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Practicing Perfection: Memory and Piano Performance (Expertise: Research and Applications Series) Book

Practicing Perfection The memory feats of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such extraordinary accomplishments be explained by the same principles that account for more ordinary, everyday memory abilities? To find out, a concert pianist videotaped her practice as she learned a new piece for performance, the third movement, Presto, of the Italian Concerto by J.S. Bach. The story of how the pianist went about learning, memorizing and polishing the piece is told from the viewpoints of the pianist (the second author) and of a cognitive psychologist (the first author) observing the practice. The counterpoint between these insider and outsider perspectives is framed by the o...Read More

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  • Foyles

    The memory feats of famous musicians seem almost superhuman. Can such extraordinary accomplishments be explained by the same principles that account for more ordinary,...

  • 0415651026
  • 9780415651028
  • Roger Chaffin, Gabriela Imreh, Mary Crawford
  • 28 August 2012
  • Psychology Press
  • Paperback (Book)
  • 320
  • Reprint
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