Bill, loved your Georgia. Sounds like you wrote it.

foxyw- Very sweet. I love it. Welcome to the bar... give us more!

Inlanding- Glen... that was really beautiful. Great improvising. Really nice recording quality too. What piano are you on? It has a beautiful tone.

True Beginner, Pretty Piece, I enjoyed listening to it very much
Larry Larson, good job, it was very nice
Sam, Great job:) I liked the recorder in it also. me and my sister try that sometimes:)
Riddler, Nice Blues song:P
Bill, I like that piece as well, wish I could sing like that:)
Foxyw, Great job, I love Tchaikovsky, we played a lot of his pieces when I was in band during highschool
Morodiene, Awesome:) great piece
Inlanding-very pretty also:)
Ladypayne. well.. what can I say.. we did pretty good;)
Peyton- another singer! nice song:)
I'll catch up with the rest tonight:)
Here is My piece,another song from Lord of the Dance
I was experimenting with changing the sounds on the keyboard. here it is;P
http://www.box.net/shared/r5i7mninek

Very medieval, Augustina. Lovely harmonies.

OK, this is the way I wanted my recital piece to turn out. Pretty close to a month after the recital.

Chopin Prelude No 4

Rich

Rich, that was super. Really well phrased and felt.

Only a month after the recital. Mine can be as long as 2 years and still not really be up to par

Cathy

Hi All,

Here is my contribution to the December piano-bar. I recorded this today. I've always liked the song. I've been flirting around with reading music and this piece is a lot like it is written, but I did add lib a bit. (It's hard to break the "by-ear" habit )

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HreQIuq8xaE

Rick

Rick - that was a little different from your usual fare, but I liked it very much.

Cathy

Bill, very professional job (as usual) on Georgia. Fun to play with different voices, isn't it?

Foxyw, very well done. Lots of zest and exuberance in your playing, I'd say.

Morodiene, that really grabbed me - quite beautiful, passionate, professional. WRT the recording, I had to turn the volume up a bit, but it sounded fine. Great job.

Glen, boy those deep bass notes sound good, don't they. A very enjoyable, nostalgic improv; the kind of music that brings back memories, for me.

Ladypayne and Augustina, nice work on your Edelweiss duet. Keep 'em coming!

Ed

Enjoyed it Rick. You have a good voice and you use it very well.

Rick, nice job on Rainbow. You have a good vocal range. Sounds like a real toughy to sing.

Dragon - Great work on that E-min prelude

Rickster - Fantastic - very entertaining, really enjoyed it.

Rickster, Riddler, Peyton, all. The piano is an original 1917 O Steinway - it is such a responsive and inspiring piano to play.

'Misty' noodling

C-min Blooze

Glen

Sweet!

Rickster - A nice performance of one of my favorite songs. Thanks for sharing.

Augustina- You are quite creative with your digital. This is an excellent and interesting rendition. I've seen River Dance the last couple of years when they came to Wolfe Trappe near where I live and enjoy this music very much.

Augustina - I got a kick out of your keyboard sounds. It reminded me of a little field organ/portable organ/pump organ I played Scandinavian music with (2 fiddlers did melodies). The sound didn't come out immediately as you pressed the keys. It also turned out to not be smart to use it on a slick wooden dance floor, because, well, as you pumped, it moved. Away from you. :\ So I was constantly trying to scoot my chair to keep up with it. We thought about tieing it to the chair leg, but finally brought in a small floor mat from the foyer of the building and put the organ and me on it. But it was amusing for awhile Any way, your piece was cute.

Cathy

Good evening my dear friends!

Having too little time lately to spend at the piano, I only recorded 2 new songs this month, one of which I would like to play for you here (it is my farewell to the Fall season :

Stephen Heller. Fluttering Leaves.


Tatiana

First, I apologize for not watching or commenting on any of the other videos. I'm new to the site and still getting my bearings straight.

But I did stumble into this.

Just... Beautiful!

tatiana: Beautiful playing! I imagined a tree losing its last leaf and thinking sadly of the long cold winter ahead. You have a wonderful touch and tone for RCM grade 6. Are you taking the exams? If you are, you'll do well. Lovely hand and wrist movement as well.

Ben - do what you can with the time you have - we're not ogres here, much as we like to hear talk about ourselves But I don't usually make it around to commenting on every submission, either, because, well, I have other stuff going on!

There *is* a lot to PW, and - well, (scuffs shoes, looks furtively around) - it can be addicting :|

Cathy

Thanks for the warm welcome. Upon joining this forum I was fully expecting to get my meager fingers chomped off by some grizzly green ogres, but fortunately the only green I've seen so far has been the welcome mat.

This forum really has a friendly atmosphere. And, yes, it's addicting...

Sweet tune lovingly played - very nice Tatiana

I'm currently working on a Heller Prelude - from Hungary, he apparently had quite a career as both a concert pianist and rather prolific composer in the 19th century - he was a friend of Beethoven, Schubert, Chopin, Listz, etc.

JF

Some people comment on some or many of the pieces submitted to the Piano Bars - and never or only occassionally submit one of their own.

Others submit one (or more) pieces and never or hardly ever comment on other pieces.

Others submit one or several pieces and comment on most or all other pieces.

It works just fine any way you choose to handle it.

But, in terms of "time management" it is only common sense that if you have time to submit a piece then it would only seem reasonable to assume that you also have time to comment on one or more other pieces - at least. And while this is not a duty or obligation it would be nice...especially if you would like others to take the time to comment on your's...

JF

Cathy I actually laughed when I read that:) interesting that the little field organ would actually move away from you^_^ Bill Thank you. we also played riverdance for marching band my last year in highschool, I loved it. I would love to see them live!
Tatiana.. you play beautiful:)

Tatiana - That was very beautiful piece. It is a joy to watch your hands. You are a very good player.

Thank you for sharing your music!

Glen

'Misty' noodling

Tatiana, you play so musically! Great job

Nice job, Tatiana! (As usual!:-)

I enjoyed listening!


And Glen.... your 1917 Steinway O sounds superb!

Rick

just to prove I can play something written by someone else, here's Chopin's Prelude in E minor.

http://www.box.net/shared/z7dbis92l1

Very pretty piece Tatiana!
Nice singing and playing Rick

Here's my submission: Famous Hawaii song Aloha Oe. Enjoy!
http://www.box.net/shared/t7f6hmnk66

here's video version too:
http://s116.photobucket.com/albums/o23/amanda1528/piano%20music/?action=view&current=AlohaOe.flv

Excellent, Larry! The music you write is just as good in my view! (No disrespect to Chopin )

Keep up the great playing!

Rick