My (and your?) practice diary

[pianowolfi]

I have found this site, it's quite fun (no this is not an advert, but I think there could be more active contributers there)
So here you can see what and when I practice:

https://compoundtime.com/users/457

[littletune]

That is cool Wolfi!  you practice a lot! 

(I haven't even changed the pieces in my signature yet!! I really have to!!)

But Wolfi so how does this know when you're practicing what? Do you have to write what you will be practicing before you start? But then what if you do that but then your phone rings or something and then you don't but it says that you do?

[krystellle]

I would like to know how this works?

[pianowolfi]

You have to sign up there, enter your name or screenname and e-mail etc. and your time zone, like on any other online forum or social network. Then you choose the works that you are practicing (if they are not listed you can add them and if a composer is not listed you can add him/her too, and edit, upload a picture and add works) and then you click on practice. If you have to go pee or something you click on pause, if you continue on unpause etc.
 If you forgot to click on "stop practicing" you can edit the amount of minutes under "override minutes". Of course all this stands and falls with honesty, as they don't install a control software in your piano

[m1469]

Thanks, Wolfi!  I'm going to check this out, and as long as it doesn't end up taking hoards of time just to operate, I'm going to use the nuggies out of it!  I wish they DID install hardware into a piano so I could sneak it into my students' pianos  .

[littletune]

Wolfi, you think I should get this? I mean would it be ok if I did? I mean cause I'm a kid and cause I don't really practice very known pieces...

[m1469]

You can add composers and composer's works.  And, since there's some sort of live feed (like facebook), it seems a good way to even let other people become introduced to new composers, etc..  I already LOVE it  .  I have already added a bunch of Chopin's Etudes that weren't listed, and Czerny's Toccata ... yippee!!

[pianowolfi]

Wolfi, you think I should get this? I mean would it be ok if I did? I mean cause I'm a kid and cause I don't really practice very known pieces...

Yes of course, as long as it doesn't distract you from practicing    

[pianowolfi]

You can add composers and composer's works.  And, since there's some sort of live feed (like facebook), it seems a good way to even let other people become introduced to new composers, etc..  I already LOVE it  .  I have already added a bunch of Chopin's Etudes that weren't listed, and Czerny's Toccata ... yippee!!

That's so cool!! Yippee too  

[littletune]

I got it too!!! It's cool!!!!!!!!!!!   

[pianowolfi]

I got it too!!! It's cool!!!!!!!!!!!   

Yes it is   Nice to see you guys there

[m1469]

Well, since there's no way to remark about it there, I'll remark about it here!  I LOVE this!!!  Like, a million kinds of love ... hee hee.  Ok, but see, it's something like being in a practice room now (it's musically supportive and inspiring!), except I don't actually hear other people's practicing in real time (though it's so cool that you can have your YouTube in your profile).  Right now, my YouTube is only singing ... haha.  Soon, piano, though, too .  How many commas can I use?  Lots.

Anyhoo ... More people should join, in my not so humble opinion  .  Yippeee!!!!  And, it's neat, also, that it can link to facebook.  And, aside from those things, I feel like my quality is going up, too!  And, I'm having a whole new sense of my practice time and such.  

*clicks on 'practicing Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25 no. 1'*  WOOT.

[akasimone]

THIS is sooo cool.    I'd started keeping practice notes on paper a few months ago and found it helpful, and also started a blog to keep track of inspirational youtube performances and goals and such (and because I just like blogging ) and I'm generally a big fan of social networking, so I think this is awesome.  Actually it's just the type of thing I would invent, if I had more time on my hands...  One of those, "Why didn't I do that!!!" moments >_<

Anyone figured out if you can "follow" people like Twitter/Facebook/Google+?

[pianowolfi]

Anyone figured out if you can "follow" people like Twitter/Facebook/Google+?

I think so far not yet. But you could write a suggestion to the admin in the feedback window.
I am happy that you all have so much fun there! And it's very cool to see what others are doing

[pianowolfi]

Well, since there's no way to remark about it there, I'll remark about it here!  I LOVE this!!!  Like, a million kinds of love ... hee hee.  Ok, but see, it's something like being in a practice room now (it's musically supportive and inspiring!), except I don't actually hear other people's practicing in real time (though it's so cool that you can have your YouTube in your profile).  Right now, my YouTube is only singing ... haha.  Soon, piano, though, too .  How many commas can I use?  Lots.

Anyhoo ... More people should join, in my not so humble opinion  .  Yippeee!!!!  And, it's neat, also, that it can link to facebook.  And, aside from those things, I feel like my quality is going up, too!  And, I'm having a whole new sense of my practice time and such.  

