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Nice find Mark

Are you currently learning any Einaudi pieces?

yes, I Due Fiumi, and its going very well.

but I put Nefeli on hold because it was giving me problems and the lenght was too long. I hope to get back to it at a later date.

Mark

Beautiful, peaceful video, Mark; I've added it to my "piano solo" playlist on YouTube.

Here's an interesting tidbit I came across as I was doing some research on "I Giorni," which is the piece I'm working on now:

The inspiration for Ludovico Einaudi's 'I Giorni' was a 12th-century folk song from Mali about a hippopotamus who was cherished by the residents of a nearby village but killed by a hunter. 'The song,' writes Einaudi in his succinct liner note, 'is sung as a lament for the death of a king or a great person or for the loss of a loved one.'

I gotta tell you guys about the dream I had last night. I dreamed I had FRONT ROW seats for an Einaudi concert, and--get this--he was playing naked!

I told my husband about it and he just laughed and said that as long as I was only sitting there in the audience watching him, it was okay.

Monica that was too funny

There has to be something subliminal going on there Monica...lol

Monica.....umm.....

I put it away for awhile, but I pulled out "I due fiumi" this morning and was surprised that I didn't have to start from scratch. Of course, starting at bar 33 is the most difficult part and hurts my hands if I practice too long. What fingering are you all using for this section?

Left or right? For right hand, the logical thing to do would be to play all the C's with 4. I don't do that. I find it more natural to start with 5 on the high Cs', and then switch to 4 on measure 38 when I need to free 5 up for the D. On 41, I switch back to 5 on the high C to make it easier to catch the C an octave lower 3 notes later, but then I go back up on 4 so as to be able to play the D smoothly in the next measure. That is, for 41 I play 5-4-5-1-4-3-4-3-4-5-4-3 etc.

For left I play 5-2-1-2-1-2 etc. It's a bit of a stretch (for me), and it helps if you rotate your wrist. Is that the part that makes your hand sore?

Sorry...made a boo boo

Haha, all my dreams these days are of naked Bosendorfers.

What piece was he playing, do you remember?

Both hands feel stretched, however, the left is probably worse than the right. I am using the same fingering as you, so I will try to rotate my wrist more and see if that helps. Thanks

OK, just played this and the right hand is fine....it's the left hand that starts to hurt. I do use the same fingering as you and no matter what I tried tonight after a few runs through that section my forearm starts hurting!! I guess I need to relax and rotate more!!

Hey Rocky, that's the same fingering that i used as well and yes, by playing with a relaxed LH will minimize the forearm pain.

Thanks y'all While playing that section last night I kept telling myself..."relax" "relax"...

Hi monica!

I have been out for some time but let me know if you got your video posted. I would like to see it. If not, I bet I could help. Just send me a message and I'll see if I can guide you through it.

Hi psychopianoman! It is good to see you posting again!!

I still haven't gotten my videos uploaded. I think the problem is that I need the software that came with the videocamera to move the files off the camera and into Windows Movie Maker. When I try to open them from the little disc they're on, all I get is one massive file that the program won't recognize. I can PLAY the video on my computer, though; I just can't seem to import the video into Movie Maker. Reading the manual makes me think I need the drivers etc. that came with the camera, and I just haven't had the time to do a thorough search of our closets to try to find the disc. It's an older Sony Handycam, btw.

It's become low priority, though, because I'm swamped with work what with classes starting and all.

I bet you are right. I'm used to using dv tapes and running the camera into the computer via firewire. This makes it a snap to load into movie maker.

P.S. I only have time to post now because I did not enroll for the fall semester.

Rocky, just a suggestion but check to see if you're sitting up high enough (relaxed elbow should be at or slightly higher than the level of the keys). I've never felt any pressure from i due fiumi. The only time I've felt pressure on my forearms was when I've played other pianos where the seat hasn't been adjusted and is too low.

I did raise my cheap little bench a little higher, we'll see how it goes!

Interesting thing, I've been kind of busy lately and the last couple of weeks totally forgot that In Un Altra Vita was even in my repertoire, so last night played it again; luckily it's still solidly in memory but the neat thing is how fresh and beautiful the music sounded after a brief hiatus. Anyone else notice this effect when going back to an old piece?

Hope it helps rocky.