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no need to dip water ok ok ?

Ah! Found it! Some of our fellow PW members have expressed amazement that this particular thread has been going on and on and on. Well, it is NOT the longest thread. In fact it is not even close to matching the longest thread in terms of number of posts. Right now, this thread contains 2120 posts. The longest thread is HERE, and it contains 4769 posts!!

^^^ Wah, a lot of Chopin fans (not me, though) out there!

come on, cannot lose to Chopin! We are not posting hard enough :P So here is my 1 more post contribution!

Hahaha!!!

you are Brahms fan ?

i'm a chopchop fan

so like.. ya.. i just ordered my first piano (singapore)...

will try to put up pictures (including my serial number..?) or something..

feels like i'm taking a risk though..

Just to keep this thread on top... not a Brahms fan either! If I could, I would only play Bach :kowtow:

Risk because?

Is it because of your hand span? Most ladies I know prefer Bach/Hadyn for exams.

I love Chopin, but if I can play Rach well, he would be top of my list. :P

Nothing to do with hand span. I luuuuurve Baroque (and earlier) music and Bach is as good as it gets. Unlike most composers of his time, he incorporates interesting dissonants, and I find his music refreshingly abstract. I have never been too fond of Romantic composers because I just don't like too much emotion in my music (nor my art – I like to look at art for its colour and form, rather than any meaning behind it). I have learnt to be more "emo" in my musical tastes as I, ahem, mature, but I really don't have time for soppy romantic stuff.

I don't particularly like Haydn or Mozart, either – not complicated enough. But I do play them fairly well, because again, they do not demand much emotion, and I have limited hand span.

Roxane,

I like Bach, but I like some other composers better. :P

I guess I prefer hyper-sentimentalism + emotivism in my playing ... i.e. musical sentences/phrases express emotional attitudes etc

As to being "mature," I think none of us are considered ripe and rotten as yet

I think Singaporeans (on average) do not have large hand spans. An octave is probably the best we can manage, and too many large block chords (darn those with notes at odd places in the middle of octaves) can cause carpal tunnel syndrome after prolonged period of keyboard torment ...

Snoopycar,

Do you know of any adult beginners in Singapore buying first pianist?

Sorli ah, pls re adjust the england above... i don't quite understood leh ... thks

pianist can buy arhh ??

Ok lah, wrong question ...

So are there any more adult Singaporean beginners (or non-beginners) buying his/her first piano (or whatever for that matter)?

It's getting boring without our "kakis" from S'pore ... everybody busy with practicing (or work)?

Question: What would you do if you are quarantined for 7 days at home? :P

oh i understand zee queszion now.

i got a feeling many adults here are "rebuying" first piano.
like had a piano during childhood, now working, misses playing the piano and would like to catch up by making time

or everybody is busy hunting for "cat mountain king" durian??
i went down to my neighbourhood shopping centre 8.30pm. all durian are sold !!
just two days again i went at 10pm, still have good deals... D101

haha ... liu lian very heaty one leh ... I haven't got time to go down to buy ... you know where got liu lian best best one? Cheap and good one? (we cheapos like cheap and good everything haha!).

Aiyoh don't want to buy from Geyland coz I scared if I dun like the durian, kena chopped by parang ... o.0

Pianists wouldn't mind being quarantined for 7 days ... from work! haha! Come come quarantine me so I can practice for 7 days ... !

Hi

I am new to this forum and would like to ask what do your think of yamaha C108 model. Isit an exam model? Have any of your tried this model. Would apprecaite of your input

thanks
Jently

no exam model... no concert model.... no house model... it is just a vertical piano which the height is 108cm. imo, c108 i think is too small but better than a spinet in terms of tone but for touch larry fine called it the console vertical with compressed actions due to the cabinet size. personally if you like yammie, i go for the u1. i think this model is still the best of the yammie.

a piano that is used for exam must meet the 2 important criteria; in tune = tone 440hz and properly regulated = touch. i would buy a piano that i like based on tone and touch than what it is used for the exam because 1) the examination board might change the piano anytime 2) i will be spending my entire life playing the piano, enjoying the beautiful music than spending my entire life just sitting for exam till old.

regrads.

Like honda civic is used at the driving centre, so it becomes the exam model for sinkapore. When i started learning, my sifu car is ..... tada.... Datsun 120Y !! first time pass also. my point is can pass means can pass lah.

sorry not so accurate comparison.

What i mean is not learning on an exam model piano isn't really a handicap when taking exams, but the non-exam piano must be in good condition, near to the exam model key touch most importantly.

Most pianist are very quick to adapt to another piano easily.
There is no clear cut fix specification.

Here is adding to confusion. an exam model piano, if not maintained well, after 6yrs its key touch becomes out of specf !! or neber properly tuned, pitch has drop to A4-430 hehehe

If a student buys a yamaha U1, which is an exam model, and a light keytouch. After passing ABRSM grade 8 at local exam stations, move up to nafa to take diploma, suddenly finds their grand piano are much heavier key touch. need to go gym to retrain finger strength.

How about this. you have a good exam model, but teacher house has an extra heavy keytouch piano - maybe special made. You finds that you can't play well at teacher house.

For what i see, C108 is good enough to go for any exam grade. There is no known mechanical limitation that will haper the student from progressing.

Just be aware that there are certain smart student whos lazy and kaykay complain to ma... piano is not exam model, i can't play my exam piece.... so student can go watch youtube or msn chat... hehe


It is the student's will to overcome the impossible.

i has one customer who daughter piano is quite worn out, after tuning i tried to play but i really can't. but the daughter just play her grade3 exam piece like nothing is happening. it makes me marvel and jaw dropped 1 inch