*clicks on 'practicing Etude in A-flat Major, Op. 25 no. 1'*  WOOT.

Hee hee, happy you like it Yipp yipp I first came to it through Auguste, who is also here on the forum.

except I don't actually hear other people's practicing in real time

I have signed up to ustream a while ago and certainly at some point I will not only stream a practice session but also a live concert, in the middle of August.
                                                                    
   Oh yeah, that's good, so I'll have time to get from the kitchen to the piano room
                                                                     \@_

https://justin.tv/pianowolfi

(I have updated the link, since I read that ustream (which I first subscribed to) does interrupt with ads every 15 minutes!! )

[littletune]

Yessss it's cool cool cooooooooooooooool!  I don't even know exactly why it's so cool but it's cooool!      I didn't imagine it could be so cool! 

Oh... what exactly are arpeggios? should I be playing that already? 

Oh Wolfi, is your piece Little Clay Bear in A-major? Should I say it's in A-major? Or not? Caue I saw you didn't write the keys of your pieces.
Oh... do you have to have a concert exactly in the middle of August? Because exactly in the middle of August we'll be on holidays... and I don't know if we'll have internet... specially not for the whole concert. 

Oh I have to say this... today I was in 4th place in the Weekly Leaderboard on the Compound Time. It probably won't be for long but it's cool anyway!! 
I looooove this thing..... it's soooo much fun!!!!!!!! Why is it sooo coool?   

Oh and now I can't practice on my piano anymore cause it's too late, but I'll practice on my keyboard... I mean it's completely ok for the pieces I'm only starting to learn and I have to figure out all the right notes and fingerings and all that!

[pianowolfi]

Hi littletune, yes , "Little Clay Bear" is in A-major  
I don't write the key of my pieces because most of them have not really a tonal center, many of them are rather shifting, or leading from "A" to B-C-D-E etc. and don't return.  But little clay bear has a tonal center

[krystellle]

I can't get it.  After I sign in, what's supposed to happen?  I'm really perplexed!

[pianowolfi]

I can't get it.  After I sign in, what's supposed to happen?  I'm really perplexed!

Go to "repertoire" and choose the pieces you are practicing, or if they don't exist yet, add them under "Composers". If you want to add a new composer you might want to check him/her on Wikipedia for the correct life dates and an optional picture. It's anyway good to have an idea of who composed a piece. Then you can add these pieces to your "repertoire" and then you can choose from the drop-down menu on the start page under "What are you practicing?".

[ted]

Good grief, what a revelation ! If those times are real then by most pianists's standards I do virtually no practice at all !  No wonder I can't play Chopin studies decently then; I'm so far out of the practice race it isn't funny. You people actually practise one piece for two hours !? That would drive me spare.This is an eye-opener for me and no mistake.

[pianowolfi]

And I don't even feel like I am really practicing a lot yet.   And it's only possible because I have vacations.
And I still can't play my Chopets decently either, despite of all these hours of practice. But I don't give up on them, as I am learning a lot about technique.

[krystellle]

Please forgive me!  I feel like a nincompoop.  I can't find "repertoire" anywhere.  There's a thing for composers.  I look under that and see everyone who has practised these pieces.  But how do I enter?  I signed in and put my password but nothing happens.  HELP!

[littletune]

Please forgive me!  I feel like a nincompoop.  I can't find "repertoire" anywhere.  There's a thing for composers.  I look under that and see everyone who has practised these pieces.  But how do I enter?  I signed in and put my password but nothing happens.  HELP!

Are you signed in or not? Did you go to your email and confirm it? Because at first I didn't do that either and I just couldn't even sign in... So if it's that then you have to go to your email and open the email you got from compound time and then click the link in the email to confirm it. 

[krystellle]

thanks, but something just isn't right.  I never got anything in my email from them.  I pretended I forgot my password to see if they would send it to me, but nothing happened.  When I press "sign in" or "sign up", the little square just turns white and nothing happens!  I feel so left out!  Oh well.  I've gotten along without it up to now.   

[krystellle]

So now I got something more.  I clicked on compound time and the page with other peoples practise times and a sign in thing came up.  So I gave my email address and password and the little sign in box went white when i pressed on it.  But no repertoire thing and no mail in my e-mail!

[m1469]

I have signed up to ustream a while ago and certainly at some point I will not only stream a practice session but also a live concert, in the middle of August.
                                                                    
   Oh yeah, that's good, so I'll have time to get from the kitchen to the piano room
                                                                     @_


https://www.ustream.tv

--  Wolfi, that is very exciting!  I think I will sign up soon, too!  But, also, I'd love to know about when your concert is going to be ... as I assume it's something which is technologically possible for me to watch/listen?  That is exciting .

