 |
Welcome to the Piano World Piano Forums
Over 3 million posts about pianos, digital pianos, and all types of keyboard instruments.
Over 100,000 members from around the world.
Join the World's Largest Community of Piano Lovers
(it's free)
It's Fun to Play the Piano ... Please Pass It On!
|
|
|
|
53 members (Aylin, brdwyguy, bcalvanese, accordeur, 36251, Bostonmoores, 20/20 Vision, Adam Reynolds, Burkhard, 1200s, 6 invisible),
1,336
guests, and
309
robots. |
|
Key:
Admin,
Global Mod,
Mod
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 701
500 Post Club Member
|
OP
500 Post Club Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 701 |
![[Linked Image]](http://img-9gag-fun.9cache.com/photo/arRoKzK_700b_v1.jpg) I thought that was pretty funny and accurate. 
Started playing in mid-June 2007. Self-taught... for now. :p
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 36,799
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 36,799 |
I don't get Chopin(egg beaters?)or Rachmaninov vs. Liszt(both with big stretches and many notes)?
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 26,905
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 26,905 |
I don't get Chopin(egg beaters?)or Rachmaninov vs. Liszt(both with big stretches and many notes)? For Chopin, could it be analogous to the long, spinning, fioritura that so often marks his writing? Rachmaninov: lots of notes, all at once, i.e. five-note chords in both hands; Liszt: large span(s). Loved the Debussy! Regards,
BruceD
- - - - -
Estonia 190
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,437
6000 Post Club Member
|
|
6000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2008
Posts: 6,437 |
The Debussy is the only one I agree with. IMO, the rest seem pretty ignorant.
Best regards,
Deborah
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 206
Full Member
|
|
Full Member
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 206 |
I don't have spatulae for hands. No wonder why I can never get "Incises" to come off well. And to think I thought it was a lack of encyclopedic musicality and phenomenal dexterity. I wasn't "pancaking" the piece enough!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 816
500 Post Club Member
|
|
500 Post Club Member
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 816 |
The Debussy is the only one I agree with. IMO, the rest seem pretty ignorant. I think the same. the rest are just generalizations based on 1-2 pieces...
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,169
4000 Post Club Member
|
|
4000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2009
Posts: 4,169 |
This was taken from a reddit post of a few days ago. (link) I think it's just something someone did for fun. The creator explained them a bit as follows: Explanation:
Chopin: mixer because he reminds me of one sometimes. Example [links to op.10/4]
Scriabin: He has written a lot of pieces for the left hand alone and he injured the right hand.
Rachmaninoff: He had really big hands. Really big.
Liszt: he sometimes reaches notes at the other side of the piano.
Ravel: he has delicate, water hands and very often the left and right hand play on top of each other.
Beethoven: he is powerful and this is also a reference to the hammerklavier
Satie: his touch is very gentle and it sounds like he is playing with gloves.
Boulez: Just to give you an idea. [links to sonata 3]
Cage: the 'no hands' is a joke for 4'33'' and the objects on the keyboard are a reference to his prepared pianos.
Feldman: most of his compositions use just a few notes.
Mozart: Rolling pins because of all the scales.
Schubert: A lot of his pieces have very articulated right hand passages that go back and forth like a wheel and really easy left hand ones.
Bach: robot hands because he was so structured and calculating in his pieces.
Debussy: really soft touch, just like feathers.
Glass: Pendulum and metronome because of his style that led him to be very technical, a bit like Bach, but it's more complicated than that.
Bartok: drum beaters because of the power of some of his compositions.
Phew ! There you go !
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 26,905
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 26,905 |
This was taken from a reddit post of a few days ago. (link) I think it's just something someone did for fun. The creator explained them a bit as follows: Explanation:
Chopin: mixer because he reminds me of one sometimes. Example [links to op.10/4]
Scriabin: He has written a lot of pieces for the left hand alone and he injured the right hand.
Rachmaninoff: He had really big hands. Really big.
Liszt: he sometimes reaches notes at the other side of the piano.
Ravel: he has delicate, water hands and very often the left and right hand play on top of each other.
Beethoven: he is powerful and this is also a reference to the hammerklavier
Satie: his touch is very gentle and it sounds like he is playing with gloves.
Boulez: Just to give you an idea. [links to sonata 3]
Cage: the 'no hands' is a joke for 4'33'' and the objects on the keyboard are a reference to his prepared pianos.
Feldman: most of his compositions use just a few notes.
Mozart: Rolling pins because of all the scales.
Schubert: A lot of his pieces have very articulated right hand passages that go back and forth like a wheel and really easy left hand ones.
Bach: robot hands because he was so structured and calculating in his pieces.
Debussy: really soft touch, just like feathers.
Glass: Pendulum and metronome because of his style that led him to be very technical, a bit like Bach, but it's more complicated than that.
Bartok: drum beaters because of the power of some of his compositions.
Phew ! There you go !
