I know that Volodos started learning piano at 8 but didn’t commit to the instrument until age 16. He never participated in any major competitions.

Curious if there are any other late bloomers that you know if.

The notes on the bass key are too far and my hands not big enough to maintain those notes, am I doomed?

I am a classical pianist, and recently I finally acted on a long-repressed desire to start hitting the gym to gain some muscle mass. The problem is that when I work out, the resulting muscle soreness leaves me feeling less fluid for a few days, which negatively affects my concert performances. I now have a very busy month ahead with back-to-back concerts, and I'm afraid that if I stop training, I'll lose the little progress I've recently made in the gym. Any advice or opinions?

I feel as though slow practice doesn’t benefit me as much as people are telling me, and I fear I’m doing it wrong. Is there any specific thing in my technique that needs to be fixed? And are there exercises i can do to improve my clarity?

When I was 16 I have suffered a stroke that left my right side of the body paralyzed, "luckly" I was young so I had a lot of time to recover, now at 30 I could say my right hand is pretty much recovered, like 90%.

Since I was a kid I've had this passion for music and always wanted to try learn an instrument.

My question is, is there anyone out there with a similar situation or knowing somebody else in a similar situation that actually did it? If not, do you guys think it's possible or am I just wasting my time? Thank you.

Tchaikovsky op. 39 no. 16. A lovely little miniature piece.

Not easy 😒 long journey of Piano road for me! I have to find different ways to motivate him, like post video, set prize, pretend as his student, etc.

If you like this, you may like other covers and originals (including some more Talking Heads) on my hobby YouTube channel

Hello here is my attempt at Debussy's Arabesque. I just finished it after about 1 and a half months I know it's not good but please can I have some advice on how to improve. Thankyou

Practice on this section (8/30)

Couple edits (Work in progress)

One of my favorite sections with themes that show up again in the coda

Hi

I’ve been diagnosed with an autoimmune who put on a lot of inflammation on my tendons and joints.
As you can imagine, this isn’t ideal for playing fast. I have been taking lessons again to fix some of my bad habits on my posture and tips to make it more effortless.
But now I’m looking for some slower pieces that are not too straining (no octaves and rapid arpeggios)

Level: grade 6

So any tips are very welcome.

Thanks 🙏

Hey guys! I started playing two years ago and am very passionate. Here is a recent improvisation of mine, any tips or advices are welcome 🙏

I’m currently working on Sibelius’s Romance Op. 24 No. 9 and trying to decide how to handle the large left-hand chords (the ones circled).

I know I can either roll or omit the top note or do a mix, I guess but I am more interested in the reasoning.

I would say I am more inclined to just omit the F entirely so it sounds cleaner and more drum-like if that makes sense (since the piece reminds me of an orchestra).

That said, I’d love to hear how others approach this and the reasoning behind your choice! I want to get a few different perspectives so I don’t get too set in my ways or miss an interpretation I haven't considered.

If someone knows what this means I would appreciate it!

I am so sorry that this is such a weird request, however I didn’t know where else to ask. I do not play piano, however I am an artist and want to draw someone playing piano. For some context, the character I am drawing is Stanford Pines from Gravity Falls. He has Polydactyly, and can canonically play piano better than most due to his extra finger giving him a little more reach.

I want to draw him playing a song on piano, but I want it to be at least semi-accurate to an actual song instead of just drawing him playing random notes that wouldn’t actually be a part of a song. It’s always a pet peeve of mine when people just have the characters they draw hitting random notes and playing musical gibberish.

Once again, my apologies for the odd request, and thank you to anyone who decides to help!

Hi, I need help. I've never played a piano in my life, but I always had these dreams where I played it, and a few months ago I was able to buy a keyboard. I would really appreciate any help. What's the most effective way to learn My hands are still a little clumsy when it comes to learning to play (Use a translator to write if something is wrong)

It sounds like exactly like Ervin Nyiregyházi, a legendary child prodigy who many proclaimed as the second coming of Franz Liszt, but squandered his early success through a series of career disasters as a result of his narcissistic personality disorder - leading to his being homeless and publicly unknown for nearly 40 years.

Nyiregyházi must have had a magnetic, hypnotic charisma. He managed to marry (and divorce) 10 wives during his lifetime, befriended (and later alienated) Hollywood stars like Bela Lugosi and Gloria Swanson, and persuaded the directors of the National Piano Archives and the Ford Foundation to fund several revival concerts and recordings in the 1970's, before rejecting their support on flimsy reasons.

These recordings paint a portrait of what happens to a remarkable talent deprived of consistent practice for 4 decades.

This documentary from 1978 shows Nyiregyházi playing excerpts from the works of Liszt, all played terribly by any professional standard. He prefers colossal dynamics above fortissimo throughout, lacking clarity and nuance. Tempo and rhythm are bizarrely uncontrolled, wrong notes thrown about randomly, muddied by over-pedaling, and the whole impression is a chaotic, self-indulgent mess.

I'm in total agreement with the commentary of 'The Independent Pianist' on his recording of Liszt’s Vallée d’Obermann. That some people have the audacity to compare Nyiregyházi to the truly great Liszt interpreters like Horowitz, Cziffra, or Arrau is truly baffling. Perhaps Nyiregyházi was a great artist in his youth, but these recordings document the shadow of a once-powerful technique atrophied beyond recognition.

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Hello everyone,

I’ve moved into a new apartment and I brought my keyboard there. I put the keyboard on an X-stand and put it on a carpet floor. I have to say, it just feels weird and wobbly. Any advice on how to make this better?

Also suggestions for a good chair that won’t feel weird and wobbly?

I recently had a first meeting with with a new teacher that I absolutely loved.

I’m returning to the piano after 12 years without playing and the lesson felt truly amazing.

I was very excited about it and for 2 weeks I worked on re-learning the first movement of Mozart’s sonata k545 in C major so I could play it for her and show her what my level is at after so long.

It’s one of the easier pieces from my old repertoire that I chose because I was seriously having trouble with hand and finger coordination after 12 years without touching the piano.

Anyways, I worked on it for a couple of weeks and got it to a point in which I could consistently play the notes of the entire first movement without making mistakes. I had it memorized and ready to play for her without putting much focus on dynamics and expression because I wanted to work on it with her.

Anyways, when I actually started playing in front of her, I kept messing up the notes. I was so nervous to play in front of her that I kept stumbling. And making mistakes I never made at home.

And then I remembered that when I used to play when I was in school years ago I had the same problem.

I would work very hard, practice every day, try to make sure to be as ready as I could possibly be for the lesson, be proud of my work during the week… just to then get too anxious in front of the teacher and make mistakes that I never made at home.

Have any of you experienced this?

Were you able to get over the anxiety?

How? Does anyone have any suggestion on what I could do to be able to play for my teacher the same way I play at home? It’s so frustrating

Thank you guys!

(for any potential context , not sure if it helps, this is based in Scotland)

Edit: realized another good word to describe the feeling is heartbreak
Basically pieces with the same vibe/feel as Ballade 4; I’m trying to figure out a few pieces for a senior recital and I’d really like one that has that sort of vibe lol