[m1469]

thanks, but something just isn't right.  I never got anything in my email from them.  I pretended I forgot my password to see if they would send it to me, but nothing happened.  When I press "sign in" or "sign up", the little square just turns white and nothing happens!  I feel so left out!  Oh well.  I've gotten along without it up to now.   

Do you have an alternate email?  You might want to just try starting over!

[pianowolfi]

--  Wolfi, that is very exciting!  I think I will sign up soon, too!  But, also, I'd love to know about when your concert is going to be ... as I assume it's something which is technologically possible for me to watch/listen?  That is exciting .

Okay, I see I need to set a date: Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 19:00 p.m. CEST (our time here) (10 a.m PDT, Pacific Time) It will be "Styx-A Long Journey, reloaded" Maybe it will be a home concert too, with an audience here in my flat. But at some day before I might do a tryout session, as this will be my first live stream      

[littletune]

Okay, I see I need to set a date: Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 19:00 p.m. CEST (our time here) (10 a.m PDT, Pacific Time) It will be "Styx-A Long Journey, reloaded" Maybe it will be a home concert too, with an audience here in my flat. But at some day before I might do a tryout session, as this will be my first live stream     

Yes right...  well then I probably won't be able to watch it.  Have a great concert!

[pianowolfi]

Yes right...   well then I probably won't be able to watch it.   Have a great concert!

There will be more, littletune, and I'll record it I feel that I am not done before this day, and after that I have a lot to do with teaching, it's just the last weekend of my vacation, so I am sorry, but I can't schedule it differently, right now. But, as I said, there will be other opportunities, of course.

[littletune]

There will be more, littletune, and I'll record it I feel that I am not done before this day, and after that I have a lot to do with teaching, it's just the last weekend of my vacation, so I am sorry, but I can't schedule it differently, right now. But, as I said, there will be other opportunities, of course.

Ok maybe I can somehow get the internet... but if not I'll watch the recording later when I come back!

[krystellle]

Do you have an alternate email?  You might want to just try starting over!

So I did what you said.  The little box turned white.  Now, what's supposed to happen?
I HATE this thing.  It's STUPID anyway.       

[krystellle]

Okay, I see I need to set a date: Saturday, August 13, 2011 at 19:00 p.m. CEST (our time here) (10 a.m PDT, Pacific Time) It will be "Styx-A Long Journey, reloaded" Maybe it will be a home concert too, with an audience here in my flat. But at some day before I might do a tryout session, as this will be my first live stream      

That's exciting!!  That means millions of people will be watching you!  Aren't you nervous?  What do I do to see it?  Just click on the USTREAM site?

[pianowolfi]

That's exciting!!  That means millions of people will be watching you!  Aren't you nervous?  What do I do to see it?  Just click on the USTREAM site?

Hi Krystelle, I'm not sure if it will be millions, I don't really think so, but I will be prepared. And because it's my own music I am, of course, very excited but I am not wishing to run away as fast as I can, like it was sometimes the case when I played some fiendishly difficult classical repertoire in a concert (also this feeling gets much better with the years though!

You will just need to click on

https://www.ustream.tv/channel/wolfgang-s-channel

I will post it here in the audition room as well, a few days before the event.

I feel sorry that it doesn't seem to work with you with compound time, and I'm not really sure as of how I could help you   To me it seemed quite easy, like signing up on facebook, or here on pianostreet.

[mrhaddad]

I'm the developer of this application.  Please e-mail me if you have any questions or feedback.

Thanks, Michael

https://compoundtime.com

[pianowolfi]

I'm the developer of this application.  Please e-mail me if you have any questions or feedback.

Thanks, Michael

https://compoundtime.com

Hi Michael, cool that you're here, welcome to pianostreet!

 Edit: Oh I see you have posted before in February, I didn't notice back then, or forgot it.

[pianowolfi]

 Edit: Oh I see you have posted before in February, I didn't notice back then, or forgot it.

Actually I think the reason is that we have a load of commercial and other ads and spam here and everybody is fed up with it, and as soon somebody sees a first post like "Hi pianostreet, check out my site" people here tend to either ignore it or start a chivvy. It's sometimes not easy to filter  

[krystellle]

I'm the developer of this application.  Please e-mail me if you have any questions or feedback.

Thanks, Michael

https://compoundtime.com

Okay, what's your e-mail?  I done everything they said here.  I reset my password to see if they contact me.  I even changed e-mail and put a fake name.  Nothing happens.  Nothing.  Maybe there's a place I can ask help from on the site?

