Do you always give such a preliminary description before you begin a piece with a pupil?
DOMINIE.

I like to do so; for I wish to create an interest in the piece, and to state in connection my principles and views about music and piano-playing.

Now we will try the theme, first quite slowly; and then the first easy variation, with the last bars at the end of it, which introduce the theme once more, and which should be played very clearly and smoothly.

We will then take from the introduction only the right hand, and study the most appropriate fingering for it.

I never write this out fully; but only intimate it here and there, in order not to interfere with the spontaneous activity of the learner.