San Francisco Institute of Music

Thoughts on technique

Playing is a system which could be envisioned as having 3 subsystems that must function individually as ideally as possible, but that must also be congruent with one another. Otherwise, there will be a built in developmental limit that cannot be overcome.

These short films discuss various ideas about playing music and the technique required to do so effectively.

Playing is a system which could be envisioned as having 3 subsystems that must function as ideally as possible individually, but which must also be congruent with one another. Otherwise, there will be a built-in developmental limit that cannot be overcome.