Tell me what you think

Can I just play them all as octaves or is it for timbre or voicing purposes? It sounds the same on my piano either way lol

What's a section from a piece you've played that felt so good once it clicked? Personally, it was the C# minor section of Chopin Ballade 3. That part's a pain to play, but sounds so good. What about yours?

Recently picked piano back up after a 5 or 6 year hiatus, basically started over. In the last 3 or 4 days I've been learning and practicing Mozart's Turkish March. I've always been self-taught, save a year of keyboarding class in middle school, so I've never been taught healthy form.

In practicing this piece. My left hand, wrist and forearm fatigue dramatically throughout practice sessions. I can only imagine this is a technique issue and I'd love to hear input on my playing.

All critique is welcome! Obviously there's some missed notes in here, go ahead and flame me for those. But on addition to form, any articulation I'm missing or even tasteful suggestions absent from the original I'm very open to! TIA!

ETA: my forearm pain really only gets bad when practicing the B theme with the big rolling chords that i seem to have neglected to record here.

Have been learning this piece for about a few months and would like some critique. Please be kind about it.

Thank you!

Story:

A few days ago, I took my ARCT piano exams. I decided to take them online at home, since I felt more confident playing on my own piano. Everything went well up until the second piece, Beethoven's Appassionata Sonata. As anyone who's played this sonata would know, this sonata is very tiring physically, and after finishing the 3rd movement, I decided to get up and ask the examiners for permission to take a minute to drink some water. But then, I was horrified to see that the Zoom video call had completely disconnected. I panicked and went on the RCM website to get the Zoom invite link to rejoin the call, and then, the examiners told me that I had disconnected around the middle of the second movement. By then, the internet connection was still unstable, so I disconnected and reconnected my laptop's WiFi, which seemed to fix it. They let me take a minute to drink some water and told me to restart from the beginning of the second movement. For the rest of the exam, I was very nervous and I was looking back at the laptop once every few minutes to make sure that it was still connected. This distracted me and resulted in a few mistakes and memory slips that probably shouldn'tve been made. Anyways, I made it, and it honestly could've been worse, since if I hadn't looked at my laptop at the end of the sonata, I might've gone through the entire program without noticing that I had disconnected in the middle of it. My score hasn't come out yet, but I hope that the examiners would take this into account when they're grading.

I have about 8 students booked next week (few kids, young adults, and two seniors), and I’m just a bit nervous on how I should approach developing lesson plans and methods for students of all ages. I bought a bunch of Faber Adventures books to look over, but I don’t want to just sit down a student and meticulously go through the books, but instead would like to use it as a supplement. I’m a 32 year old pianist / multi-instrumentalist who’s been self taught for 20 years, and part of a family with a heavy musical background. I taught myself in probably unconventional ways, so I’m just unfamiliar with the approach of teaching in a very traditional way. Just looking for tips and advice, and maybe any anecdotes of other teachers feeling nervous at first but who quickly got the groove of things. Thanks!

I’ve been asked to accompany a violin student for their Abrsm exam. After years of saying no to accompanying, I thought I should just suck it up (my performance nerves) and give it a go.

The exam is booked, and we had our first rehearsal last week (two more to go)

Their timing is so far out compared to that of the score, and sometimes entire bars are skipped. I realise this is the job of a great accompanist, to hold it all together - but I'm not sure I’m going to be experienced enough in the moment to curtail all these eventualities.

Question - the rehearsals we have together. Are they (or can they) be seen as coaching? Should I be offering advice re counting, timing, ways to sort these issues out before the day, or is this not my business, and would be deemed insulting and inappropriate by the students actual teacher?

I would appreciate any feedback, positive and constructive. For reference I have been playing for 2 years, so still at a fairly beginner level. I will be playing this at an event next month

Here is two little gems in B-flat Major. Bach Prelude from wtc book 1 and Clementi op 36 no 4 movement 2. Ivo Pogorelich performed this very Clementi piece in his recital in Nara, Japan. I hope you check out his recital as well.

Hi There,

For anyone with a Kawai CA901 (or CA701 from I've heard) I FINALLY have had my "clicky keys" fixed (which seems to be widespread problem).

It took the better part of 3 months or so, but Kawai Warranty finally got one of their contractors who does electrical musical instrument repair to come out to my apartment, and remedy the "clicky keys" issue (and for any one not experiencing this issue, its hard to explain, but essentially it came down to Kawai over lubricating in the factory, and thus resulting in a clicky/poppy noise for some keys.)

Whatever this guy did, it fixed it, and now it plays (and sounds) like a dream! It was such a minor issue, but for anyone else experiencing it, I implore you to call 1-800-421-2177 (and selecting option 1) (if your product is still under warranty).

If your product isn't under warranty, I highly recommend getting in touch with an electronics contractor in your area, and seeing if they have experience resolving the issue. If you're in the Seattle area, I highly recommend Alpine Electronics of Burien.

Happy playing!

I'm trying to learn our house but the demo version sounds different than all the sheet music and tutorials I find. I know the piano is detuned but it sounds like the chords I find aren't exactly right. I'm pretty bad at learning by ear, anyone else know what he's playing?

