how to live happily as a concert player

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http://www.faviocucchi.com/faviocucchi/en/articlesSunday, 22 September 2013 16:0!ow to live happily as a concert player by "lavio #ucchi $ntroduction$ wrotethis essay, published in %uitart ma&a'ine, about 20 years a&o, but $ believethat it is still relevant today, particularly in its, let(s say, more philosophical

aspects. $n the last )ew years the technical s*ill o) the concert player hasimproved a &reat deal and while tourin& the world, $ have met many talentedyoun& &uitarists with much better techni+ue than the &uitarists o), 30 yearsa&o. his phenomenon holds true, also, )ar players o) other instruments.-istenin& to the recordin&s o) the 0(s and the 0(s one would be astonishedby the many imper)ections as compared to today(s standardand yet , whatpoetry -istenin& to the recordin&s o) the masters o) the past, $ have noticedthat their imper)ections did not aect their emotional power nor theirbravura. hus, their ability to communicate the sense o) drama, pathos, oy,etc., rather than sheer mechanical pro4ciency is sel) evident. 5) course a&ood instrumental techni+ue is necessary to reali'e any idea, but the

ultimate end o) a per)ormer must not be a per)ect per)ormance alone. venthou&h today the technical standard has improved, $ do not thin* that 7anhas chan&ed his way o) )eelin&, o) perceivin& the 8Shinin&8 that someper)ormers have, the 8third trac*8 in a recordin&. $ believe that character,personality, communicativeness and sincerity are still today the mostimportant element to achievin& true success his is proven by the )act that,amon& the many &uitarists o) today, only those who have thea)orementioned +ualities, are able to emer&e and sustain a satis)yin& andlon& lived career. very success)ul &uitarist has a peculiarity9 his sound, hisphrasin&, somethin& that you can reco&ni'e and lets you say 8it is him8 or8her8;."or this reason students must deeply e


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however, cannot communicate ideas or concepts even thou&h vocal pieceshave te


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a heart8, li*e %hi&lia tau&ht, +uotin& #astaneda;, $ pass to the second phase.2; "in&erin&. $t is made accordin& to the desired timbric, a&o&ic and dynamiceects. $ pencil in the 4n&erin&s, *nowin& that later it will be chan&ed and $ma*e mysel) )amiliar with the most diDcult passa&es. 3; $ now be&in to studythe piece )rom a technical point o) view, that is $ try to learn it by heart, 8$

put it in my 4n&ers 8. Eurin& this phase $ sometimes discover that $ have tochan&e some 4n&erin&s because $ have chan&ed my mind about certainaspects o) interpretation. ; here are not all diDcult pieces, but o) coursethere are always some diDcult passa&es. $t is very important to identi)ythem: sometimes a stran&e position, a ump, can endan&er a whole sectiono) the piece. 5)ten when encounterin& one recurrin& error durin& the samepassa&e it is a &ood idea to devote a phase o) one(s study to identi)y andsolve the diDcult passa&es. Sometimes it happens that $ suspect theproblem is with the le)t hand passa&e until $ discover that the actual problemis in the ri&ht hand 5ccasionally, analy'in& the movements o) a 8diDcult8passa&e, $ reali'e that the actual problem was immediately @"5B that

passa&e ?t this point the piece has been approached )rom a technicalperspective: it has been 4n&ered, $ have memori'ed the piece to mysatis)action, $ am com)ortable with its structure, etc. $t is now time )or theper)ormance phase to be&in. @; AB"5B7?C# $n my opinion, this is animportant phase speci4cally because it is o)ten ne&lected. $t is necessary toe


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did not ruin anyone(s career Gse this 8incident8 to learn somethin& more, toavoid it in the )uture: he who wants to chan&e and improve himsel) mustaccept some 8)all8 every now and then but, please, not too many;. helast su&&estion to 8live happy8: do not critici'e your collea&ues. ven i) youdo not share their choices and tastes, do not be destructive. $) you 4nd

yoursel) overtly critical and condescendin& towards another collea&ue, it isprobably F5G with the problem. -eave the hysterical hatred )or the criticsand devote yoursel) to creatin& somethin& that is meanin&)ul to you andultimately to your audience. $ hope this has been o) some use to you. Alayin&is a pleasure, it is one o) the hi&hest human activities. ven i) you are astudent and are currently havin& some diDculties, you have decided to &iveyoursel) to music and very )ew do itCever )or&et that you are an artist.

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