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Augustina - great job!

LadyPayne - Great first You Tube performance! I've never heard it before, but you played it with confidence.

al-mahed - That was great! good timing and confident playing.

Ellsa - haha- loved the cat. I'm assuming here that your cat is well trained and that was all rehearsed far in advance!

Hi Folks, this is another piece I'm learning - New Orleans Nightfall, Willian Gillock, sounds easy but in fact it is difficult, it is level 5 ABRSM, so it is beyond my skills, but I wanted a lot to play it so this is how it goes now, my first attempt!

Hope you excuse me for my insecurity one the performance.


New Orleans Nightfall

cheers

Elssa, you are a good teacher, even a cat learn with you!

Thanks, all! I don't usually use the rhythm unit on my DP, so was absorbed with trying to follow that when I noticed this little paw on the keyboard at the end of the song - I think her timing was purrfect! =^o^= Gueneviere (Gwen) says thanks, too. Well, she added an 11th tone to my ending 6/9 chord, so I think she probably knows more about jazz/improv than I do.

Al-Mahed, just great with the Bach! Not too much polishing to do on this, sounds pretty perfect to me.

I loved NONF! You played this really well, there is definitely confidence there!

Elssa, another great one from you, I just love the way you play! (and your cat, too!) You sure that wasn't rehearsed?!

Al-Mahed, great job on both the Bach & the New Orleans Nightfall. & the NON is such a nice piece, & really challenging I bet.

Hi everybody, thank you Ben, CMohr, Glasslove, Joyoussong for the listening! Thank you for the far too kind comments.

The NONF in fact needs a lot of polishing

There is a certain mood on the piece I'm trying to achieve, it is like a lonely man after work, melancholyc, he walks through the streets looking at a full moon, yellow and big, the sky is still slightly blue where the sun goes down, it is a hot summer night, his fianceé left him, he walks a bit and suddenly he is passing in front of the entrance of a cabarée, watching the people having fun and drinking for a moment, he stops for a few seconds but walks way, after that he is back to the streets with deeper sadness and feel pathetic...

Is this making sense?

ps: my fianceé didn't left me
ps2: I don't attend cabarées

Actually it makes lots of sense al-mahed! I did listen too, really enjoyed it.

Sometimes it does help the mood and overall feel of a piece to think up a story behind it, to keep it all fresh and alive in our minds while we practice and play, and what a great one that is! I'm listening again after reading the background info you provided there (hehe) and it really fits perfectly, right down to the cabaret scene at 0:57! Keep up the great work!

Yes, it does make sense. & I found the book/CD package on Amazon & added it to my wish list.

al-mahed - I was not familiar with New Orleans Nightfall but found both the piece and your performance very enjoyable.

Gwen and I thank you for your kind comments. She's thinking now that she should be as famous as Nora. LOL!

She certainly shows how little we understand about the way animals experience the world. By that I mean, she's obviously doing it because she likes the sound (I'm assuming there isn't an open can of tuna under the keys!) - it's intentional behaviour, not accidental. Who knows what her potential is??

hahaha okay so I showed my older sister who doesn't play the piano your video Elssa and we were just laughing! that is great I love it:) My sister's cat always jumps up on the piano when we start playing, maybe its a cat thing:)

Spring has finally sprung here in Maryland although most of my yard is still covered in snow. As our thoughts turn to the warm, sunny days ahead I'd like to add one of my favorite summer songs to the Piano Bar.

A lovely beginning to March. A nice composition, TB.

Excellent job, Rick!

Very beautiful, David. I can hear the resemblance to Moonlight.

Another beautiful piece. Great job, David.

Winston's arrangement of Ode to Joy is a favorite ofmine. You played it beautifully.

Bill, I remember this one. It's a really fun piece. Great to see / hear it again.