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.... here is a Bosa Nova video, and in their blog you can find piano transcripts and general notes for playing bosa nova. also piano transcription of the dolphin by 7notemode (PDF) &nb...
I have nearly finished reading Charles Rosen's very interesting book 'Piano Notes - The Hidden World of the Pianist' but he does go on rather about Elliot Carter. I don't have the book to hand, but as
... is a very consistent signal to the brain which can precisely position the other fingers over the proper notes. So for the above example, when I hit the G for the first time (with my thumb), I include...
... no idea I'd be removing & replacing pins on the wippens so often. It's driving me crazy...so many stuck notes it's unbelievable. Every time I turn around, the action is coming back out & being rework...
...l arrangements printed in some measures. In the same one song, the location of the two sets of different notes switches dynamically, being often in only one or the other piano staff, but occasionally ...
... myself. it's been recommended in the past that if your fingers are too wide to fit in between the black notes, you should angle the hand and fingers so that you won't have to confront the piano squar...
This was originally intended for the thread, ''For two orchestras' - stereo placement,' but it got out of hand. Premiered in a 22-minute-long version in 1981, expanded to twice that length by 1984,
When playing a gliss between two notes far apart in a key with black notes, does on play everything glissed on the white notes? What happens if the starting and ending note is a black key? Thanks
I have been wondering what is the correct way to play notes since different methods I have heard or read about seem counter intuitive. One teacher said all the notes, soft or loud need to played with
...ctor is becoming annoyed with me. Why? Because as soon as I learn a piece of music I stop looking at the notes because they are too hard for me to read well. Some say this is a good thing, and later...
...since I'm not analyzing what I'm playing with the right hand, then how will I know what appropriate root notes to play with the left hand? would you listen to the recording to hear what it sounds like...
...st bought a book of popular classics which seem to be at my level - when I sat down in front of it the notes just seemed to fall into place under my hands. Those weeks of focused practice have tak...
... clever touch. Do any other sets do this? At home I have only the Solti which does not. Also, how do the notes and essays of the various available cycles compare? Thanks in advance. Dana Hill Gain...
...d by the vibration of the other strings making the note sound slightly different depending on what other notes are being played. I'm pretty sure my CVP doesn't emulate this characteristic. Is this one...
...n't stand to listen to them any more? They may be wonderful pieces but as soon as you hear those opening notes your heart sinks as you think: 'Not again!' For me that happens with several standard war...
...he Christmas holiday, he takes piano lessons there and has come home this time with a knowledge of which notes make up the scale's of C maj, G maj, and D maj. I encourage him to spend a little time ...
... in the Kohler Sonatina Album, there is no opus number. There are triplets in the left hand with quarter notes and sometimes dotted eigth notes in the right hand. The turn symbol is right above the qu...
...SO recording of Brahms' PC1 on LP, also from 1959, and the sound is *nothing* like this. The XRCDs liner notes go into some detail, including a 'block diagram', but the apparently unavoidable jargon i...
...octive away, and couldn't help wondering...how did he arrive at which fingers were appropriate for which notes when it came to his left (or right!) hand? Hence, this post. Thanks again. I look forwa...
...terval for one hand? I see it all the time in popular piano songs; are you just supposed to ignore the notes if your hand isn't big enough?...
...no/vocal entertainer whose sings, talks etc etc. this means that songs written using predominantly white notes are easy to learn, play and remember. The whole point of getting the book was to greatl...
The last paragraph in jacket notes provided by Dr. William B. Ober for a Vox Turnabout album of Boccherini quintets contains this: > 'sentiment' -> >-> 'sentimental'. That was the crucial error?
...H E. In general, I guess that pedal should be cleared when a non-harmonic note is played over whatever notes are already pedalled, more or less? Which would mean that, in the specific place in quest...
...ure to get the hammer flying but at the minimum speed. If the fingers are not well trained, then on some notes there'll be no sound, while others will be noticeably loud....
...I usually play the chords and melody with the right hand, and I'll try to set a rhythm by playing single notes with the left hand. In other words, I try to keep the left hand part simple, especially w...
...or F7 in their root positions (I'm playing these with the left hand at the moment) , and when I play the notes which make up these seventh chords, I've been centering my hand while playing them. By th...
