So I've been obsessed with the nord grand sounds,searching and doing some research on the web. But unfortunately on the city im living in I am not able to play it only buy it.

So I had a question which is ofcourse is optional to each individual but still helps!

How the key action feels on the nord grand 2?
Ofcourse im describing the feel when someone wants to play piano sounds not organ synths etc.

I heard few people in the web saying that the sounds are amazing but they didnt like the key action.
So in the end some opinions here would help me more and be appreciated!

Here is a blind comparison of recordings featuring measures 89–116 of the Arietta (2nd movement) from Beethoven’s Piano Sonata No. 32, Op. 111.

Here is the score for your convenience

I came across this video on Bilibili and thought it offered a fantastic exercise for listeners: a chance to test whether we genuinely hear artistic quality or if we are simply falling prey to confirmation bias when listening to legendary figures.

According to the original Bilibili uploader, the lineup includes one "third-rate" pianist and three "second-rate" pianists (at least within the German-Austrian repertoire), alongside world-class pianists

Listen closely and feel free to post your thoughts, critiques, and pianist guesses in the comments below!

Timestamps:

• 1: 0:00
• 2: 1:07
• 3: 2:30
• 4: 3:57
• 5: 5:12
• 6: 6:40
• 7: 7:55
• 8: 9:16
• 9: 10:25
• 10: 11:46

Original Video: Bilibili Link

Feel free to follow this post! Once I get the answer key from the original uploader, I'll post a follow-up with the full list and link it here.

Hi, I'm a 27-year-old adult beginner. I’m looking to upgrade from my Yamaha NP-11 to my first proper 88-key weighted digital piano, and I’m currently leaning towards the Roland FP-40.

I started learning piano in April this year, take weekly lessons, practise consistently, and work on sight-reading, theory, phrasing and repertoire as well as songs I like. My teacher has been really pleased with my progress so far. He was especially impressed with my recent work on In My Place by Coldplay and has started giving me more theory because he thinks I pick it up well. Piano has become my biggest passion, and I've taken to it a bit like a duck to water.

Long term, I want to become as good as I can, and we're planning to start some classical training in 2027. I'd love to eventually perform and play with other musicians, so I want something I can grow into rather than feel the need to replace quickly, but my budget is a max of £800.

I’ve already tried a few models:

• Kawai ES120 - very easy and fluid to play, and I could play fast really comfortably, but the action felt a little light to me.
• Yamaha P-225 - probably my least favourite. I just didn’t get on with the key feel and it felt surprisingly cheap to me for the price.
• Roland FP-30X/FP-40 - I preferred the more substantial, controlled feel of the Roland action, and the FP-40 is the one I’m currently most interested in. I felt like the FP-40 had a nicer sound than the FP-30x.

Has anyone here owned or spent much time with the FP-40? I actually played it on the day it launched, but I don't want to get distracted by the shiny new product. I'm also worried about the Roland action for classical playing? I know it's heavier than the ES120.

So I am asking: have you found the action, sound and general experience over time?

I currently live with my dad and probably will for a while, as my mum recently passed away and I want to spend some time with him. I’m planning to move to London eventually, though, so an acoustic piano isn't really practical for me at the moment (and my dad definitely isn't letting me put one in the house lol, and my teacher actually found me a lovely free upright recently, but sadly we just don't have the space).

I’d also be really interested in any other digital pianos around £650–£800 that you think I should try before buying.

I’m going to test the FP-40 again properly before making a decision, so I’m mainly looking for for real world owner/player experiences rather than just specs. Thanks!

Hello, I’ve been looking to start learning piano but couldn’t figure out what should I buy
My budget isn’t that much and cheaper and good otooins would be better because I don’t wanna invest too much right now
In future if I do really like it then I’ll buy a better one but I would love suggestions on something that I could start right away
Cheaper would be great!

I can’t remember the piece anymore (goldfish memory) and I’m thinking of picking it up again
Some of the notes are messed up

So many postings and amateur YouTube postings are played on out-of-tune pianos.

I don't want to sound elitist or superior, but do most people not hear it? My brother in law is an opera singer and my sister is a music teacher, and they are oblivious to the state of their out-of-tune piano.

Sometimes I think it's due to my trombone background, where one needs to notice the intonation of most notes, that I notice this.

What gives [ETA: not annoyed, just curious about whether people notice]?

Just over 2 years self taught now. Would be much appreciated if I could receive some opinions on my playing and how it can be improved 🙏.

