Playing the organ
Hello everyone I have been playing the piano for 4 years and now I would like to approach studying the organ. As far as I know, it should only be a matter of getting used to using the pedalb...
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Mozart - Sonata K331 In A Major
Is there anyone kind enough to explain to me how the turn (gruppetto) in the 9th measure of the V variation should be executed? Thanks a million http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kNJitmxzPMc&li...
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''Guidelines'' Pre-academic Conservatory Admission Exam
Hello everyone!! First of all, I would like to introduce myself: my name is Alessio, I am a guy from Perugia who started taking his "first steps" at the piano about 4 months ago, and for som...
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The Idols of Great Musicians
hello everyone.....today when we talk about great musicians we talk about bach mozart beethoven chopin etc.........but who were the idols for them?...from which musicians before them did the...
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Singing And Playing
Sometimes I try to sing a song with my voice and accompany it with both hands... but alas, I find it veeeery difficult to reach the pitch of the notes with my voice while accompanying with t...
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Tempo With The Metronome
Hello, first of all I apologize if this is not the right section. If I have a piece in 4/4 with an indication to play it "Moderato", I set the metronome, for example, to 108. If I have a pie...
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The Study of Chord Execution
Hello, I am proposing what I read in Neuhaus's book, The Art of Piano Playing, on page 182 regarding chords. "To begin studying a succession of chords, I recommend doing as Chopin did with t...
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Beethoven "Für Elise": Some Advice
Hi, those who know me know that I started studying the piano very recently (31/01/2012) and from the second month I already began studying "Für Elise"; I wanted to study something musical in...
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Piano Technique And Debussy
Good morning everyone. I should preface this by saying that I had to interrupt my conservatory studies after the fifth-year exam, but I have always continued (for almost twenty years) studyi...
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Octave Tremolo (broken)
The hand is not in a gathered position but in extension. What can be found in very famous pieces by Beethoven (3rd movement of the "Moonlight" sonata or 1st movement of the "Pathétique"). Ho...
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Frank
Hand Pain
Hello everyone. I would like to know why my hands have been hurting for a while now, especially when I play octaves; I have pain between the thumb and the index finger, particularly in the l...
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... Triplets in the "gould" style
Every now and then it seems to me that someone is emulating Gould, see Sokolov - Mozart Sonata K.457.wmv http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7aS9IFaifac I like triplets played like this... but br...
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Staccato
Dear friends, could you point me to a video where one can see the correct hand movement for performing rapid staccato, the one with the wedge pointing towards the note, if you know what I me...
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Dictation In Progress
You find the clean score and start studying but.......to begin noting down the fingering, what is the best procedure? Do you try the piece hands separately, noting the fingers that are most...
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Understanding How to Treat the Key
Do you think it could be useful to treat the key by thinking of playing on the first part when playing fast and light, and playing at the bottom of the stroke to obtain warmer sounds? thanks...
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My Study Program
Hi Guys! I'm posting my study program here to get your opinion; it's not that I have to take exams, but maybe you can advise me on what to add or remove (especially removing would be better...
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A Pianist's Pay
I apologize if I posted in the wrong section, but I don't know where to put it. Anyway, I am supposed to go play at a wedding in July... it is the first time I am going to play officially......
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Frank
An Open Question To Everyone
how to play piano or forte and what is the relationship with weight in a passage that we want to play forte or piano? henry
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Thirds (mozart - Sonata K331, IV Var.)
In Mozart's Sonata K.331, in the IV Variation, where there are double thirds and the hand crossing, I feel a slight pain (meaning bearable) in the lower part of my right forearm when playing...
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Variants In The Study Of Bach
I am bringing up this discussion since, for some time now in my Bach studies, I haven't quite understood what makes him enter the hands slowly. I study, and have always studied, using the me...
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Frank
Understanding When to "Upgrade" the Difficulty of Exercises
Hi! I would need some advice from you. Given that I am followed by a teacher, but I do not go to lessons constantly due to my commitments, I try to do a lot of independent work on studies an...
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Ai Ia Iai Iai
It has now been 4 years since I resumed studying our beloved, but tyrannical, companion, after taking a very long break (more than 20 years); I am now 38. Anyway, getting to the point, that...
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Playing on the Escapement
Hi, I have started watching the videos on how the piano works and, besides complimenting you, I would like to ask if it is possible to explain what you mean (video no. 6) when you talk about...
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Mozart - Sonata K331 In A Major
I am studying Mozart's Sonata K. 331 in A major (with the Rondo alla Turca finale)... is there anyone who can give me some sort of listening guide to this splendid sonata to understand it be...
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