The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity: An Analysis and Synthesis of Pianoforte Tone-Production (Classic Reprint) - Couverture souple

Tobias Matthay

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ISBN 10 : 1330360842 ISBN 13 : 9781330360842

Editeur : Forgotten Books, 2019

Synopsis

Excerpt from The Act of Touch in All Its Diversity



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Présentation de l'éditeur

Ability to understand and feel Music, and ability to communicate such perceptions to others by means of an instrument, are two totally distinct accomplishments. They have often been confused, owing to the fact, that it is impossible to achieve a really satisfactory musical performance without their happy combination. To become pianoforte players, we must learn Music, and must acquire Taste, but we can only succeed in expressing what we feel, musically, by means of tlve. physical act of I ceydepression. In short, the purely physical act of playing consists solely of an act ofT ouch,an act ofT one-production. All the gradations of Agility (fleetness of finger). Duration (staccato and legato), as well as all the contrasts ofT one-inflection depend solely and directly on the nature of this act; and it is therefore upon our expertness in the A et ofT ouch that the whole superstructure of Pianoforte-playing rests. The Art ofT ouch may indeed be concisely defined as :command over tJ ie Means of Ex2}ression. This Art thus forms the very Foundation (the Elements orB udiments) of Pianoforte-playing; and it can no more be a gift (as so often supposed) than is the art of articulateS peech itself ;for it can be acquired by every person of average intelligence.
(Typographical errors above are due to OCR software and don't occur in the book.)

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This book was originally published prior to 1923, and represents a reproduction of an important historical work, maintaining the same format as the original work. While some publishers have opted to apply OCR (optical character recognition) technology to the process, we believe this leads to sub-optimal results (frequent typographical errors, strange characters and confusing formatting) and does not adequately preserve the historical character of the original artifact. We believe this work is culturally important in its original archival form. While we strive to adequately clean and digitally enhance the original work, there are occasionally instances where imperfections such as blurred or missing pages, poor pictures or errant marks may have been introduced due to either the quality of the original work or the scanning process itself. Despite these occasional imperfections, we have brought it back into print as part of our ongoing global book preservation commitment, providing customers with access to the best possible historical reprints. We appreciate your understanding of these occasional imperfections, and sincerely hope you enjoy seeing the book in a format as close as possible to that intended by the original publisher.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Forgotten Books
• Date d'édition: 2019
• ISBN 10: 1330360842
• ISBN 13: 9781330360842
• Reliure: Broché
• Langue: anglais
• Nombre de pages: 376
• Coordonnées du fabricant: non disponible