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Offline swagmaster420x

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straightened finger technique
on: October 07, 2013, 06:22:03 AM

it looks cool  ;D
lang lang seems great, i like his "burstiness"

theholygideons

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #1 on: October 07, 2013, 06:25:15 AM
marc andre hamelin does the same

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #2 on: October 07, 2013, 06:26:14 AM
ya , i was just posting an example

and what is with delusions about lang lang


lang lang lacking in character/emotion??/ what hes freakin good

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #3 on: October 07, 2013, 08:40:22 AM
yeah, like soooooooooooooo good.
he says he knows 50 hours of music, but he always plays the same stuff over and over again.

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #4 on: October 07, 2013, 02:59:21 PM
That's because people are only willing to pay money to hear about 8 different pieces over and over and over again.

I have no doubt the man's got 50 hours of music up his sleeve. It's not his fault the world isn't particularly interested in 46 and a half of them.

Lang Lang is an amazing pianist. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, unless they are an even better pianist than he is.

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Re: repertoire that sells tickets
Reply #5 on: October 08, 2013, 06:04:52 AM
Yeah, most concert goers don't want to hear new (to them) music.  They want to hear the same repertoire over and over and over.  Programming an entire recital of new music will not sell tickets so concert organizers request traditional repertoire.

What exactly is the thread about?

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #6 on: October 08, 2013, 06:33:47 AM

Lang Lang is an amazing pianist. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise, unless they are an even better pianist than he is.

We're talking about professionals, though.  It goes without saying that the guy has talent, but I don't see why you have to be better than him in order to criticize.  I don't know your reference points, but saying Brandon Weeden is a poor NFL quarterback is the truth, whether the person saying it can even throw a football is irrelevant. 

Also, I doubt anyone is attacking his technical ability.  I personally find many of his interpretations to be ghastly. 

Bad taste is bad taste, no matter how fleet your fingers. 

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Re: repertoire that sells tickets
Reply #7 on: October 08, 2013, 11:00:01 PM
Yeah, most concert goers don't want to hear new (to them) music.  They want to hear the same repertoire over and over and over.  Programming an entire recital of new music will not sell tickets so concert organizers request traditional repertoire.

What exactly is the thread about?
the thread is referring to straightened finger technique, it's in the title  ;D. the video i posted was just an example of it. anyways, lang lang is beast!

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #8 on: October 09, 2013, 07:03:59 AM
Seems more like this thread is about Lang Lang.

Anyway, for those who think he's a bad pianist, stop watching and just listen.  Most people, including professional musicians, place far heavier emphasis on what they see, not what they hear.  So even if they sound great, but look poor doing it, they will be perceived as sounding poor.

https://www.pnas.org/content/early/2013/08/16/1221454110.abstract

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Re: straightened finger technique
Reply #9 on: October 10, 2013, 04:04:14 AM
What jumped out more to me in the video is the crazy spider-hands. Flat hands are nothing new; Horowitz was well-known for this.
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