How to be more Musical | Note Grouping, Thurmond- A Book Review

As mentioned in my previous book review, a lot of my piano education in university actually came from reading books on music and piano.

This book, Note Grouping by Thurmond, is a holy grail for all classical musicians. If you are looking to improve your :

- musicality, technique, phrasing, interpretation
- understanding of music and weight
- sense of direction and movement in music

In this video, I review this dense but practice book while breaking down it’s main idea of grouping. Understanding how to group notes drastically bumped my musical skills and understanding to a new level. I hope that the concept of note grouping will be just as effective for you too!

Happy Practicing!
Michelle

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[pianotechnique]

Very well prepared, Michelle. Watched it all. I wouldn't really advertise it, but I just couldn't help here. It is really so similar to what I teach about phrasing (you can read and watch about it in my Book 3 I sent to you some time ago). When I came up with a similar discovery a decade ago I was attacked. A lot. Because somehow phrasing was always perceived as something you approach intuitively and, it's either you have it in you or not. Well, you know what I mean...Thats why I am so so happy to see more videos about this topic, especially done as well as yours. Thank you for that

[RayWalker-pythonic]

Nice explanation. I'm getting that book.

[charlesbenoit]

Great info and outstanding presentation! Engaging and funny without being goofy. Subscribed!

[southpark]

I didn't know about that book before! I'm going to order that one! Good video. Excellent actually!

[mance]

Nice! I’ll definitely check the book out. It gave a very clear and concise method on something that isn’t really talked about in class and lessons. You did a fantastic job explaining as well.

[Fanchen]

This is so helpful pedagogically, thank you for this!

[jeffocks]

Goodness this is very interesting! Brilliant lecture thank you

[andresgunther]

Thank you for the recommendation, Michelle! Hopefully it becomes available in Kindle Format at an affordable price! 39 bucks for a second hand "heavily used" paperback is outrageous. Sorry!

[chenwu]

Just searched for it…not available on Amazon yet😂😂

[tobyque]

Where do you live, Michelle? You look Filipino