I know it’s slightly off but the melody has to be recognizable

I’m 18 and have been playing the piano for about a year. I’ve always been surrounded by excellent musicians, and am now even more surrounded by them because my college doubles as a conservatory. I see these people playing and I want so badly to be able to be like that, but it is frankly too late and trying to catch up just makes me upset. I practice so much and I’m still so goddamn bad. When I play something easy and do it well with emotion for just one second I feel that happiness that I’m chasing and it is then dashed against the rocks the second I try to play something that actually takes skill and try and fail over and over and over and over until I smash the keys and storm off. It hurts so much to be surrounded by people who made better choices with their lives than me and honed the kind of skill I will never have in a million years. My musical hero was making incredible songs when he was 18 because he started practicing music when he was like 10. Even if I did have the potential to one day catch up to him, which I don’t, I would be TWENTY-SIX YEARS OLD BY THE TIME I WAS AS GOOD AS HIM WHEN HE WAS BARELY AN ADULT. I just want to play something cool and beautiful and not so stupid and embarrassing and bad but I can’t

I know Piattino caster cups have been around for ages, and my understanding is that their primary purpose is to reduce vibrations from the piano touching the floor to stop the resonances reaching your neighbours, particularly those below you in an apartment setting.

I can find reviews, but does anyone have any experience of them working? As in, neighbours complained, bought the expensive caster cups, and now they're happy?

My neighbours are fine, but I also try to be a good neighbour. I'd happily buy them just as an extra buffer if anyone could say they made a difference in their situation.

I’ve been learning piano using fabers and it’s mostly classical, which i don’t mind but i really love jazz. are there books for learning jazz specifically or? do i just find jazz songs at my level and start learning them?

I'm looking to buy a keyboard or digital piano and am trying to determine whether I need one with weighted or unweighted keys. Are weighted keys essential for a beginner, or can I get by with an unweighted keyboard that has touch sensitivity?

I enjoy both piano and synthesizer sounds and I'm considering the 61-key Casio Casiotone CT-S1 or Casio CT-X3000. Would these be a good choice for a beginner?

And shorter you don’t have to listen just getting used to sharing

It’s driving me insane haha
It’s something like:

First bit:
B3 → A4 → G4 → C4 [hold]

Then, around 5 seconds:
A4 → G4 → B3 [hold]
A4 → G4 → A3 [hold]

Slower pass, around 7 seconds:
C4 → A4 → G4
B3 → A4 → G4
B3 → A3 [hold]

This is just a short section of the piece I’m learning. Maybe I should be farther ahead than this… please critique. And yes I did almost make a mistake 😭

I’ve been reading books and slowly teaching myself piano over the course of a couple weeks now. I’ve gotten to the point where I can slowly read some notes on sheet music and have been practicing with small snippets of songs out of my books.

Im currently practicing this little melody out of one my books but im confused as to how you slur the same note in a row like the sheet suggests? It wants me to slur middle C twice. When i googled it, it was suggested that I hit the middle C key lighter on the second note but then another source said to hold the sound for the entire 4 beats. Theres no marking that indicates the damper pedal should be held down either.

Any advice would be appreciated!

Hey everyone,

I wanted to share a pretty surreal story that happened to me last night, and I figured if anyone would appreciate the irony, it’s this community.

Exactly one year ago, I decided to learn piano completely from scratch. I didn’t have a teacher, and I didn't really have a traditional goal like passing grades or playing concerts. I write orchestral music, so I originally picked up a 61-key MIDI keyboard purely as a catalyst for my composition and creative process.

However, playing standard plastic synth keys made me fall in love with the instrument itself, and I developed this huge dream: I just wanted to feel and play a real, acoustic piano.

The problem? Acoustic pianos are surprisingly hard to come by where I’ve lived. In my entire life, I had only touched a real piano once—at the train station in Lviv, Ukraine. Recently, I moved to Košice, Slovakia. I searched everywhere—asking around, checking public spots, looking for open spaces or venues—and I literally couldn't find a single accessible acoustic piano anywhere in the city.

Over this past year on my MIDI keyboard, I’ve been teaching myself Chopin’s Fantaisie-Impromptu (Op. 66). It’s been a tough journey, and I always wondered: How would this piece actually feel under my fingers on heavy, weighted acoustic keys? Would I even be able to play it?

Fast forward to yesterday. It was my friend’s birthday, so a group of us went out drinking. We started at an apartment and eventually moved to a night club. At one point during the night, I went to use the restroom.

I turned into the corridor leading to the toilets, and right there—standing aimlessly against the wall with its lid closed—was a real piano.

Out of all the places in the city! I searched music setups, public halls, and cultural spots for months with zero luck, only to find an abandoned acoustic piano outside a nightclub bathroom while intoxicated.