... that part isn't so unusual, but he wants it even in running passages (no, he doesn't care about missing notes!) and close in to the key for maximum legato, and only 1/4 pedal so you can't cheat that ...
...on air over the precipice. I have read that the pro's are usually thinking one or more bars ahead of the notes being played as a way of controlling the action. What are these people doing, visualizing...
...-speed tuba concerto, but _every_note_ is exactly in place and perfectly articulated, even the sixteenth notes (or semiquavers, as he would have called them). So no, I don't have a 'top ten'; there ...
...like fake stereo, while 41 is real stereo, as is the Tchaikovsky 5, Haydn 94, and 99 notwithstanding the notes saying the entire set is mono. These boxes are appealingly compactly packaged, each tak...
...g the piano. I can play the guitar and all over the Internet you can find good guitar-tab (easy readably notes). But not for the piano! Help me, please. Thancs in advance. /Tobbe...
...ou had any tips! The first (more general) question I wanted to ask was, how do you time multiple grace notes to go before the beat? I've played lots of grace notes before but for some reason I am ha...
Anything that irks you about piano? I wish there was more space up there between the black notes.
...Nutcracker Suite Side 2 Berlioz- Roman Carnival Overture Wagner-Overture to Die Meistersinger Albums notes say this is first recording by the Symphony Of The Air. No conductor is listed. Answe...
...d in Bonn, Germany - though he appeared unimpressed by it. Next, a Beethoven scholar found the opening notes of all three movements in a Bonn library and published them in 1964. Another scholar exam...
...no voice stronger. The piece consits mostly of intervals in the RH, so this means I have to play the top notes in the RH louder. I knew I'll have to learn this someday, and now the music demands it. M...
I have a G7 chord that sounds kind of bare alongside the rest of the notes in a song that I'm working on. If a G7 is played with a G and the F on the next higher octave, is there something between the
...ine Nachtmusik however and his Divertimenti KV137 etc. are to difficult for us, because of the many fast notes, that have to be played swift and gently. Do you know another piece for strings by Mozart...
...iece (Eleanor Rigby, jazz-arranged by Steve Hill (very foxy, btw!). Some measures are two dotted quarter notes, where many are the 'normal' three quarters. So the 'beat' kind of changes (hemiola?). Qu...
...cket design suggests that the LP was issued around 1960, but nothing about recording dates is given. The notes have Bernard Jacobson's byline. I'm doing the transfer to CD-R, and like to include the...
...sents the young Celibidarches best performances with BPO during his first three seasons. Extensive liner notes in German and English. 'A high level of interpretative individuality.'...
...out six months and hasn't been touched since. The action feels sluggish and heavy, and is uneven [some notes louder than others], and also is very difficult to play quietly. Notes often don't sound ...
...ft hand in root position, and to play an F major chord, I'll usually shift two of my fingers over to the notes F & A, while keeping the thumb on C. Now that I'm learning to play F7 chord, should I jus...
... They filmed his hands in action, too, but he rarely came close to hitting anything resembling the right notes. It was hard to watch. I recall reading that he had no experience playing any kind of pia...
...ts' GSCD #344 . 'Six Degrees of Tonality' Caution, these CD's contain pure intervals and extensive liner notes!...
...as the famous Ansermet profile and the text 'Ernest Ansermet 1883-1969'. There are three staves and some notes. The back reads 5FR Confoederatio Helvetica 1983. I remember seeing something in the NY...
...ught a Tchaikovsky Pathetique conducted by Konstantin Ivanov. I haven't heard this LP yet, but the liner notes mention two complete Tchaikovsky symphony cycles from this conductor, one from the 70s an...
... a clavichord concerto anytime soon, but I would like to try Rejcha's Op. 61 Fantasy (which has repeated notes meant for a clavichord, according to the Henle edition) next time I'm faced with one....
...able to recognize most chords. I still have to use Every Good Boy Does Fine for treble clef to determine notes as I don't easily recognize them right off. Bass clef is easier for me. Is it realistic...
... and haven't had time to look it up, so I was wondering if someone could tell me what chord this is: The notes were Bb, D, and F. Thanks in advance,...
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