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 on: Today at 11:52:05 PM 
Started by rachmaninoff_forever - Last post by rachmaninoff_forever
whoa man, your moving about 186 x faster than you should be.

scales are WAY ahead of you... do you know how freaking difficult it is to pass the thumb?!

get the names of the keys down, the finger numbers.. then you're probably going to have to start teaching like 46 different songs all in C using 5 finger positions (songs he knows ideally). No freaking HT just yet either.



...and have new found respect for your own teachers.  Grin

That's EXACTLY what I'm trying to do!!!

And actually that gave me more respect for myself. 

I'm a good ass freaking student!  They shouldn't freaking charge me soo damn much for lessons! Angry

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 on: Today at 11:48:18 PM 
Started by rachmaninoff_forever - Last post by rachmaninoff_forever


scales are WAY ahead of you... do you know how freaking difficult it is to pass the thumb?!



That's why I said that I can't even begin with those.

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 on: Today at 11:13:41 PM 
Started by muzon2 - Last post by muzon2
I am going to try learning this piece. I'm giving myself until December to learn this. My problem is where to place my hands. Which notes should be played by right or left hand? I have no teacher. Thanks

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 on: Today at 10:42:19 PM 
Started by aslak - Last post by hfmadopter
Thanks hfmadopter. Seems to be a god advise Smiley

What happened at our house is my Sister-In-Law came to live with us last summer for several weeks 9 which turned into months FWIW). That prompted me to research digital pianos because I get the urge sometimes to try something new on the piano at perhaps 3:30 or 4 AM, plus we have a tenant in an attached apartment  . So I wanted a silent option for my practice. The more I researched, the more I found that digital had a lot to offer. The Sister-In-law moved out but I bought a digital anyway, the Kawai MP6.

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 on: Today at 10:28:07 PM 
Started by rachmaninoff_forever - Last post by ajspiano
whoa man, your moving about 186 x faster than you should be.

scales are WAY ahead of you... do you know how freaking difficult it is to pass the thumb?!

get the names of the keys down, the finger numbers.. then you're probably going to have to start teaching like 46 different songs all in C using 5 finger positions (songs he knows ideally). No freaking HT just yet either.

don't be so worried about dynamics either. You're not going to ignore it long term (or even short term) but seriously whoaaa he's dealing with a mental overload trying to figure out which key is where, you can make elements of musical sensitivity more of a focus when he's a bit more confident.

one thing at a time. not everyone is a fast learning ultra motivated piano freak such as yourself.

buy (or at least look at) a beginner book like bastien or the piano adventures series. Pay attention to why each piece is getting more challenging. What is introduced each lesson and why do it in that order...?

...and have new found respect for your own teachers.  Grin

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 on: Today at 10:26:14 PM 
Started by aslak - Last post by aslak
Thanks hfmadopter. Seems to be a god advise Smiley

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 on: Today at 10:09:38 PM 
Started by aslak - Last post by hfmadopter
All the cheap ones seems to have a light touch. I think the sound in px 150 is allright, but I need to get used to the action. If I buy it and play it often, and my acoustic a little less, will I end up with weak fingers? Any experience or toughts about this?

No, just swap them off. Use the Casio for silent practice at first and the acoustic for live playing. Just be careful, the digital bug can bite pretty hard if the two are somewhat close and digital's do things acoustics can't besides.. My Kawai MP6 is getting more use than my grand at the moment. That aside, it's actually good to play various pianos I think, it can prep you to adjust to different action and feel of pianos. Since you own both, I don't see a problem. If you feel one is starting to bother you change back for a while.

Just my take on it though.

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 on: Today at 10:07:40 PM 
Started by onwan - Last post by onwan
I'd like to play some sonata next year. I've already started with Mozart sonata K310 first movement for a competition. But the next two movements seem to be much harder than the first one. I was thinking about Beethoven Moonlight sonata-the first two movements are not technicly hard, the only probleme it the third movement. Do you think that Beethoven sonata is easier than Mozart sonata? Could you compere the third movement of Moonlight to the second and third mov. of Mozart sonata?

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 on: Today at 10:02:51 PM 
Started by rachmaninoff_forever - Last post by hfmadopter
Worst piano I ever played on was an upright Baldwin. Absolutely horrifying. It was out of tune, dirty, and the sustain pedal was stuck. The sound wasn't very good, anyways.

Never playing on a Baldwin again.

That's a funny thought. It's like driving a Volvo ready for the junk yard, torn seats, faded paint, runs rough and deciding based on that to never drive a Volvo again !

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 on: Today at 10:00:13 PM 
Started by aslak - Last post by aslak
All the cheap ones seems to have a light touch. I think the sound in px 150 is allright, but I need to get used to the action. If I buy it and play it often, and my acoustic a little less, will I end up with weak fingers? Any experience or toughts about this?

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