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Hi everyone, I just joined this forum and thought I should introduce myself. My name is Matthew, I'm 26, and am a professional jazz pianist from Australia living in New York City. I've visited this site from time to time, mainly to check out discussions regarding piano technique. I thought I'd share this promo video of an album of orignal music I recorded this year in NYC with some great musicians. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3oMsOvBh5o4You can find out more info about me on my website: www.matthewsheens.comThanks, and hope you enjoy it. Matthew Sheens
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Hello There: I'm Anthony - and I've been to the forum a couple of times before, but will be frequenting I lot more regularly. I will also be adding a post on Pianist Corner and Teachers Forums (same post) and would appreciate any input that you all would want to reply with.
Have a very happy holiday season and all the best for the new year!
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Hi everyone!
It only took me about one afternoon of lurking here before I decided that I really needed to join this community. It seems like a very nice and supportive environment, especially for gals like me who are taking up the serious study of piano rather late in life.
I'm a twenty-seven-year-old woman from Brussels, Belgium. I made a couple of soon-aborted attempts at learning to play the piano in my childhood and teenage years (probably about 1.5 years of formal schooling, all told), and I did rather well while I was at it, but never got very far. In September of 2012, I started taking lessons again, and I am now more serious than ever about playing the piano.
Yesterday, I sold my Roland RD-150 digital stage piano. It is soon to be replaced by a Boston Baby Grand (the 156 PE model), which will be delivered later this week. I gather from looking around here that the prevailing opinion on Boston pianos seems to be that they are overpriced for what they are (due to the Steinway buzz marketing often involved in their sale), and that in this price range, one might be better off buying a piano from the Kawai-RX series (equal value for less money). But through a rather convoluted series of events (involving, among other things, my grandfather's long-unfulfilled pipe dream of having a good reason to walk into a piano store and write a check for a grand piano), I find myself in the slightly weird position of now having to pay off (to my grandparents) a piano I never asked for, didn't choose for myself, and likely wouldn't have bought on my own.
Oh, well. I suppose it won't be that bad, once I get to actually play it.
After getting used to the new keys, I plan on maybe participating in the February ABF recital. Seems like a cool way to keep progressing, even if I should one day no longer have a teacher to provide me with new challenges to tackle.
Nice to be here.
Plodding through piano music at a frustratingly slow pace since 9/2012.
Standard disclaimer: I teach many things. Piano is not one of them.
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Hello,
My name is Jan, I am 50 years old, and am returning to the piano after way too many years. I have recently acquired a digital piano Yamaha P51 and have been practicing about 2 hours daily for the past 3 months.
I studied music theory at the Conservatory so I have no difficulties understanding and memorizing piano pieces.
My first concern is adopting a good posture and hand position from where I can start building a solid technique. To keep things as simple as possible, I am relearning the pieces from Bach's Notebook for Anna Magdalena, as well as some easy sonatinas, and using these to experiment with posture and technique.
I will be happy to join conversations on this forum as I progress and will shortly be asking some very basic questions in the hope of getting as much input as possible from piano veterans to get me off to an excellent start.
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Hello All - I'm Simon from Wales, UK. I'm not really much of a Piano-Head, I tend to play keyboards and computers (yes, a computer is a musical instrument in my mind). I have come here with the specific goal of finding a great pianist to collaborate with on a project - I'm sure the talent here will not dissapoint.
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Hello
I am Schubertslieder. New to this sight but not new to music. I am a hardcore musician. Started piano lesson at age 7, continued through high school, and went to major in music in college. I have both Bachelors and Masters Degrees in music, in addition to K-12 Music Education Degree. My concentration is in Music Theory and Literature with a piano minor. I will be a proud owner of Kawai RX-2, a 5' 10" grand piano, as on Monday, when bank opens, I will get my funds ready to put down a down payment for a new piano. This sight and my piano technician helped me to make a decision on purchasing a new piano. I wanted a Steinway, but I am glad I didn't as purchasing a Steinway grand piano would easily have put me in a financial downfall. I also looked into Schimmel and Mason & Hamlin pianos, both used, but I think I will be happy with Kawai RX-2 at the moment. The best lesson I learned while shopping for a new grand piano was that expensive brand names didn't necessarily satisfy my musical senses not to mention the bank account. Happy to be joining a group of people with same/similar interest...music.
