Hi all, I have been reading your forums for a few weeks now, mostly trying to find some advice for a friend I have (He wont post here) but I think he really is a prodigy in the making.
I met him one day at his work where he sells piano’s. After he did his demonstration of the piano I was interested in, I asked him where he studied to be able to play so well. He then told me very modestly that he just messes about on the piano and has never actually had any training. Naturally I was intrigued and started to ask more questions and with each answer he gave me I was becoming more and more amazed at this unbelievable talent sitting before me.
He’s be playing 3 years
He’s never had lesson
He cant read A NOTE OF MUSIC (when he told me this I nearly fell over)
Now im no-where near his level of playing, and ive read all your post about anybody can hit the right notes ect….. But I know beautiful music when I hear it.
I was no longer interested in the piano he was trying to sell me anymore, so I asked him if he would play some more for me- So he did. He played Debussy’s Caire De Lune like I was listening to it on a CD. It was so beautiful it almost brought tears to my eyes. I asked him what else he plays “I duno…name somthin” he said. Ermmmm…. Rachmaninov “yeh no problem” he said. Prelude No.2 in C-sharp Minor, he made it sound like he could have played it in his sleep!
I vist him a lot now I see him almost every week and no matter how good I tell him he is, he just laughs and says “Nah I jus mess around with it- nothin special”
Someone please tell me this guy is gifted!!!! He plays all this by ear for God Sake HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE Has anyone here ever encountered anything like this before? He’s started learning Chopin Revolutionary now and although its in the early stages it is shaping up rather nicely Give him another 3 or 4 months and no doubt it will be added to his repertoire.
Topic: Gifted Friend