Motion: Origins of Music (2)

Playing the piano is like dancing on the keyboard.

Dancers learn how to move on the floor.

Pianists learn how to move on the keyboard.

First one step, and then the next.

How do my arms move?

How do my legs move?

How does my torso move?

How does my neck move?

How are my eyes following these movements?

How are my thoughts moving with me?

As a whole, you move.

On the floor of the keyboard.

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These reflections grow out of ongoing work at the piano, in teaching, and in performance.