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musical expression Featured

The Re-Imagination of Performance

Note: This article was published in the Winter 2009 issue of the Guitar Foundation of America’s Soundboard. My original intention was to write a four-part series of articles that explored aspects of performance—portamento, rubato, tempo modification, accent and articulation—that are often neglected in the training of guitar
Jan 12, 2023 35 min read
virtuosity Featured

Practicing Music by Design: Historic Virtuosi on Peak Performance

Christopher Berg's new book explores pedagogical practices for achieving expert skill in performance. It is an account of the relationship between historic practices and modern research.
Jun 14, 2019 2 min read
Adolphe Christiani

Adolphe Christiani's 1885 Table

Among the things that grew tiresome and predictable to me while a conservatory student were the inevitable conversations about a performer having “fingers, but no musicality,” or “musicality, but no technique” after attending a performance. I certainly participated in these discussion as a young student, but after a while I
Feb 7, 2015 3 min read
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