I played it terribly I didn't really practice it after I was done. I will post the manuscript in the comments in case you want to rake my playing over the coals,
Or if you want to give critique for the melody. I tried to make something in the lower register that sounded nice.
I'm gonna start off by saying this. Am I a piano prodigy? Absolutely not. I've been trying to teach myself since I was like 10 (I'm in high school now.) It's been very on and off, and really I've only started actually taking it seriously in the past few months. But I've been so busy that it's more like I practice a lot one week I'm free and then don't touch my piano for weeks. My technique is garbage and I have no memory ability (I rely on sheet music a little too much). I also purely play choral music and pop songs, barely any classical music (except moonlight sonata and fur Elise but don't ask me to play La Campanella lmao).
I wish it wasn't though. Whenever I'm at the piano, I feel so happy and free. I can genuinely play for hours. My parents yell at me for practicing too much. I literally practiced for 10 hours today because I missed playing so much and I had nothing better to do. And I just melt into it and finally feel free.
I'm a pretty intense choir kid, so music is my life anyways. I love music theory/music in general. But my family's not musical, so I had to learn on my own. I joined choir even when my parents forbade it, and I continued no matter what. I'm not even joking, the first time I went to All-State choir and heard a piece being sung by all the amazingly talented individuals together, I started crying. It was some rendition of Hallelujah. I'm not religious and I'm stone-cold usually. Haven't cried in years. But just hearing that... that changed something. Being able to replicate that on the piano, and singing while playing the piano... That's just amazing.
I'm happy to report my family has come around a bit. The only birthday present I've ever asked for was a proper keyboard from the crappy 10 dollar garage sale keyboard I used before, and I got one two years ago. On sale for 300 dollars, normal sale price $600. Best (and only haha) birthday present ever.
Life sucks, but music is the place where I don't feel judged. It's where I can be free. Playing the piano just makes me calm and at home. Playing "Never Enough" 50 times on the piano might just make me feel like I'm enough after some point.
So even if I'm a shitty pianist? That's fine. As long as it makes me happy. Because I really just play for myself :)
I wanted to polish this before posting, but today was the FIRST day I was able to play thru this passage without completely stopping - and I was SOOO HYPED UP afterwards, I wanted to upload it anyways - mistakes and all. Thanks for watching!!
It’s been exactly one year since I’ve started playing piano!!!! I’m gonna bake a cake for the occasion.
I’m playing “you feel the earthAn of course any constructive criticism on my playing is welcome.
Hey everyone! We have all kinds of incredibly talented pianists from different ages and backgrounds visit our showroom, and several months ago I created a series called “Pianist of the Day” to provide a platform to share their talent with the world.
This is Levi, and he played for us an arrangement of “A Song for My Father” by Horace Silver. He’s been playing since he was 8 years old, and eventually went on to earn a bachelor’s degree in classical and a master’s in jazz.
Is this kind of content welcome here? Please let me know if you guys enjoy this and if you’d like to see more or if I should just keep it to other platforms. Thanks!
I am preparing to move to my first Well Tempered Clavier pieces by learning the French Suite No.5, as it is usually recognized as a nice stepping stone. The Allemande is maybe the most famous movement of it, but not the easiest (the gigue might be a bit harder than it though).
There are still some thing I am unsatisfied with but overall I like what I did, I am trying to fix my trills which are my weak point. I know I should include more forearm rotation and I am doing it more and more !
The tempo could be stricter aswell, I started a bit slower than I finished.
Overall it is such a great piece to play, I am glad to be back on Bach
Any feedbacks are welcome !
I am thinking about buying a keyboared, I have a paino but half the keys dont work and I am looking to spend around 100-250 on one
So currently, I'm trying to learn dialtone from DELTARUNE. The left hand requires you to do G (B F#) (B F#) G (B F#) (B F#) G, and I'm having trouble getting my fingers to do this. Now, of course, this might just be because I suck, but as a 13m person with naturally small hands (because I'm short), I just run into trouble pretty often trying to alternate between far notes. Any tips? Also, for future reference, am I allowed to link to a piano tutorial to demonstrate what I'm talking about?
Greetings. Long time lurker looking for advice for 17 yo daughter who has played for 9 years. We are reorganizing our house and the (new to us) upright piano will now live in the living room, centered on a long interior wall.
Because it will be in the living room, I specifically am looking only at wood stained pianos that integrate well with our space/decor. I would love to have your opinions on the below pianos. Also open to other suggestions for pianos that we might also consider. Thank you in advance!
Charles Walter 2016, new and still on the floor of a piano dealer.
2015 Schulze Pollmann SU122A. Excellent condition and barely played.
New Seiler GS126
New or newly used Boston 118E PE
Have considered a used Petrof, but have had a hard time finding availability.
practiced this section for a few days and have fallen so utterly completely in love with it. what a joy it is to play and what a joy it is to listen to. my god, chopin was something special
hi, i've been learning rachmaninoff's musical moment no. 4 for few weeks now, and i think i've pretty much got it down except for the pedaling, specifically on the main theme. would any of you be able to give me some tips or suggestions as to how you would pedal it? thanks.
Does anybody know about a website where you can find a bunch of different fingerings for different pieces? I feel like I’ve seen one before, but I can’t find it again :(
I can’t fit a normal sized piano in my house so I need a digital one, which one has the best sound quality preferably with weighted keys as well?
Hi most prob simple for you guys ...Does that natural B in second bar stay for the next bar ,,,I thought the natural icon was just for one bar
Regards
Renovating and redesigning an old Danish grand piano and documenting the process
For some background information, I started tutoring family and friends for fun! It started a bit like a joke, but I got recommended to this really generous family I now teach once a week. I haven't been teaching piano for long, but I have a lot of experience in the piano universe. However, throughout all my years of experience, I have never seen someone with worse hand posture and I don't know how to fix it. Any advice on what I could do to help this person? Thank you so much!!
I know it was off tempo lol uhhh for being a beginner this was torturous lol. Did this from FNAF 2 btw.
So I visited a museum with my family today, and there was a grand piano in one of the main halls. My dad encouraged me to play, and after a bit of overcoming some performance fright, I did.
My question is, how do I get over that fright?
I've been playing and performing classical piano for literal years, but every time there's a larger crowd, I just get so so nervous, every time. My right leg was legit shaking off of the pedal during the first minute of the piece.
The funny thing tho, whenever I'm practicing at home, I'm always dreaming of performing on a grand Infront of a big crowd, like all my idols. And when I eventually get the courage to play, it's always such a fcking amazing experience.
Do you have any tips to overcome this? Maybe just thinking abt how nice it is will help?