Not pinky related, but Hyun-Jung Lim will be playing in Paris in the coming week ; haven't checked much, but the program will be the complete...
Obviously there are many kinds of Master classes, like there are many kinds of lectures / lessons. Usually when one attends a MC, he already...
Glad (well in a way !) that I'm not the only one :) The worse is that on those day I often want to listen to good piano music ; a friend of mine...
I suppose I'm not the only one to have those days when I just can't play anything well. Sometimes I feel miserable because everything I want to...
Well it can't hurt to have there as a reference (it has some weird fingerings that can be useful sometimes) ; but IMSLP definitly needs some kind...
Yep it's Klindsworth - is it known to be untrustworthy ? I've learnt most of Op. 10 with it, you're getting me scared there... ACDA makes sense I...
So I hear this Etude the other day, and I notice I play the bass differently in measure 40 for the last four notes on the left hand : While the...
It's true that once you've mastered some of the finger twist moves, it is really fun to play. But I wouldn't say they are graceful, especially...
Thank you Terez ! It's great to see what others come up with as far as fingering goes. On this subject - I often have more trouble remembering...
Well it depends on what you play, but starting with Liszt it becomes relatively frequent ; Rachmaninov has quite a lot of it (though I wish it was...
Since usually the right hand is more agile than the left one, you could remember with m.d. being the merry dancer right hand, while the other...
I thought it would be better to bump this topic than to create a new one... I'd like to learn how to tune pianos, if possible at a professional...
Well, it's also a problem for those who use sheets with jazz music too, where sometimes ternary rhythm is implied ; I'm not sure, here again it...
On another note, this is another perfect example why implicit polyrhythm notation is an horrible idea that should disappear alltogether from...
Juufa - You're better off counting the bars every time, rather than using the ruler technique. While most of the time the notes are correctly...
Wiser_guy, I don't necessarily agree on your point that rhythm was a secondary component. Many classical forms are partly defined by their rhythm...
Ahah Diminushed2nd, that's funny you mentionning the original recording by Rachmaninov himself ; I happened to watch it a few minutes after I...
I think the Concerto is much easier to understand than Prometheus. That last one has many complex harmonies, with chords layered with fourths,...
Of course don't get me wrong they were all great pianist ! Just, you know, classic piano is such a demanding art I guess, only a handful make it...
I didn't like most of the concertos ; the orchestra seems out of it. Many mistakes, horrible tempos changes (though to be fair some of the...
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