[ahane]

This reminds me of the piano teacher (danthecomposer) I am following on youtube: he calls his approach a "philosophical approach" to learning the piano and to me it seems quite influenced by daoism or zen.

he puts heavy emphasis on practicing with your eyes closed from the beginning. this becomes possible through visualizing scales and chords from the beginning.

other aspects are: getting your ego out of the way, trusting in you inherent musicality and allowing you creative source to steer your fingers to express your emotions and avoiding conscious interference. there is also a lot of simple improvisation inside a chord from the beginning.

i cant speak for the long term success of his technique, but i like the approach and it makes sense to me with respect to other skills i have aquired before.

his youtube channel is a bit hard to navigate but this playlist is a good starting point: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQxJJ7AgS7k&list=PL4cPpP-Ua6...

he also has a blog: http://piano-jazz.blogspot.com/p/water-pianism.html