my piano is silly!

[Tash]

it's old, and has many issues, but the one that is going to drive me nuts the most (very closely followed by its weird sense of pitch) is the fact that the keys only reach to the A above the 4th leger line in the treble, so now i'm wanting to play prokofiev's 3rd sonata and debussy's toccata and of course they both use notes above my range so i'm like GRRR!! but i really want to learn them so i'm thinking a lot of extra practice on my keyboard and on the pianos at uni would be a good idea. but do you think whilst i'm practicing on my piano playing the particular sections an octave lower when doing it in sections, and then just sort of playing some imaginary notes when playing the whole thing will be a really bad idea and make me develop silly habits? i'm done the whole play an imaginary note with one in Khachaturian's toccata, but that was one note, these pieces have several of them...oh and my parents have moved on from the idea of buying a new piano so that's not an option (and i'm NOT happy with them!)

[abell88]

I think your ideas are sensible. Playing the imaginary notes will get your arms used to going to the right place, and practising the notes an octave lower will ensure that you actually know them.

[Tash]

do you know what, i am the biggest moron of all time, like quite seriously. i realised that i'd completely missed an entire octave of my piano and thus my problem does not exist!! so i'll just shamefully walk away from this thread now...

[gorbee natcase]

do you know what, i am the biggest moron of all time, like quite seriously. i realised that i'd completely missed an entire octave of my piano and thus my problem does not exist!! so i'll just shamefully walk away from this thread now...

Not at all. your too pretty for that

[pianolearner]

do you know what, i am the biggest moron of all time, like quite seriously. i realised that i'd completely missed an entire octave of my piano and thus my problem does not exist!! so i'll just shamefully walk away from this thread now...

Maybe your parents put it in when you weren't looking so they wouldn't have to buy a new piano.

[xvimbi]

Not at all. your too pretty for that

I always thought (beauty + intelligence = constant)

[berrt]

I always thought (beauty + intelligence = constant)

Definitely not! I know several people with a negative sum.. 

bye
Berrt

[Tash]

I always thought (beauty + intelligence = constant)

constant?

in all truth i am a crunchie (for those who don't know that's someone who's brunette on the outside, blonde on this inside!)