I am the proud father of a little girl showing keen interest in the piano. we have now gotten to a stage where we need to by her a piano, and are trying to decide wich way to go. Obviously we want to...
So what do you think - Does Mr. Bean really Play the Paino?
Thanks to the Collaborative Piano Blog for this Youtube
Hi Hugh,
Professional pianists certainly do worry about their hands, and though I'm not one, and don't know any myself, I'm sure that they aren't willing to put their hands in ...
Hi, Canadian jazz pianist Oscar Peterson has composed some one-handed pieces.
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The younger Cziffra died in a fire. It was this catastrophe that is said to have broken the pianist's spirit.
I heard him in the Concours Elisabeth. He was said to be the most promising young pianist of his generation - but somehow he could not make a lasting impression, more or less like Jeffrey Swann ...
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There is an exhaustive, ongoing discussion of this very question on Piano World right now. Go to the Pianist Corner and 'How can one note have better "tone" than another?'. LOTS to...
...graduation concert from Ithaca College School of Music in 1971. He was amaaaaaaaaaazing. Irwin Goldberg....pianist, conductor....
...sound. And a educated on up-rights, and the ability to adapt to different pianos is a great asset of every pianist.
b rgds/tannie...
...it accurately. This is especially important in complicated passages.
My college professor, an excellent pianist and musician, stressed that method of practice. It still works for me....
...iano, I need a good instrument. Is this thing worth fixing up and tuning? I'm a sax player -- not a pianist by any stretch, but it's important that my kids learn on a dependable instrument...
...fter the CFIIIS.
So C7 if you have the budget! You will never go wrong whether you are classical or pop pianist!
regards
Ian...
I'm a pianist and piano technician in Southern CA. I was very touched by the emotions and the way you connected them to piano playing. I, too, have depended on my piano playing for therapy and to...
... & Bach also carved in wood, as well as "New York" (carved in wood lettering) A professional pianist said it was a great piano. I cannot seem to locate the serial number on this one. I...
...imate attainment would be to accurately reproduce the sound and touch to such an extent that a blindfolded pianist couldn't tell the difference. Now - to be *better* would, I think, make it a dif...
I am an advanced amateur Classical pianist.
If I may I have a different perspective on this topic.
I played on a Technic digital piano for 20 years and just upgraded to the new Yamaha H 11. The Te...
...he difficult piece in that is called 'Valse Infernale'.
Incidentally my teacher is a concert pianist in London and plays both the Valse Infernale and the Grand Gallop. He thinks the form...
...o influenced both M Ravel and P Debussy, his name is” Eric Sati”. He was certainly not an accomplished pianist, and his "Gymnopedies" and "Gnossienes" were no...
...ing and almost as good.
The U1 is a more standardized piano which has a nice sound, but if you are a good pianist you will definitly see that the YU series are much more pure in sounds and to play wi...
Well let me ask you something. Where is it that you think his pianos come from?? For the most part they are 5-10 years old or older. It seems to me highly unlikely that these pianos come from private ...
I am an intermediate-advanced pianist helping some friends look for a keyboard for their 4-year-old who is beginning piano lessons.
I do not have much experience with entry-level uprights, since I...
...ic, and I discuss the concept in more detail in a previous post on my own blog .
However, not being a pianist myself -only dabbling on the piano at a grade 4 level, I took the pieces to a good fr...
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This is a Project Guntenberg eBook of Harriette Brower's 1915 book Piano Mastery: Talks with Master Pianist featuring some of the greatest pianist of the earliest 20h century. I found this on ...
Edward Weiss from Piano Musings recommended listening to Solopianoradio.com , I had never heard of it before so of course I went over to listen, and as he predicts in his post I did listen for...
I just was just getting into reading the interview with pianist Andre Watts on Indystar.com, when it ended abruptly.
Usually in an interview or Q&A there will be at least 8-10 questions, but...
...f a great data base for 20th Century Piano Lit. that could come in as a very handy tool for teachers and pianist alike. The site is a database started by Dr. Kathy Rabago, who has degrees in music e...
...t will be accepted and respected by the audience.
As such, she prove herself to be not only a very good pianist and musician, but also one who recognizes her own ability, which may sound trivial, b...
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