Charles Peck (American)--Metropolitan Debussy--various pieces Grieg--various pieces
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I live in US, Michigan State, cold part of the country.
Charles Peck (American)--Metropolitan Debussy--various pieces Grieg--various pieces
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Welcome, Schubertslieder. I couldn't ignore a poster with a name like that! (see my signature line)
Du holde Kunst...
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Thanks for a warm welcome. I am always pleased to be among musicians. I always enjoyed the company of musicians.
Charles Peck (American)--Metropolitan Debussy--various pieces Grieg--various pieces
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I am a classical pianist/philosopher living in San Antonio, Texas. Today, I posted a classical piano news story to both the Pianist Corner, and the Piano Teachers Forum. My reason for doing so is that, for the last year and a half, I have been trying to get this news to the general public with no success. Therefore, I went ahead and contracted with an audio tech to film a You Tube video, which I posted on October 11th of last year. The story, as stated in the video, is that "Your Piano Teacher Taught You Wrong." The Urtext method of block chord playing, that everyone has been taught for the last sixty years, was not the way the classical piano repertoire was originally played and taught. It was played and taught in a rolled/arpeggiated chord fashion. Further, the bass note was played slightly ahead of the soprano note, in order to enhance the melodic line. The video has numerous audio excerpts, which were recorded in the early 20th century, that prove this conclusively. And since the video was posted, historical performance scholars from around the world have emailed me to confirm my thesis. Finally, I include for your perusal a link to the video with the hope that together we can let all those who have have studied the piano to experience the true joy, warmth, color and spirituality of this great music as it once was commonly played and taught. Louis Podesta http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2VPgg3armCI
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Hi all, My names Dom and I'm 17. I began teaching myself piano when I was 8, but only as a hobby, something casual. I began having formal lessons in April this year. I love classical music, and my all-time favourite composer is Rachmaninoff. His music speaks volumes to me and I am yet to come across a piece by him that I don't like. Just a little introduction and a hello
“Music is enough for a lifetime, but a lifetime is not enough for music.†― Sergei Rachmaninoff
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I'm a new member My name is Jacob I'm 24 from sweden. I have tinkered on piano on and off. I'm really a guitarist and saxophone player. And since I have small children in the house I wanted to be able to practice silently at night so I've decided to start playing piano.
Right now I'm trying to decide which piano to get.
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Welcome, Jaker. Look at a Casio PX150 and a set of headphones.
"Forget it, Jake. It's Chinatown." David Loving, Waxahachie, Texas
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Hi. Since this is the place for new forum menbers to introduce themselves, here we go. I am 45 years old and living in Germany. I have been playing the piano since I was 7 years old, and studied music at a university, with piano as my main instrument. Since then, I play for leisure purposes; I consider myself an advanced amateur. Since last year, I am a proud owner of a Yamaha C2 SG. Before that, I had only owned digital pianos; and I wanted a piano with a better action. So grand pianos became attractive. But I live in an appartment with neighbors; and in Germany, lots of people like to complain about noisy neighbors. Therefore, a built-in silent system was a requirement. I was biased towards Yamaha for two reasons: Their experience with silent systems, and my excellent experience with their after sales services. Example: They once repaired my 6-year old Clavinova free of charge. So I informed myself about pianos in the same price range as Yamaha (my spending limit was 25.000 €), and with built-in silent systems. I tried out several brands, went to the Music Fair in Frankfurt, and finally settled for the Yamaha C2 SG. For people who consider buying a grand piano, I have the following advice about size. This is based on comparing the following models: Yamaha C1/C2/C3 Bechstein A.160/A.175/A.190 In other words: Baby Grand, Medium Grand and Boudoir Grand. Action: Identical for all three sizes (in the case of Yamaha and Bechstein: Very good). The only difference is in the sound. Baby grands tend to sound a bit strained. There are exceptions; but the C1 and A.160 are not among them. The medium grands and boudoir grands are in my opinion almost equally beautiful when it comes to roundness of sound; but the boudoir grands are more powerful (i.e. louder), and therefore not necessarily the better choice in an appartment with neighbors, where the room for the piano is 24 m² big. In other words: Bigger is not always better. Even my C2 can be heard in the whole house when I play it. But I rarely play more than an hour per day (on average, maybe half an hour), and I use the silent system after 20:30, and when I practise a piece of piano. So, my neighbors will have to live with it. Note: During my research about buying a piano, I also found this forum. I now decided to join.
