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Note By Note: A Celebration Of The Piano Lesson (2008)

by Tricia Tunstall(Favorite Author)

3.75 of 5 Votes: 5

ISBN

1416540504 (ISBN13: 9781416540502)

languge

English

genre

Memoir & Autobiography

publisher

Simon & Schuster

review 1: I don't think I would have wanted this lady to be my piano teacher. I think she honestly tried to have an open mind about different types of music, but she was firmly entrenched in the "classical music is best" club. Also, she seemed to have a pretty rigid technique for teaching. Not every student thinks the same way or approaches music the same way and I'm not sure she really got that. That said, I do think she cared for her students and tried as best as she could to help them. I think the world would be a better place if everyone took piano lessons at some point in their lives. It just gives you a different perspective on life and opens up your mind to new possibilities.
review 2: I absolutely loved this book, but music has always been such a colossal part of... more my life. I also took piano lessons for 10 years during my childhood, so it was wonderful to read about the piano lesson from the teacher's point of view. It was a beautiful and kind account of the many personalities she trains musically and of their journeys toward mastery, or not. She arrives at the conclusion that the pursuit of beauty in music is perfectly worthwhile, even if a performing career is never possible. She also validates the terror of stage fright in recitals, and the amazing amount of courage it takes to have faith in yourself to play music. In the end, she spoke personally of her best piano teacher and how he changed her life forever, and I cried in the last chapter. I definitely want to read this again. less

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