal?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Do Not Raise Wrist in Marking a Rest_] In observing a rest should the hand be raised from the wrist?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Fingering the Chromatic Scale_] Which fingering of the chromatic scale the is most conducive to speed and accuracy?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Four Ways to Study a Piano Piece_] Should a composition be studied away from the piano?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Frequent Lessons and Shorter_] Is it better for a young student to take one hour lesson or two half- hour lessons a week?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Good Finger Exercises_] What would you say are the best studies for plain finger work?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ How Are Syncopated Notes to be Played?_] How are syncopated notes to be played?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ How Are Syncopated Notes to be Played?_] How are syncopated notes to be played?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ How Tight to Keep the Piano''s Action_] Should I keep the action of my piano tight?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ How a Tie and a Slur Differ_] What difference is there between a slur and a tie?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ How to Hold the Thumb_] What is the correct position for the thumb?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ How to Improve the Technique_] Should I endeavour to improve my technique by trying difficult pieces?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Kullak''s"Method of Octaves"Still Good_] Is Kullak''s"Method of Octaves"still one of the best in its line?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Let Your Ear Guide Your Pedalling_] In Weber''s"Storm"should the pedal be held down throughout the entire piece, as directed?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Modern Piano Music_] Are such pieces as"Beautiful Star of Heaven"or"Falling Waters"in good taste?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Morning Is the Best Time to Practise_] How much time should I spend on clearly technical study?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Music Schools and Private Teachers_] Shall I take my lessons in a music school or from a private teacher?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ No Necessity to Watch the Fingers_] Is it always necessary to watch the fingers with the eye?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ One Lesson a Week_] Is one lesson a week inadequate for a piano student?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Perfect Rubato the Result of Momentary Impulse_] In playing_ rubato_ do you follow a preconceived notion or the impulse of the moment?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Playing On a Dumb Piano_] Are mechanical appliances, such as a dumb keyboard, of advantage to the student of the piano?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Playing the"Melody in F"_] In Rubinstein''s"Melody in F"should the melody be played in the left hand or be divided between the two hands?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Playing the"Spring Song"too Fast_] Should Mendelssohn''s"Spring Song"be played in slow or fast time?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Practising Eight Hours Instead of Four_] Will I advance quicker by practising eight hours instead of four, as I do now?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Practising the Two Parts Separately_] When I am learning a new piece should the hands practise their parts separately?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Premature Fatigue in the Arms_] Why does it tire my arms when I play octaves and a continuation of little runs?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Rests Used Under or Over Notes_] What is the meaning of a rest above or below the notes of the treble clef?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Rubinstein or Liszt-- Which the Greater?_] As between Liszt and Rubinstein, whom do you consider the greater?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Rubinstein or Liszt-- Which the Greater?_] As between Liszt and Rubinstein, whom do you consider the greater?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Slurs and Accents Not Related_] How should the beginning of slurs be accented?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Small Notes Under Large Ones_] What is the meaning of small notes printed under large ones?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Speed and Smoothness in Trilling_] Will you kindly suggest a good method of gaining speed and smoothness in trilling?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Take a Month''s Rest Every Year_] Must I keep up my practice during my Christmas holidays of a month?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Text- Books on Harmony_] Would you care to recommend two or three of the best books on the study of harmony?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Action of a Beginner''s Piano_] Do you think it wise for a beginner to practise on a piano that has a heavy action?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Art of Accompanying a Soloist_] How should one manage the accompaniment for a soloist inclined to play rubato?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Art of Playing With Feeling_] In the musical manifestations of feeling how does the artist chiefly differ from the amateur?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Best Physical Exercise for the Pianist_] What physical exercises are most advantageous to be taken in connection with piano practice?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The C- Scale Fingering for All Scales?_] Do you advise the use of the C- scale fingering for all the scales?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The C- Scale Fingering for All Scales?_] Do you advise the use of the C- scale fingering for all the scales?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Charm of Chopin''s Touch_] What kind of touch did Chopin have?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Conditions Which Dictate Speed in Playing_] How fast or slow should Schubert- Liszt''s"_ Auf dem Wasser zu singen_"be played?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Difference Between Major and Minor Scales_] What is the difference between the major and minor scale?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Difference Between"Finger Staccato"and Other Kinds_] What does"finger staccato"mean?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Easiest Way to Memorize_] Will you please tell me which is the easiest way to memorize a piano piece?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Effect of Double Flats_] How is an octave, written thus, to be played?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Fingers Needed to Play a Mordent_] When executing the mordent, is not the use of three fingers preferable to two?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Genuine Piano Hand_] What shape of hand do you consider the best for piano playing?