1. If muscular development is indeed a factor in achieving virtuosity, how is it that young prodigies and very gifted children emerge mysteriously and magically with all the skills ready-made? They spend a minimum of time in developing these skills as compared with many years of grinding that most students experience, most of whom do not achieve the same virtuosity.
2. Why is it that many prodigies seem to lose their ability as they grow older? Is it that their talent diminishes, as some people think, or is it that something happens to block their instinctive know-how? (This also happens to accomplished pianists)
3. How come some pianists like Rubinstein, Horowitz, Arrau, Serkin and others could perform into their eighties, while others, like Fleisher and Graffman (and many less famous pianists and instrumentalists) suffer injuries due to what doctors have termed “battle fatigue” at a much younger age?
4. Should pain and fatigue be a part of our practicing and playing, and are they good for us, as we are told?
5. Why is it that after doing certain exercises at the instrument, we feel worse than before? Is it our fault, or the fault of the exercises?
6. Why is it that we need to practice so many hours and still cannot tell at the end how the performance will go?
7. Is relaxation the answer to tension? Have they produced the answers and the results which we hoped for?
8. Is the 4th finger an inherently weak finger?
9. I know about the forearm rotation, but I don’t see how it can possibly function in speed. What makes it work?
10. I had lessons with a teacher who claimed to use the Taubman Approach, but I didn’t really make any improvement. Does everyone with a Taubman background teach the same way?