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yuc4h

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Practicing trilling without a piano

on: December 30, 2006, 01:10:57 PM

To cut a long story short... Is it profitable to practice trilling by tapping your fingers on a table when you have no piano to practice on?

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pianowolfi

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #1 on: December 30, 2006, 01:53:45 PM

Well i don't know if it's profitable, but i do it and make people around me nervous with it.

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avetma

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #2 on: December 30, 2006, 02:09:04 PM

Quote from: pianowolfi on December 30, 2006, 01:53:45 PM

Well i don't know if it's profitable, but i do it and make people around me nervous with it.

It didn't went well when I practised Winter Wind on my desk in school

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berrt

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #3 on: December 30, 2006, 04:27:16 PM

i practiced one bar of hr2 where the melody "runs through" the trill, both in the right hand during a boring meeting... yes it did help!

B.

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donjuan

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #4 on: December 31, 2006, 05:28:28 AM

Quote from: yuc4h on December 30, 2006, 01:10:57 PM

To cut a long story short... Is it profitable to practice trilling by tapping your fingers on a table when you have no piano to practice on?

hey didn't Glenn Gould do some kind of finger tapping thing?

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pianowolfi

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #5 on: December 31, 2006, 12:10:28 PM

Quote from: avetma on December 30, 2006, 02:09:04 PM

It didn't went well when I practised Winter Wind on my desk in school

Did you by chance push your classmate from his chair?

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avetma

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #6 on: December 31, 2006, 12:53:53 PM

Quote from: pianowolfi on December 31, 2006, 12:10:28 PM

Did you by chance push your classmate from his chair?

lol

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imbetter

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #7 on: January 05, 2007, 02:52:45 AM

I once practised liszts second hungarian rhapsody on my dest and everybody was staring at me

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Re: Practicing trilling without a piano

Reply #8 on: January 05, 2007, 11:48:54 AM

Quote from: yuc4h on December 30, 2006, 01:10:57 PM

To cut a long story short... Is it profitable to practice trilling by tapping your fingers on a table when you have no piano to practice on?

Yes!
It helps me a lot!

I wonder if there is any other skill that can be practice on table??

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