Piano Technique
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Hello everyone, do you have any advice on studying trills both in an "abstract" sense and applied to the pieces in which they are found, i find them among the most difficult technical elemen...
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pianoexpert
Good morning everyone, I am recovering my piano skills after having studied piano as a boy. I am taking lessons and, in terms of technique, I am implementing new exercises. Scales, arpeggios...
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Pierpier
Hello everyone, I wanted to know if any pianists have had problems with carpal tunnel (an osteo-ligamentous structure, shaped like an arch and located between the inner part of the wrist and...
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maquieto
I found Nino Gardi's book "Il Bianco e il Nero" (Zecchini Editore) very useful because it is perhaps the only book in the Italian language, and perhaps among the few even in other languages,...
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Hello, could someone recommend some very elementary music scores to start playing by reading notes on a sheet? I have completed the first twenty exercises of Hanon and the Pozzoli solfeggio...
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pianoexpert
Piano technique from today onwards must also deal with facial expression (today we're going for something fun) Piano Top Facial Expressions of Famous Pianists
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pianoexpert
...study problem...that is driving me crazy these days.. the study itself is ready (improvable but sufficiently ready). but the attack is a pain. Dirty, slow and rigid... in my head I have c...
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maquieto
Dear all, does it also seem to you that the pianist's wrist is a bit like the throat for the singer, i.e., in order to transfer weight well and control it, it is necessary that the wrist doe...
In solfeggio, I use these movements: https://www.google.it/search?q=solfeggio+con+la+mano+sinistra&client=ms-android-samsung&prmd=vin&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjQ75Lw-YTXAhWBSBQKH...
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Frank
Hello, I was wondering if the execution of the acciaccatura that the book of Bach's English Suites leads me to, precisely in the allemande, is correct, as it has the function of taking away...
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pianoexpert
Hello everyone, I don't know if you have ever heard of the Happy Fingers device; it seems to be miraculous for improving piano technique. What do you think? Or rather, has anyone ever tried...
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Hello everyone, a question... Among the objectives indicated for better learning of the instrument, "memorization techniques" are often mentioned, obviously to be applied during study and th...
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maquieto
Hello everyone, i wanted some information on a recommended keyboard model to start learning the piano (I don't have enough space at home for an actual piano right now). I would like somethin...
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Hello everyone guys, can you recommend some piano works that contain worthy progressive exercises/studies to follow, so as to make their technical "progression" truly functional? We all know...
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pianoexpert
I noticed Yuja Wang's hands and it seems that between the third and fourth finger she has no ligament difficulties.... is it possible to achieve such fluidity or are they natural talents? If...
hello everyone every now and then I read about these seminars by Maestro Vitale, evidently online. Does anyone know where to find them? Thanks in advance
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Guys, I would like to ask for an opinion on a simple matter that, in my view, can hide some pitfalls. I'll get straight to the point: how do you play repeated chords (even simple octaves) at...
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maquieto
Hello, is there a reference where the Sonatas of the following authors are ordered by increasing difficulty? they are: Haydn, Mozart, Clementi
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maquieto
Hello Friends I am looking for the sheet music for the studies op.81 by Anton Rubinstein, but I cannot find it in print edition. The online sheet music is of poor quality and I would like th...
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maquieto
How would one approach studying a piece like this? Yuji Takahashi_Herma(Iannis Xenakis) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fKu4MJNbsfI I didn't think so, but I'm finding that I like it ...
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I have always observed that during the performance of a piece, we pay close attention to understanding each phrase for its complete sense of execution. Then another thing happens to this phr...
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maquieto
..."that child is gifted... he will surely become a concert pianist" .."he has natural talent"... Without questioning the existence of innate qualities that facilitate the achievement of cer...
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maquieto
How do you listen to records? What are the differences between listening for pleasure and study listening?
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maquieto
One listens to thousands of pieces or very precise movements of sonatas, suites, etc. I feel like listening to an adagio and I listen to it without listening to the first movement of Mozart'...
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OscarP