Hello, I have always loved the sound of the piano, and I'm lucky enough to have an apartment-sized one at my grandparents' house that I can mess around on when I visit. I can only play very basic stuff, but from what I am told, it sounds nice. I really want a digital piano with weighted keys that I can hopefully play every day. The thing is, I struggle with focus due to ADHD and might have trouble sticking with a structured type of practice on my own.

Would I still get better if I didn't follow a specific lesson but just messed around and maybe tried to learn some basic songs or parts of larger songs as long as I practiced several times a week? I feel like you could still build up muscle stamina and memory even if you are not focused on playing the exact same thing every time.

I want to try to stick to a structured lesson guide; I just know it might be difficult, which is why I'm asking.

Thanks

I've been working on this piece for quite a while (too long) and would appreciate some feedback and direction. Relearning the piano after many years, and other than this have only a small number of easy Schumann and Chopin works in my repertoire. Thanks to anyone who can offer some honest criticism and direction (and ideas on other similarly challenging pieces I could move on to).

Hello!! First of all, please excuse my English—it’s really not very good. Anyway, getting straight to the point: I’ve owned this Yamaha P45 piano for about 3 years, and for the past week, I’ve been having some trouble with it. It started by turning on the metronome on its own and switching voices (sounds) while I was playing, even though I wasn’t pressing the "Function" button. I tried performing a factory reset, which worked for a few minutes—but then it stopped producing any sound at all, even though the power light remained on. The next day, I tried playing it again, but the same issue occurred: it wouldn’t make any sound despite being powered on. I attempted another factory reset, but ever since then, the light just flashes continuously; it doesn’t produce any sound, and I can’t even turn the keyboard off. I haven’t been able to find a solution anywhere—not on YouTube, nor in any other online posts. I’m not sure what to do with the piano. If anyone has any potential solutions, please help me out!

Appreciate any advice!

Total beginner (adult) here.
Just bought my first keyboard, Casio CT-S1.
My goal is to learn to play an actual piano whenever I have access to one.

More details on current setup:
Due to space constraints, I won’t have a piano at home.
My setup is on my adjustable computer desk (height 65–95 cm). My office chair fits quite snugly in a narrow space. Sitting in the chair restricts my arm movements. I personally find standing more comfortable to play. No pedal.

Advice needed:
1. Any tips on finding the ideal desk height and practising in such a limited space?

1. I read that arm angle and posture are important!
   Would practising on an office chair or standing up cause any future concerns?

For reference, I’m 4’11”.

I’m a beginner and I know I’ve made mistakes

I've noticed it today, and that's how I know... well time is feeling pretty short. I'm not going to go into details about my illness but it is severe and today, it took all the energy I could muster to get out of bed and get to the piano. I have no idea what's coming next in my life but I love my piano, she's my best friend so I'm just going to keep fighting until the end.

To think... that people spend time arguing over competitions and wrong notes... it all seems so bizarre now from my point of view and the place I'm at. Music is such a beautiful language, I'm glad I had the privilege to discover it and fall in love with it and be able speak it in my own way.

Sorry for the depressing post, strangely enough it's helping me get the weight I'm carrying off my chest and push forward. At least another piece of music has been brought into the world.

It doesn't matter what type of headphones I use or how low the volume on the piano is. When i plug my headphones aux into the jackstick adapter and into the digital piano i get this awfull high buzzing static noise. Whats wrong and can i fix it? Its awfull practicing like this. Hope you guys can help. Thanks.

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Very long story short back in 2015 I believe in taught myself piano using the software Piano Marvel. I got through level 6 very quickly and finished the program and then I was playing songs like Oquirrh Mountain Shining by Kevin Olson, Capitol Grove by Aaron Garner, Waltz in A Minor by Chopin, etc. Then I got pregnant and miserable and didn't play for just about 4 years. Now that my toddler is three I tried to get back into it but I can only play a few minutes a day. It's very frustrating being set back so far progress-wise. Lately I learned Always with you ABRSM, Minuet in G, Arabeaque by Burgmuller.

DOES anyone have suggestions on what to play next? I progress pretty quickly, but my mind just doesn't what it used to.

this is for all the dream pop lovers!

That really is the name of this catchy and cute little song 😍 This piano roll is QRS #3680 and was arranged by two guys named Victor Arden and Max Kortlander at the very height of the days of the player piano. It was released exactly 100 years ago... in October of 1926!

QRS was the company that made the roll. Out of dozens of piano roll companies in the 1920s, this is sadly the only one left. They don't even make this piano roll anymore. I have posted an up close version to the lyrics on YouTube found below if anyone wanted to sing along. It really is a fun one to just belt it out! Cutest lyrics. Just have fun and smile with these old songs!! That's what I hope for and that it brightened your day. 🙂

https://youtube.com/shorts/5YyVDk1pkjc?is=OGHC0WhDo_qlrJfu. "I Don't Mind Being All Alone"

I know chords . If I want to be able to play backing piano chords like pop ballads / korean ballad n, whom should I follow. I have been a guitar guy . Thanks