Sweat

[lotiro]

Does anyone sweat when they're playing the piano (especially when they practice/play difficult passages)?  I do.  It's like I'm at the gym.

[visitor]

my brain sweats, a little, but only on the inside

[mjames]

when you're so out of shape you burn mad calories from piano playing LMAO

[lotiro]

But I'm not out of shape.

No one else experiences this?

[rachmaninoff_forever]

I mean not really. I've seen people sweat from live performances cause of nerves and stuff but not from just playing around

[soultrap]

When someone's playing a full recital with demanding repertoire in a hot room, obviously sweat is gonna happen.

Buuuuuut... no one should sweat just playing a single piece. (unless it's something massive like Hammerklavier, Petrushka, Rach 3 etc) Unless you weigh 500 pounds and piano is your workout.

[ahinton]

Try performing one of Sorabji's large scale piano works or any of his three symphonies for organ solo and see what happens...

Best,

Alistair