I do have a real harpsichord, of sorts. It's a Burton spinet, that is, a more-or-less French spinet built from a Burton kit. It's definitely what...
I know this is *Piano*society, but would you accept recordings of appropriate repertoire on a harpsichord? Regards, Jim Abraham
I was vacationing in NYC this weekend, and it turns out we were staying a block from Beethoven Pianos, so I had to visit I'm a relative beginner...
And yet, his kindness was legendary. Gave away most of his enormous income, liked to play trains on the floor with Clara Schumann's kids, etc.
The danger in meeting Bach, or any great artist, of course, is that the great artist may not necessarily be a great man. I imagine Socrates (in...
I would also like to meet Bach. I'd also like to have witnessed the Beatles' last performance (Abbey Road rooftop).
So I now have an organ teacher and a piano teacher. I'm finding that my organ teacher is stressing (in the Bach manner) a quiet hand, as much as...
365 days * 3 hours/day = ~1000 hours per year. 9 hours per day is only 3000 hours a year. So about 4 years, 9 am to 5 pm *every day* to hit 10,000...
Become Tammy Wu. Seriously, this little girl (now 8) is on youtube, playing ridiculous things. She could be legendary. Then you read that she...
For example: 1. How long do you practice? I've found that, as I'm getting a little more fluent at the keyboard, and thus liking it more, that at...
Old topic, but who cares? There are many recordings using period instruments, and that goes for fortepianos as well. You can get all of...
Aristophanes was guilty of the same thing.
This piano playing seems like a hopeless enterprise today. I need specific advice about how to practice a piece. I have a teacher who is very...
Good advice. Thanks guys!
Bach, for me, is not merely the reason to take piano (or organ) lessons -- it is the reason to live. Though Chopin is right up there next to him,...
Hi All, I'm an adult beginner (about a year or so of playing) who is in the delicate position of taking lessons from his own father (a church...
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