Which just goes to prove that the more you have to explain a joke, the worse it gets. Regards,
BruceD
- - - - -
Estonia 190
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,543
3000 Post Club Member
|
|
3000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jan 2014
Posts: 3,543 |
Anyone who thinks of Bach as a robot doesn't understand Bach......
Poetry is rhythm
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 701
500 Post Club Member
|
|
OP
500 Post Club Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 701 |
I think the lot of you should get a sense of humor. Piano players are stereotyped as taking themselves way too seriously and the responses here do nothing to dispel that. Oh well... I tried.
Started playing in mid-June 2007. Self-taught... for now. :p
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 17,272
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: Oct 2010
Posts: 17,272 |
I think the lot of you should get a sense of humor.
Piano players are stereotyped as taking themselves way too seriously and the responses here do nothing to dispel that.
You CAN-NOT be serious! - John McE
If music be the food of love, play on!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 4,033
4000 Post Club Member
|
|
4000 Post Club Member
Joined: Feb 2015
Posts: 4,033 |
LOL! For Bach you should have drawn five hands. 
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,182
1000 Post Club Member
|
|
1000 Post Club Member
Joined: Mar 2013
Posts: 1,182 |
I think the lot of you should get a sense of humor. And maybe you should learn to spell.  I didn't know which Hans the pianists were talking about. Did Hans Zimmer write piano music? Or is it short for Johann, as in Sebastian Bach?
My grand piano is a Yamaha C2 SG.
My other Yamaha is an XMAX 300.
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 7,060
7000 Post Club Member
|
|
7000 Post Club Member
Joined: Nov 2009
Posts: 7,060 |
I think the lot of you should get a sense of humor.
Yup. I thought it was funny!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,129
1000 Post Club Member
|
|
1000 Post Club Member
Joined: Jun 2011
Posts: 1,129 |
I think the lot of you should get a sense of humor.
Piano players are stereotyped as taking themselves way too seriously and the responses here do nothing to dispel that.
You CAN-NOT be serious! - John McE Best Match Ever!
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 608
500 Post Club Member
|
|
500 Post Club Member
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 608 |
I don't understand why GOD (in all capitals biblical font) has robot hands LOL
yep, pretty accurate
unlocked by keys
wordless poetry sings free
- piano music -
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 608
500 Post Club Member
|
|
500 Post Club Member
Joined: Oct 2012
Posts: 608 |
This was taken from a reddit post of a few days ago. (link) I think it's just something someone did for fun. The creator explained them a bit as follows: Explanation:
Chopin: mixer because he reminds me of one sometimes. Example [links to op.10/4]
Scriabin: He has written a lot of pieces for the left hand alone and he injured the right hand.
Rachmaninoff: He had really big hands. Really big.
Liszt: he sometimes reaches notes at the other side of the piano.
Ravel: he has delicate, water hands and very often the left and right hand play on top of each other.
Beethoven: he is powerful and this is also a reference to the hammerklavier
Satie: his touch is very gentle and it sounds like he is playing with gloves.
Boulez: Just to give you an idea. [links to sonata 3]
Cage: the 'no hands' is a joke for 4'33'' and the objects on the keyboard are a reference to his prepared pianos.
Feldman: most of his compositions use just a few notes.
Mozart: Rolling pins because of all the scales.
Schubert: A lot of his pieces have very articulated right hand passages that go back and forth like a wheel and really easy left hand ones.
Bach: robot hands because he was so structured and calculating in his pieces.
Debussy: really soft touch, just like feathers.
Glass: Pendulum and metronome because of his style that led him to be very technical, a bit like Bach, but it's more complicated than that.
Bartok: drum beaters because of the power of some of his compositions.
Phew ! There you go !
Which just goes to prove that the more you have to explain a joke, the worse it gets. Regards, I don't think the image needs any explaining. Everyone who knows their personal styles and sees the associated image will readily open a broad smile... I think the captions are for people who may not know them, who will not get the joke anyway. anyway, in the final image he adds some more and exchanges Liszt and Rach: ![[Linked Image]](http://i.imgur.com/dtEE84L.jpg)
unlocked by keys
wordless poetry sings free
- piano music -
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,212
1000 Post Club Member
|
|
1000 Post Club Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,212 |
I would totally buy that in poster form!
To be fair I feel like most of those composers could be any one of those pictures depending on the piece, but a neat idea anyway.
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
J.S. Bach
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,212
1000 Post Club Member
|
|
1000 Post Club Member
Joined: Sep 2007
Posts: 1,212 |
Also is it bad I've never heard of Feldman?
I would have rather seen Scarlatti, Schumann, Brahms, or even some Jazz guys like Art Tatum or Thelonius Monk.
"I was obliged to be industrious. Whoever is equally industrious will succeed equally well."
J.S. Bach
|
|
|
|
|
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 36,799
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
|
|
Yikes! 10000 Post Club Member
Joined: May 2001
Posts: 36,799 |
I thought this was going to be comments about Hans von Bulow.
|
|
|
|
Forums43
Topics223,385
Posts3,349,189
Members111,631
| |
Most Online15,252
Mar 21st, 2010
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