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Greatest Composers as Pianists_] Is it true that nearly all the great composers have been pianists?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Height of the Piano Seat_] Is my seat at the piano to be at the same height when I practise as when I play for people?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Meaning and Use of"Motif"_] What is the meaning of a"motif"?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Meaning of Solfeggio_] What is meant by"spelling"in music?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Meaning of"Toccata"_] What is the meaning of the word"Toccata"?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The More Technique the More Practice_] Why do pianists who have more technique than many others practise more than these others?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Old Problem of Duple Time Against Triple_][ Illustration] How should the above- quoted notes be brought in with the lower triplets?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Position of the Wrist_] Do you favour a low or high position of the wrist for average type of work?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Real Meaning of Speed Terms_] What is the meaning of the words Adagio, Andante, and Allegro?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Relation of Harmony to Piano- Playing_] Is it absolutely necessary for me to study harmony in connection with my piano?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Staffs Are Independent of Each Other_] Does an accidental in the right hand influence the left?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Study of Operatic Transcriptions_] Is the study of Thalberg''s operatic transcriptions of any value to the piano student?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Study of Scales Is very Important_] Must all study of the piano absolutely begin with the study of scales?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Use of the Pedal for Colouring_] What is the use of the damper pedal?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Value of Going to Concerts_] Shall I attend orchestra concerts or shall I give preference to soloists?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Value of Heller''s Studies_] Are Heller''s studies practical for a young student lacking in rhythm and expression?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Weak Fingers of the Left Hand_] What exercise would you recommend for the training of the fourth and fifth fingers of the left hand?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The Well- Tempered Piano Scale_] Is there really a difference of three- eighths of a tone between A- sharp and B- flat on the piano?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The"Colour"of Various Keys_] Is it not a mistaken idea that any one particular key is more or less rich or melodious than another?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The"International"Piano Pitch_] Which piano pitch is preferable,"concert"or"international"?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ The"Tenuto"Dash and Its Effect_] What do short lines below or above a note or chord mean in contradistinction to a staccato or an accent?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ There are Dangers in Using a Metronome_] How should one use the metronome for practising?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ There is Only One Minor Scale_] Which is the true minor scale, the melodic or the harmonic?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ To Gain Facility in Sight- Reading_] What is a good plan to pursue to improve the facility in sight- reading?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ To Prevent Sore Finger- Tips After Playing_] How can I prevent my finger- tips, after prolonged playing, from feeling sore the next day?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ To Produce Good Legato_] Should you advise me to make use of a high finger- stroke?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ To Produce a Softer Tone_] Should the expression"_ p_"be executed by the aid of the soft pedal or through the fingers?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ To Strengthen the Weak Finger Use It_] How can I strengthen the little finger of my right hand?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ To Work Up a Fast Tempo_] Which is the best way to work up a fast tempo?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Use Pedal With Caution in Playing Bach_] Is Bach''s music ever played with the pedal?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Using the Two Pedals at Once_] May the damper pedal and the soft pedal be used simultaneously, or would this be detrimental to the piano?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Watch Your Breathing_] What is the purpose of associating breathing with piano playing, and to what extent should it be practised?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ What is the Difference Between the Major and Minor Scales?_] What is the difference between the major and minor scales?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ What is the Difference Between the Major and Minor Scales?_] What is the difference between the major and minor scales?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ What the Leschetizky Method Is_] How does the Leschetizky method rank with other methods, and in what respect does it differ from them?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ When Playing Octaves_] When should I use the arm to play octaves as I have seen some concert players do?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ When Reading Over a New Piece_] When studying a new composition, which is preferable: to practise first with separate hands or together?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Which Fingers Demand Most Attention?_] Should one pay special attention to the training of the thumb?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Which Fingers Demand Most Attention?_] Should one pay special attention to the training of the thumb?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Why Rag- Time Is Injurious_] Do you believe the playing of the modern rag- time piece to be actually hurtful to the student?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Why so Many Different Keys?_] Why is it supposed to be necessary to have fifteen keys to complete the circle of fifths?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Why so Many Different Keys?_] Why is it supposed to be necessary to have fifteen keys to complete the circle of fifths?
39211	[ Sidenote:_ Why the Piano Is So Popular_] Why do more people play the piano than any other instrument?
39211	[ Sidenote:_"E- Sharp and B- Sharp"and the Double Flat_] What is the meaning of the sharps on the E and B line, and of a double- flat?
39211	[ Sidenote:_"Playing in Time"and"Playing in Rhythm"_] What is the difference between playing"in time"and playing"in rhythm"?
39211	_ Now How Can We Know_ whether we are or are not approaching the spiritual phase of a piece?
39211	e._, mechanical, practice may I have a book or a magazine on the music- stand and read?
39211	or can you recommend something better?