My grand piano is a Yamaha C2 SG. My other Yamaha is an XMAX 300.
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Hello. I'm just an amateur pianist. Currently living in Canada and trying to finish the RCM exams. Like many other pianists, I enjoy playing mostly Chopin, because his music is the easiest for me to understand. I guess I don't have very good musical intuition, because I don't really enjoy pieces by other big names such as Brahms, Liszt, or Schumann. I decided to join this forum so that I can have a place to ask for help if I ever have trouble being able to play a piece well.
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Hello people, I'm AustÄ—ja, and I'm 14 years old. I started playing piano when I was 7. I study piano, music literature and music history in special music school. I love almost all types of music - I don't mind listening neither Beethoven, nor Britney Spears. I came to this forum searching for playing tips and I'm happy to join a bunch of people who like music.
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Guess I might as well introduce myself properly after my first rather self-indulgent post...I'm a 27-year-old music lover and pianist from Pittsburgh, PA. I started taking lessons at an early age but didn't really take it seriously until high school, and recently have realized that I basically learned to play completely wrong and am currently in search of a good teacher to help me in the process of starting over completely. Fun times!
When it comes to my favorite kinds of music I follow the philosophy of Duke Ellington..."there are only two different kinds of music: the kind that sounds good, and the other kind." In college I tended mostly toward Broadway musicals and piano rock, and learned all the classics by Billy Joel, Elton John, and Ben Folds as well as Broadway scores by Bernstein, Sondheim, and Jason Robert Brown. I still enjoy them, though perhaps not as much as I once did. It's only recently I've rediscovered how much I enjoy classical music, and while diving headfirst into the classical world is rather intimidating, I'm slowly developing my listening ear and forming my own opinions about the great pianists. (I love Glenn Gould's interpretations of Bach; other composers, not so much...)
My main instruments at home are a Petrof 131 upright, purchased by my parents in 2000, and a Yamaha CP300 keyboard, purchased by me in 2011. At sea...well, it's whatever they put in front of me, which tend to be mostly Yamaha grands in various states of (dis)repair.
Looking forward to learning all I can about music and the greatest instrument ever invented!
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Hi everybody,
My name's Irwin, I just graduated from college with a bachelor's in music, I've been studying piano performance. I love classical music and am excited to join these forums! Hope to meet you all soon.
All the best
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I'm Vijay, I was born in 1982 - hence my user name.
I had a few basic piano lessons a long long time ago, so I learned the very basics of reading music. I've been trying to teach myself piano over the years, with very, very limited success so far, but I haven't given up hope. Part of the reason is lack of time!
I don't expect I'm ever going to have the money (or the space) to invest in a real piano (whether a grand piano or an upright piano); however I do intend to purchase a high-end digital piano sometime in the near future.
I have a tendency to "go off on a tangent" at times... but that's just how I am...
I've got nothing clever to say...
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I just remembered that I never actually posted here. Too late now. I'll be in the 1000s pretty soon if the opus number thread on Pianist Corner survives. It's addictive.
Regards,
Polyphonist
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