It doesn’t matter how experienced the pianist is, or how inexperienced you are – give feedback. When a pianist plays something you like, something that works well for an exercise, or at just the right tempo, smile encouragingly and say so. Positive reinforcement works for pianists as well as dancers, and is just as important. It also makes it much easier to say when you don’t like something.
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