Piano Technique
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I am opening a brief discussion, perhaps marginal but important. Is the sound of the fingernail hitting the key (which can be heard in many recordings) a good sign? Does it indicate correct...
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Hello everyone, I would like to know why by performing all the scales, contrary motion thirds and sixths but very slowly, for example at 80 one note per beat (so much so that I sometimes hav...
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Hello, do you think it makes sense from a mechanical and technical point of view (in a grand piano): keeping the middle pedal (sostenuto) depressed and meanwhile also using the resonance ped...
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pianoexpert
that is, how do you get from the first reading to the concert? I think that in the end everyone must find their own best method. I would like to know experiences and points of view.
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Hello everyone, I have been studying piano for 3 years. I managed to push myself further into more difficult repertoire by studying Prelude No. 2 from The Well-Tempered Clavier Vol. 1 and re...
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pianoexpert
Good morning, first of all I apologize if I am posting in the wrong section. I don't understand the difference between diatonic and chromatic semitones: if we are talking about a chromatic s...
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Hello, I am Paolo. I joined this forum because I have decided to reconnect with the world of music. Let me explain. I took piano lessons for 4 years, then for various reasons I decided to qu...
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, as always I am turning to your precious advice regarding a matter: having to prepare for my diploma exam, I am undecided whether or not to rent a grand piano (costs ar...
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, I am writing to find out if there is anyone else like me who has to take the Diploma exam next academic year, obviously under the previous regulations. I won't discuss...
Good morning everyone, I am writing in this topic because it seems the most suitable for the subject. I would like to know what the best schools in Europe are for studying piano restoration...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, for some time now I have wanted to ask you Graduates this question: Which method do you use, or in your opinion, what is the best method for retaining a piano repertoire in m...
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I didn't know about this, I'm reporting it to you too... https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fU4cxT6f-Kg
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ilDBT
I don't know how widespread this type of study still is, but I believe that digital pianos have made the so-called "silent keyboard" obsolete. The historical "silent keyboard," as far as I k...
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ilDBT
Hello, I came across this video lesson on the preparation of a nocturne Chopin "approached" with the principles of the Russian school, what do you think?
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pianoexpert
Assuming that "classical" piano lessons with a teacher following the student face-to-face are the best, I wanted to know your opinion regarding online lessons. Can they be useful, or are the...
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Frank
Good morning, personally, every time I sit down at the piano, I have to start with at least half an hour of technique, gradually becoming more intense, but only after an hour / an hour and a...
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francescochopin90
Has it ever happened to you that you didn't play your instrument for 6 months? Glenn Gould also expressed himself on this: «When I return to the piano after a long period of time, I undoubte...
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Thesimon
Hello everyone, has anyone among you practiced Carl Czerny's studies? If you have played various works of this type by him, could you write to me the collections from the easiest to the most...
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Good morning! I was wondering if I was the only one to have come across chords with three or four notes with a reversed mordent; I was wondering if it is even humanly possible to play them....
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Good morning, I have started studying Bach. I wanted to ask the experts for enlightenment regarding the use of the pedal in the prelude in question. Specifically, whether one should change i...
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Hello guys, Don't you think that the tempo set at the beginning of the score is incredibly fast to be considered an "easy" piece? Furthermore, where the staccato notes are circled in red, do...
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pianoexpert
Hello guys, just a curiosity I really like the studies by Bertini and Heller; I find them much more "musical" compared to those of Czerny, Clementi, and Cramer himself. I know that studies a...
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campanella700
Hello everyone, Unfortunately, I have a teacher who is making me lose the wonderful aspects of the piano and I can't move forward; in fact, they don't correct me, and when they do, they don'...
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pianothor
Good morning, I took piano lessons for a year and a half (I have since stopped). Yet, with my teacher, I was unable to clear up a doubt that, in some ways, prevents me from having a clear "m...
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pianoexpert
