I really got got by that middle section. Hopefully it is otherwise somewhat musical. I realized I have not played this enough under the pressure of being watched, so recording some full attempts brought to light a lot of sections I thought I had down. Terribly difficult piece.

Can’t speed up the tempo and hand positioning is hella uncomfortable

i have my first performance coming up next month, after restarting piano this year. just to give some background, i played piano when i was very young but quit for around 5 years. In total i have about 6 years of experience playing but very limited serious performance experience. I practice at home on an upright piano, and when i go to my lessons it feels like all my control of dynamics and tone goes away, i frequently get ghost notes when playing p to pp because of how much heavier the action on a grand piano is. Its much harder for me to create variation in dynamics on a grand piano whereas my upright piano feels much more sensitive to playing loud and soft notes. The sustain and una corda pedals also work very differently which i feel disrupts my sound. Is there any advice for how i can adapt my playing to a grand piano to better prepare for my performance?

Working on voicing/tone

Dunno if this is the correct subreddit.... my apolocheese in advance

I've just gotten home from my university only to find my keyboard having surgical tape over each key.

I tried removing some of them, but i can't really peel them off without them tearing, I've removed some of them, but the glue from the tape won't come off and it leaves the keys really ugly looking. My keyboard is a Yamaha E273 if that does anything.

Any tips?

Edit: Thanks for all the help! I'll use oil to hopefully remove them. And for the people wondering, my little sister's the culprit.

I have been learning to play this section by ear and so far Jolie the cat really enjoys this song.

The piano that I am playing on is a Bluthner Style VI grand piano built in 1903, sold by Harrods.

I will create another post about this piano on my journey where I repair it myself and some history about this specific piano.

Hello, I'm searching to play something beautiful, besides technical pieces
For example | love the sound of „Pavane pour une infante défunte" by Ravel.

I think | lost a bit of beauty in my playing, because I spent a lot of time trying to improve my technique.
I'm happy about every answer!

I am looking at Brahm’s Klavierstucke HN564. However my local shop does not have any instock yet. There is also the individual books for Op76, 116,117,118,119. Im thinking if i should get the individual books or wait for the stock. Im scared of ultra thick books that dont sit still (2cm is like the max for me)

Is it better to just go for the 88 key keyboard or stick with 61 as a beginner?

Also apologies if this is the wrong sub! Couldn’t find one specifically for the keyboard instrument.😅

If anyone could recommend any keyboards then these would be great as well

I apologise in advance for how incredibly out of tune my piano is, but other than that any advice is welcome!!!

Recently I bought a digital piano (DGX-660) to replace my old PSR keyboard (PSR-650) since I'm probably at a point where I'd need to play with 88 keys instead of 61. The PSR was pretty old, it was bought when I was a kid but I didn't continue learning it until a few years ago. Now that I'm playing with a digital piano it seems like I have a huge problem with my touch on the keys. I'm lacking control on how hard I'm pressing the keys, so are there practice suggestions on how to fix this?

Im a self-taught and recently ive been focusing more on staying relaxed during fast paced sections. Apart from missing keys while playing what do you experts think?

Lmk if y’all want me to keep posting I’m trying to get used to sharing so uhhh: day 3 I believe:

hello i really liked this song and wanted to know if anyone knows the name. i honestly didn't have any luck with music scanners like Shazam and some websites

I’m looking into getting a 13 inch iPad for easier sheet reading. With my keyboard (Yamaha DGX670), is it worth getting a usb-C to MIDI adapter to try better piano sounds? It already has 630 voices (i only like a couple).

My concern is that I don’t know which iPad apps are suited for this purpose, or what they tend to cost. And will I even have as good of dynamic control as the voices already on the keyboard?
(The stock voices have buzzwords like VRM, but I’m confident Apple Silicon could cook harder than whatever chip is in the keyboard.)

I am completely unaware on this subject, any info is appreciated.

still a lot of work to do, but here is my rough draft!

Ill probably get torn to shreds for this, form, timing ect, I know its very sloppy. Is there a name for this style of playing? I have 0 idea what notes or anything, just something that popped into my mind a few days ago

Hi everyone,

I've spent a lot of time on multiplayer piano/MIDI sites like PianoRhythm, MultiplayerPiano, Pianoverse, and MultiplayerOrchestra. They are great fun, but I feel they fall short because people almost always end up playing AT each other instead of playing WITH each other.

I made Jamphony to try and fix that and encourage jamming. It supports your MIDI controllers, note input from your computer keyboard, and you can click notes with your mouse.

Rooms are designed to hopefully avoid a free for all situation. There are a limited number of seats so if you're spectating and there is an open seat, you can sit down pick from piano and orchestra instruments. Room hosts can limit how many players can use a specific sound at once. You could limit the room to only two instruments per player for example, so then 5 people won't be on Marimba. If a sound you want is taken, there's a button to request an instrument swap with another seated player.

Also to help people play together, we calculate the chord you are currently playing from your notes and display it on screen to help others follow. Hosts can also use the Next Chord feature, which uses reserved keys they can press to shape out a chord and help direct the rest of the room to it in a progression.

I also wanted to deal with the spam players that usually plague the other sites. Every user has a "reputation" on their profile based on thumbs up/down from other players. As a room host, you can set a min reputation needed to sit down (unless you invite them on purpose). Guests who haven't logged in can still chat and play, but hosts can choose to disable that from their rooms if wanted.

The site launched recently so I'm mostly looking for testing and feedback right now. If you decide to make an account, you can leave feedback for me directly through the settings menu, or dropping feedback in this comments is good too! I am also very interested in hearing feature ideas or improvements to existing features.

Link: https://jamphony.com

Thanks!

yes its too much pedal and i just learned it 1hr ago spare me

I’m learning the fairy godmother rendition of Holding Out For a Hero from Shrek 2 for a Halloween cover set and I’m really struggling with figuring out an efficient fingering for this cascade in the intro. Is it meant to be done with one hand or both? I’m an intermediate player but I never reached this point in my lessons so I’m usually just able to muster up just enough speed for things like this but the involved notes are proving to make that difficult and I think it’s about time I learned how to actually pull off sections like this. Any help is appreciated!

My parents had a tuner come about a month ago, but the notes sound off and the tuning app I tried on my phone is telling me it’s off by a decent bit.

Hi, I'm beginner level in piano (been playing for only one year) and I have a recital coming up in about 2 months and I'm kind of cooked because I feel like I'm not progressing fast enough on the song I want to play, I have trouble focusing because of ADHD and its really hard for me to practice the same song without getting distracted (the most i can do is like 15 minutes lol) any tips on how to get the ball moving, I dont want to change my song because I worry its too late (if its not lmk)

edit: i am reading from sheet music, not video

if anyone wants the song its here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yOzOPDvfNH8&list=RDyOzOPDvfNH8&start_radio=1 (the sheet music is in the desc in the video !)