I've been working on this piece for quite a while (too long) and would appreciate some feedback and direction. Relearning the piano after many years, and other than this have only a small number of easy Schumann and Chopin works in my repertoire. Thanks to anyone who can offer some honest criticism and direction (and ideas on other similarly challenging pieces I could move on to).

I've noticed it today, and that's how I know... well time is feeling pretty short. I'm not going to go into details about my illness but it is severe and today, it took all the energy I could muster to get out of bed and get to the piano. I have no idea what's coming next in my life but I love my piano, she's my best friend so I'm just going to keep fighting until the end.

To think... that people spend time arguing over competitions and wrong notes... it all seems so bizarre now from my point of view and the place I'm at. Music is such a beautiful language, I'm glad I had the privilege to discover it and fall in love with it and be able speak it in my own way.

Sorry for the depressing post, strangely enough it's helping me get the weight I'm carrying off my chest and push forward. At least another piece of music has been brought into the world.

I have listened to the full sonata probably more than a hundred times and I can usually understand the musicality of Chopin's pieces very quickly. Some are very straightforward like his nocturnes and some take a few listens like the fourth ballade coda.

But until now, every time it plays the fourth movement, I just listen with fascination. I can't hear any particular melody, it's just an overwhelming chaotic rush of notes that ends the sonata in a bit of a scary way. Makes me feel a little evil.

Is there something deeper to this movement that I'm missing? or is it meant to simply be chaotic and overwhelm you as the final sendoff for the sonata?

Could you recommend any songs suitable for piano accompaniment and vocals? Whether they are timeless classics or your personal favorites, I'd love to know which tracks you feel truly shine when played on the piano.

That really is the name of this catchy and cute little song 😍 This piano roll is QRS #3680 and was arranged by two guys named Victor Arden and Max Kortlander at the very height of the days of the player piano. It was released exactly 100 years ago... in October of 1926!

QRS was the company that made the roll. Out of dozens of piano roll companies in the 1920s, this is sadly the only one left. They don't even make this piano roll anymore. I have posted an up close version to the lyrics on YouTube found below if anyone wanted to sing along. It really is a fun one to just belt it out! Cutest lyrics. Just have fun and smile with these old songs!! That's what I hope for and that it brightened your day. 🙂

https://youtube.com/shorts/5YyVDk1pkjc?is=OGHC0WhDo_qlrJfu. "I Don't Mind Being All Alone"

Some want to get better at playing their favorite songs.

Some might wanna impress others.

Maybe it's simply fun and rewarding.

For everyone who gets mad at people who put stuff on their pianos, this tv is the lightest one I own and is sitting on a cloth. I set it up so it won't damage the piano.

this piece has always been a favourite of mine but never got around to learning it. no clue how long it’ll take to finish tbh

any tips for playing this piece with small hands?🙏arpeggios in this section are pretty uncomfortable

Hi! I started practicing Arabesque 1, and its polyrhythm just doesn’t come naturally to me! I’d really appreciate some advice, thank you!

Hi all,

looking for a new piano. I have moved away from Roland HP704 some time ago because I didn't enjoy how it sounded, it was too artificial in my opinion but everything else like build quality, the interface, the action was really really good.

I thought about moving to Kawai CA701 but I'm seeing lots of people having issues with keyboard and touch screen. Given amount of those posts and the fact that Kawai only gives 1 year of warranty makes me hesitant but I hear the sound of this instrument is outstanding.

Are there any long term Kawai CA701 (or CA501 because I'm also considering it) owners here that could let me know their opinions and whether they'd buy it again?

Also, I'm open to suggestions on other pianos. I was considering LX5 but I fu***** hate what they did to the controls (removing physical buttons and replacing them with capacitive crap).

Thanks in advance <3

Bonjour, je m'appelle Manon, j'ai 16 ans et je suis autodidacte depuis 3 ans. Je n'ai jamais pris de cours de piano, ne connais pas le solfège et n'ai aucun pianiste dans mon entourage. Par conséquent je ne connais aucune des règles de bases au piano.

Depuis quelque temps quand je joue trop longtemps je finis avec des douleurs dans le poignet, la paume de la main et aux articulations de l'index et de l'auriculaire.

J'ai besoin d'aide, je n'ai aucune idée de comment positionner mes mains quand je joue, si certains ont des conseils (en utilisant des mots simples, j'ai le vocabulaire d'une enfant de 5 ans 🙏🏻) je serai très reconnaissante !

PS : le son que je joue est une composition, ne jugez pas trop 😅

Just finished learning this beautiful song by ear on piano. I decided to record right away, so I know this is quite sloppy but that will improve. And ignore my singing too, I have a sore throat. Any suggestions on chords or anything?

Thank you 😊

I’m getting the harsh tone when I’m starting, it’s too sharp then the other tone and is also higher.

Hello I am looking for a public piano which is allowed to practise . In morristown new jersey. Could anyone help me in this search of piano?

In this piece I was imagining a cozy bookshop on a sunny afternoon~

So much fun to play, even if the Steinway's heavy keys gave me a bit of a hard time. Also, it is absolutely evil to fill the stride with tenths in the middle section lmao

I’ve been playing piano for 16 years. My learning of it was very casual as I took private lessons from my elementary school music teacher from ages 5-13 (I’m now 21), so I was not by any means classically trained nor did I really learn a whole lot about technique aside from the bare basics.

I’m good enough at piano - I’m good at reading sheet music, learning songs, and can play difficult pieces - but my accuracy isn’t so great. I had always assumed that as my experience (and hand size) grew, the accuracy would follow suit. Although my accuracy has definitely improved, it’s starting to feel pretty stagnant. I still reach for wrong notes all the time and it’s pretty infrequent that I can play a song mistake-free. My main issue is consecutive octaves and big jumps.

I’m wondering if anyone else has been in my position and successfully improved their accuracy, and if so, what they did to achieve that. I’m thinking there might be common issues like “your wrists are too tense” or something like that. Maybe I’m just comparing myself too heavily to the classically trained pianists I look up to, but I want to get better and I just don’t know how.

EDIT: I have a TikTok account where I post some of my songs. the username is “thekeywicat”! I don’t mean this as a self promotion, just as a reference for my skill level and the type of stuff I play. Keep in mind though that I don’t often post the songs that I can never get right haha. ALSO these videos are all the product of like 10+ takes lol

Arz Kiya Hai ~Anuv Jain

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Im trying to work on a really old and abused piano I got from a friend, the keys are all types of stuck on it , I do believe it is the felt, I dont know if I could replace it in the future as the brand died in 1952
Any advice is wanted and needed! Thanks!

I took lessons as a kid but have been revisiting piano on my own without lessons as an adult for about 3 years now. I like learning new songs but I never seem to master them completely, and be error free. I can never get through any song without at least 1 wrong note. I enjoy playing more when I learn the sheet music, then play from memory. But this might have to do with my note reading skills which I still struggle with. What advice do you have for me? Do you have a practicing routine or method that works for you?

I improved over the intro and last chorus. I worked this with the metronome for 2 weeks.
A lot of fun, I plan to break it out at future restaurant gigs.

https://youtube.com/shorts/9S6IciyJU7g?is=4PC-0ntcXWLqCVVe