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Chopin Scherzo no. 3 finale

Hi there - thought it would be a cool experiment to film my performance of the end of this Scherzo from a body cam perspective.

Let me know if you enjoy the angle and whether I should film more videos from this POV!

Insta - @reubenmoisey_piano

Grateful for any bit of support!! 🙏😄

u/Covid-20_reuben — 13 hours ago
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Collecting piano data for master thesis

Hi all, I'm working on a problem of making computer understand emotions behind some piano piece and can't finish it without your help, so I'll be enormously grateful if you could fill out the Google Forms with information:

  1. Piano piece name
  2. Emotions that piece evokes when you listen to it

Here is the link: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLScpBPfw78zSm6Bkh4EpXYFT0ecTy1Q4pCDho4cX-VkVD-bwbw/viewform?usp=sharing&ouid=102143856788657410644

Thank you and if you fill it out, I hope you enjoy it! ❤️

u/makibg96 — 1 day ago
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What is a 'piece of the standard of a moderately difficult Viennese Classical sonata'?

I'm looking to enter the composition/music theory program at mdw, and in the official 'Information on Entrance Examinations' PDF, it says I am to play a 'piece of the standard of a moderately difficult Viennese Classical sonata'.

What pieces are they specifically referring to? Does Beethoven's 15th Piano Sonata (Pastorale) count as such?

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u/Limp_Major_9057 — 5 days ago

Hi folks. Recently saw Sofiane Pamart at the Elbphilharmonie. Do pianists playing a playing these well known concert halls bring their own piano with, or is it usually the piano that's built for that hall/space?

u/plutonium-chair — 9 days ago
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Abe Maria:Do i play the polyrythms quite ok ?

Been struggling with the 2 vs 3 poly for a long time , as well with legato appregios.

Think I have over complicated the different beats in the lh and rh.

I know, I am aiming bit early in the beginning, but hope I understood the polyrythms or I will go to hell :)

u/MADMADS1001 — 2 days ago
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obviously i still need to work on some passages and the whole musical side, but regarding the technical side, how am i doing?

*some missed notes are because of the quite old piano

u/mattco67 — 9 days ago
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Cool opening to Shostakovich Waltz no.2

Saw this on YT, sounds harder than it is.( also I know it’s not accurate, mostly just improv)

u/idiot_on_reddit54 — 2 days ago
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For the past 3-4 years I’ve been working towards going to university for classical piano. Finally the time comes and I get a full ride scholarship to a school for a piano performance degree. The only thing is the past few months my current job which I like a lot has been really taking off and has a lot of potential. I make really good money and don’t have to work that much which gives me a lot of freedom.

My dilemma is whether to go to school for piano or to keep working my current job.

I think my current job has a lot more potential for money and freedom down the line but sometimes(rarely) still feels like a job.

On the other hand I really love piano and would like to get to an extremely high level. My question is, is a piano performance degree worth it ?

  1. What career opportunities can come from it realistically (I would want pursue doctorates) ? What would life look like after this ?

I am 26 so a bit late in life for piano and get that I probably wouldn’t be a top concert pianist and it’s also a crucial time in my life. This is the first time I’ve made decent money and have a good chance at making really good money, set up investments, savings ect and eventually be financially free.

I’m at a bit of a crossroads between passion and a job I love/money.

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u/jodieskyroller — 13 days ago

Hamelin iconic performance

If you were to say which Hamelin piano piece performance was the most iconic, the most significant, the most important he should be remembered for…. Which should it be? I’m interested in buying a signed CD of his most important recording. My son says Busoni pieces. What do you say?

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u/musickismagick — 4 days ago

Steingraeber

Hola! Este es mi piano steingraeber and sohne.
Segun su numero de serie debe tener 100 años aproximadamente
Lo compre hace 2 años y lo afine. Desde ahi se mantiene muy bien afinado y suena muy lindo la verdad.
Pero desconozco cual puede ser su valor actualmente. Si bien es importante verlo en persona por muchos detalles que pueda tener. Yo lo hice hacer ver y me dijeron que estaba perfecto cuando lo compre.
Ustedes saben algo del valor de esta marca de piano aproximadamente? Muchas gracias!!

u/Own-Environment-9584 — 5 days ago
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I've been practicing this to death, and thought my appregios got better. Though, a friend of mine that plays pro says it's something off in the melody.

A bit stressed because of recording, but im proud getting this far.

I really feel that left and right hands now live more their separate life, and think I also sometimes get the rubato correct by instinct.

Want off course some cudos, but also how to count to crack the math in the first melody bars, and feedback on sections i might play better or worse :)

u/MADMADS1001 — 9 days ago