Curious about "topics the internet left behind," where there's tons of deep knowledge in old books, but most everything online's shallow & Yahoo Answers-like. Serious piano practice technique is a good example; culinary composition is another.
Why do some topics end up that way?
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Incidentally, on the serious piano practice point, I was pleased to stumble across this web book, which did actually present me with some interesting new ideas: tals-of-piano-practice.readthedocs.io/chapter1/index
e.g. on tremolos:
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Have you come across Abbey Whiteside’s Indispensibles of Piano Playing and Mastering the Chopin Etudes?
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Both incredible! Great examples of old books being much more useful than online materials.
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I was recommended both books by a non-pianist. I play the bass. Much of what Whiteside teaches on the body and touch is transferable to string instruments. What she teaches about rhythm and phrasing is transferable to all instruments and singing.
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I am preparing a deep dive into Stafford Beer’s ideas and came across a series of recorded lectures archived by the CBC, Canadian Radio. Wonderful, in. I small part because it is publicly funded so it doesn’t have to report to profit-minded CEOs and shareholders.
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