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Oh I didn't go digital per say. I'm still an acoustic gal through and through.

I love my piano but the action seems to be getting on the heavy side and my wrists are taking a beating. My piano teacher tested it yesterday and confirmed it was on the heavy side.

I went piano shopping and loved how easily I could play on a piano with a lighter action, and the sounds sustain as opposed to mine. It's kind of flat.

sooooo I'm having a master tuner coming out on tuesday who said he could do quite a few things to it to make the action lighter, but after playing those 52" kawai, I have to say it won't be long before I trade up.

anyway my husband had bought me a little yamaha portable keyboard that i play sometimes (not weighted or anything ypt 300)and I loved playing with the voices on it.

I always wanted a digital to play with but got turned off at the prices at the piano store 12,000 for a roland 2295, for a used bare bones one.

a few days ago I went to a music shop (guitar center) to buy a usb to midi cable for my little keyboard and when I saw the tons of keyboards and digital pianos with weighted keys for 200-3000 bucks I said "wth?".

so I went home starry eyed and told my husband. guess what? they have digital pianos and keyboards for less than 12,000. so we went there yesterday and i tested everything from 1000 and below. and believe it or not I preferred the ypg 625 to the yamaha digital piano. for 795.00 i got the keboard with the table and pedal to go with it.

here's a picture of my hubby putting the final touches on it




so here is where it gets really neat. last night I sat at it and played and it was so much nicer on the wrists, I was relaxed and my fingers moved around the keyboard with ease. I then went to my acoustic and my touch was lighter and I applied the technic I was using on the keyboard which my new teacher is helping me with and found it much easier to do.

I also got some sheet music for "have you ever really loved a woman" by bryan adams from the movie "Don Juan de Marco" with Johnny Depp. I was surprised to finally find a piano solo. It is kind of late elementary but I can't wait to do it with guitars

Congrats loly!!! you will have so much fun with the digital!! i havent listened to your recording yet but will get to it shortly!! your piano shouldnt be too hard to adjust the touch on either:) congrats again!!!


edited, i just listend to your village dance, very impressive. i like the strings effect, makes it sound pretty and interesting!! congrats again, and great playing!!!

Again, loly congrats on the new DP...best part is with head phones you can play at any time day or night...

Ok I'm at "The Circus"and "Hikey Pokey" and I hate them. yukkkkkkk

Think of it as pain for some gain...

Next week is my dreaded Cucaracha...uggh...

Oh man, I really need to check my spelling. Hikey Pokey? hahahahahahah

they're not difficult just annoying music and. he he These are 2 that would have qualified for the skippy but it's the first 2 pieces after the chromatic scale so it's not wise to skip them.

Loly,

Congrats on the new digital! What fun!

Mark, I actually like Cucaracha... call me crazy. Once you learn it, you can go totally goofy, over-the-top with it.

Best,

Kim

I'll let you know in a week or two. I hope your right.

All I know is that I really like the Scherzo piece, for some reason it feels good to play, the cord changes and melody just work so well...I wish all the songs I work on went this well...

Thanks Kim, I'm having a blast going from the digital to the acoustic. I don't know why I'm more relaxed on the digital so it helps me transpose that relaxation to the acoustic.

How's everyone doing this week?

Practicing? Hmmmmmmm? :-)

Kim

I'm trying to finish Cucaracha and move on... Lesson tomorrow.

Hi Mark,

Hope you have a great lesson! Let us know how it goes!

Best,

Kim

Well I did Cucaracha for the teacher. It's better than last week, but still weak. I'm going to still work on cleaning it up. But I'm now on to the very nice "The House of the Rising Sun"

Ah, having something more enjoyable to practice. A good thing!

It's interesting to read which pieces everyone likes and everyone hates from the Alfred's. Scherzo and House of the Rising Sun are pretty good ones.

Sounds like you guys are making excellent progress!

I started nagila hava and it's fun as well as a bit longer than most of alfred's. this one is a 4 pager

Its tough working on songs that you don't particularly care for, but I force myself because I know there is some technique that I need to get out of those songs. In book one I really didn't like "o sole mio" but after finally getting it down well, it became kind of a favorite...you just never know sometimes.

Mark

Wow...4 pages...are you doing any of Alfred book 2 anymore?

nagila hava is in my alfreds book 2. I have the all in one adult, not sure if it's in yours. it is really nice though, i'm liking it

I'll have to check it out. I thought Canon D at the end was the longest piece.

Mark