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Piano Board => Performance => Topic started by: lotiro on July 17, 2018, 05:09:22 PM

Title: Sweat
Post by: lotiro on July 17, 2018, 05:09:22 PM

Does anyone sweat when they're playing the piano (especially when they practice/play difficult passages)?  I do.  It's like I'm at the gym.

Title: Re: Sweat
Post by: visitor on July 17, 2018, 05:46:20 PM

my brain sweats, a little, but only on the inside
(https://static1.squarespace.com/static/5555282ce4b04ffa71f860a9/t/59cdd22c9f8dce25e181d4db/1506660913010/dont-stress-the-sweat.gif)

Title: Re: Sweat
Post by: mjames on July 17, 2018, 08:33:35 PM

when you're so out of shape you burn mad calories from piano playing LMAO

Title: Re: Sweat
Post by: lotiro on July 18, 2018, 12:37:16 AM

But I'm not out of shape.

No one else experiences this?

Title: Re: Sweat
Post by: rachmaninoff_forever on July 28, 2018, 02:20:07 AM

I mean not really. I've seen people sweat from live performances cause of nerves and stuff but not from just playing around

Title: Re: Sweat
Post by: soultrap on July 29, 2018, 03:19:16 PM

When someone's playing a full recital with demanding repertoire in a hot room, obviously sweat is gonna happen.

Buuuuuut... no one should sweat just playing a single piece. (unless it's something massive like Hammerklavier, Petrushka, Rach 3 etc) Unless you weigh 500 pounds and piano is your workout.

Title: Re: Sweat
Post by: ahinton on July 30, 2018, 08:50:17 AM

Try performing one of Sorabji's large scale piano works or any of his three symphonies for organ solo and see what happens...

Best,

Alistair