I was so drunk at that moment that I could barely distinguish left from right. But the urge was too strong. I opened the fallboard, sat down, and my friend (the birthday guy) pulled out his phone to film.

Despite my state, the motor memory kicked in, and I managed to pull off a few recognizable sections of Fantaisie-Impromptu. The key action felt completely wild compared to my light MIDI keys, especially given my impaired senses, so the experience was definitely subjective—but pulling those dynamic acoustic notes out of a physical instrument felt incredible.

Just wanted to drop this story here to show that life has a weird sense of humor. Keep practicing, even if your next venue turns out to be a club hallway!

Am I intermediate? Idk lol

I understand there’s a strong tradition of performing classical music as written, but I’m curious if anyone has insight about strict adherence to repeats. I know in Beethoven’s first sonata, most people don’t play the repeat of the development and recapitulation because it feels insane, for instance.

The piece I’m curious about in particular is Mozart’s 11th sonata; repeating the variations in the Andante grazioso feels sane, but then there’s the Minuet, where you’d be playing every passage of it four times if you adhere to the score - do people actually do that or is it more fast and loose?

Apologies in case it's the wrong sub : I'm an amateur pianist and experienced software developer - currently working on a game centered around classical piano music.

I'm definitely not at the level required to play some of the pieces, so figured I'd look for help. :)

Anyone up for the challenge?
Requirements: must be able to play moderately complex pieces comfortably, and be able to record and deliver midi.

Compensation: ideally just expect your name credited in the game, since it's my first attempt of this kind and I don't know how far it will get (but I do have great plans for it!) - but if you expect money let's still talk - I'm not looking for free work, just not ready to do big investments yet!

For anyone who decides to follow up, I'd love to hear a short excerpt of your interpretation of Chopin Nocturne op 9 no 1, and Rachmaninoff prelude in C sharp minor

Thank you!

I was wondering if anyone has ever been in the same position as me, and in what ways they managed to overcome it.

I'm an early-advanced mature student, I can learn ABRSM grade 8 repertoire pieces in a few months and learn some diploma level pieces as a challenge. My sight-reading is reasonable. I completed my grade 5 theory, so I can identify the chord changes and I have a basic understanding of functional harmony.

However...I nearly always fail to hear these chord changes when I'm learning a piece. I can hear that the piece is moving somewhere, but lose sense of the 'home' key and when 'tension' has been released. I therefore feel like I have no bearing on the structure or journey of a piece which I think would speed up my learning.

I am bad at identifying cadences unless they are in super obvious root positions or cliche sounding etc. It's like I have no intuition for the harmony and can only identify it when I sit down and focus on analysing and writing the chord names over the top of the bar, but then it just becomes more like a puzzle of distinguishing between the passing and chord tones than really helping me understand the music. The chord names I write down just get ignored eventually.

If I play a I-IV-V-I in root position, I can hear what it is by following the bass, however as soon as inversions are used, the harmony just turns into mush to my ear. It's like I am missing the link between the formulaic on-paper analysis and actually hearing it.

I've been discussing this with my teacher, but I think he finds it hard to teach because he learnt how to hear this stuff at a very young age, so he just has a fully baked in intuition. He'll say "Can you hear it resolve?" or "Focus on the journey, tension and cadences in the piece" or "Just listen carefully to what you are playing" and I'm often just sat there confused and frustrated.

I feel like this gap in my skills is probably holding me back from getting to a more advanced level and learning pieces more quickly.

Can anyone relate to this or been in a similar position? How did you get out of it?

TL;DR - I'm terrible at identifying the harmony in the pieces I'm learning, and need some help building that skill.

Hi everyone,

​I recently recorded Franz Liszt’s underrated Galop in A Minor S.218:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c_VjxQ9Anv8

​Playing, practicing, and performing this piece made me reflect a lot on the current landscape of piano music and repertoire.

​It feels like today, most contemporary piano composition has heavily leaned towards extreme minimalism. While minimalism certainly has its place and purpose, as a pianist I personally miss the physical energy, the dramatic flair, chromaticism, and unapologetic virtuosity of late Romantic and early 20th-century repertoire.

​As a composer myself, my core effort is to write original music that embraces rich melodies and demanding, high-level pianistic virtuosity without falling into repetitive minimalism.

​If you are curious to hear what I mean from a performer’s perspective, here are my original pieces:

- ​Caprice de Bravoure: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxqMTMET180

- The Devil's Ballad: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=67MmawnPoJg

- Fantaisie Tzigane: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rH-dfgTG3o

​I’d love to hear your thoughts on this: Do you feel there is still a place for high-virtuosity piano music today, or has the audience completely shifted towards minimalist/cinematic ambient styles?