Good morning everyone! Let me introduce myself: my name is Marco, I am 28 years old and after several years spent strumming on a keyboard as a self-taught player, I decided to take the big step! I started taking lessons (it has been 6 months now) and I purchased a studio piano that has become my cross and my delight... I was fascinated by your site, organized, rich in detailed and interesting information, and from which great professionalism and a great love for music and the piano shine through. My heartfelt compliments. 🙂
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Gennarino
Reply 2 by Gennarino
Marco,
Welcome to the site and congratulations on starting your studies!
But why "Cross and delight"?
For me, it is only a delight (I believe the same for others, but this is just my opinion, perhaps unfounded).
The real cross is finding the time to dedicate to the site (at the moment I can only dedicate little, since I am constantly on the go).
You will see that Music and the Piano will bring you only joy. Of course, dedication always pays off... so one must study constantly and above all... in a reasoned way.
Ask all the questions you want and we will try to answer you.
Thanks... Gennarino, let me explain myself immediately: the cross because in the transition from the keyboard (even if weighted, a Yamaha DGX-630) to the piano I encountered many difficulties in managing dynamics, especially pp. And I don't know how much of the problem is due to me and how much to the instrument. Honestly, on the coda I study on at school, the problem is much less evident.
But the piano for me is also and above all a joy, and I don't think I will ever be able to do without it again... it is a wonderful instrument that I gave up for too long!
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Gennarino
Reply 5 by Gennarino
Dear Marco,
I assume that you, like me, are a normal pianist, not a keyboard genius.
Well, you say you have spent some years on the keyboard, as a self-taught player, and only six months on the piano with lessons.
If you think about it, the time you have spent on the piano so far is not enough to allow for an immediate change in the perception of dynamics on a new instrument and, consequently, their execution.
If you do not relax and approach the issue with tranquility, you only run the risk (in fact, you are certain) of slowing down the adaptation process.
Therefore, I would recommend that you move forward serenely and appreciate the small-big steps that each of us is capable of making from one day to the next, without worrying in anticipation of an immediate revolution.
Do this and one fine day (perhaps even tomorrow?) you will see that you have climbed the mountain and are on the other side!!!!
Thanks Gennarino! Indeed, I notice that mood has a great influence on the sound I am able to achieve, especially regarding homogeneity! Thanks for the encouragement and forgive me if I didn't reply sooner, but I thought (mistakenly...) that I had enabled notifications for new messages! See you soon!
