Enrico Caruso Listens to Himself
Something that’s come up a couple times today in my teaching is the use of video or audio-recording to help in piano practice.
Not only does recording yourself help you self-teach, it focuses you on the most crucial component of your playing: your sound. Sometimes I see younger students look up at me for approval, or beam their vision on the score in front of them. They are using their eyes, but not their ears! They look for my approval, but need to learn how to judge and listen for themselves.
For some musicians, self-recording is the essential component of the later-stage polishing of their music. Did you know, for instance, that Alfred Brendel was largely self-taught using a primitive recording device?
So if you don’t already record your practice, give it a try. You might find you’re really missing out!
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