[pianowolfi]

Okay, what's your e-mail?  I done everything they said here.  I reset my password to see if they contact me.  I even changed e-mail and put a fake name.  Nothing happens.  Nothing.  Maybe there's a place I can ask help from on the site?

michael(at)compoundtime.com

[m1469]

What are maestroships?  The most time spent on something out of anybody?  A certain amount of time (so anybody can be one of a certain thing if a certain time is spent?)?  Apparently I just became the maestro(a) of Arpeggios ... haha ... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, in this case .

[littletune]

What are maestroships?  The most time spent on something out of anybody?  A certain amount of time (so anybody can be one of a certain thing if a certain time is spent?)?  Apparently I just became the maestro(a) of Arpeggios ... haha ... I'm not sure if that's a good thing or a bad thing, in this case .

Yes I think that means that. Who practiced something the most time.  But what are arpeggios?

Oh I think its' really funny cause it says that someone practiced scales for 1411 minutes! I mean in one time... like he/she started playing them and stopped after 1411 minutes  That is almost 24 hours!  yeah right! I don't think that's really possible! And that's why that person is now in the first place on the weekly Leaderboard! And I'm not anymore  just kidding I don't care that much    I just thought that was kinda weird that someone would be practicing scales for almost 24 hours...  Would that be possible? Oh maybe if they wanted to make a world record in playing scales or something 

[pianowolfi]

@m1469: Yes maestroship is the most time spent on something out of anybody. I'm sure it's a good thing for you that you became the maestro of arpeggios. And a bad thing for us others  because now we have to catch up on this

I saw that too with the 1411 minutes scales. I don't believe it. This person practices almost nothing but scales, anyway

It's fun to practice "together" with you guys!!!  

@littletune: An arpeggio is a chord where the notes aren't played at the same time, but spread apart, ascending or descending. The expression comes from the Italian word for harp: arpa, because this pattern is typical for that instrument. Like for instance C Major scales (CDEFGABC) you can practice also C Major arpeggios: CEGCEG etc and their inversions, like EGCEGCEGC and GCEGCE. Same goes also for other chords, like seventh chords. For instance C7 would go CEGB^bCEGB^b and so on.

[littletune]

It's fun to practice "together" with you guys!!!  

Yes it is!!!    It kinda reminds me of something I wrote here on Pianostreet once, I wrote something about that m1469 and Wolfi and Littletune run to their pianos and start practicing      And this reminds me of that, cause it's so cool to know that someone is practicing at the same time (specially if you know them)!   

Oh thanks Wolfi! I don't play that yet...

[krystellle]

  It's fun to practice "together" with you guys!!!  

 

I feel so left out. 

[krystellle]

michael@compoundtime.com  doesn't exist.
I wrote him in the feedback thing though.

[pianowolfi]

I feel so left out.  

 
I hope there will be a solution! Sometimes it's just the computer, or the settings, maybe the popup blocker is active, or some Java thingy is not up to date, or whatnot I don't know much about how all this works, actually. I just know that I have less and less problems like this since I got a Mac (But I still love my old Windows Xp PC too )

[m1469]

michael@compoundtime.com  doesn't exist.
I wrote him in the feedback thing though.

I made you an account  .  It took me about 10 minutes, so I will only be slightly mad if you don't want it  , but I'll forget everything about it and never use it, I promise.  So, this means that I also created you a new email address (which you can change the password for, and there was no alternate email address so I won't know what you change it to).  But, I'll PM you, here.  

[akasimone]

It's fun to practice "together" with you guys!!!  

Agreed!  It's kind of cool to notice there are others slaving away () at just the same time as me  (Of course, I've been practicing in my university's music dept, so I can usually hear lots of the high school summer-camp kids practicing up and down the hallway, but still.)

Edited to add:  A little competition also gives me extra motivation.  "He practiced HOW MUCH?  Surely I can beat that... "  Even if it's just to beat myself and do a few minutes more than the previous day.

[pianowolfi]

Yeah right   And I *love* the Bagatelles op. 126! I have just tried that arpeggio thing in no.3 last night and tried to find my old fingering (it's a matter of how you share it between the hands I think), and then I felt suddenly like it wouldn't really be much of an effort to relearn these pieces, as I have practiced them a lot in the late nineties, for an audition

[m1469]

I made you an account  .  It took me about 10 minutes, so I will only be slightly mad if you don't want it  , but I'll forget everything about it and never use it, I promise.  So, this means that I also created you a new email address (which you can change the password for, and there was no alternate email address so I won't know what you change it to).  But, I'll PM you, here.  

AND -I just made sure in my own account- you can change everything in your compound time account, too - since I don't actually know your name and such, and you can change your password there, too!  If you want to be extra sure that I don't know anything, change your password in your new email address, first, then in compound time.