What Are You Practising / Composing Now?

[Eine Alpensinfonie]

... ah, so you're not really a southerner yet. A real southerner couldn't tell the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire. And wouldn't care anyway...



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That's true.

[Serial_Apologist]

Für Elise is far more difficult than it looks and sounds,to me anyway.
Been trying to play it for a couple of weeks,think my fingers are too fat for piano playing,always pressing 2 adjacent keys at the same time instead of the 1 indicated,,must try some music where that is allowed.

I shouldn't worry, ER. Thelonius Monk evolved one of the most original and influential jazz piano playing styles out of doing just that!

[cloughie]

... ah, so you're not really a southerner yet. A real southerner couldn't tell the difference between Lancashire and Yorkshire. And wouldn't care anyway...



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Says it all about the soft South!

[cloughie]

Für Elise is far more difficult than it looks and sounds,to me anyway.
Been trying to play it for a couple of weeks,think my fingers are too fat for piano playing,always pressing 2 adjacent keys at the same time instead of the 1 indicated,,must try some music where that is allowed.

edge, however long you thought it would be to play a piece fluently, double it and then treble that and the review how it's going. Stick at it - I'm told it's worth it - but it is hard work, but you know that!

[hmvman]

Practising Martín Palmeri's Misa A Buenos Aires (bass part) for a choir concert next Saturday!

[EdgeleyRob]

Keep at it ER .....

I shouldn't worry, ER. Thelonius Monk evolved one of the most original and influential jazz piano playing styles out of doing just that!

edge, however long you thought it would be to play a piece fluently, double it and then treble that and the review how it's going. Stick at it - I'm told it's worth it - but it is hard work, but you know that!

Thanks guys

[Richard Tarleton]

Another piece that rewards hours of effort getting some complex chords and discords under the fingers is Percy Grainger's arrangement of Dowland's Now, O Now I Needs Must Part

Following Dr Gibson's sampling of the extract from John Potter's Dowland Project yesterday, Sarah Walker played John Potter's rendition of "Now o now" today, at around 0930. Easy on the ear, with the now ubiquitous soprano sax for good measure.

[Joseph K]

Having blocked up ears: an excuse to unapologetically practice loud rasguedos for hours.

[Richard Tarleton]

Does your guitar have French polish or lacquer, Joseph, and do you have golpeadores?

[Joseph K]

Does your guitar have French polish or lacquer, Joseph, and do you have golpeadores?

Don't think so. (Incidentally, while I know what golpe is, what are golpeadores? It's not something I'd attempt on my classical guitar)...

[Richard Tarleton]

Don't think so. (Incidentally, while I know what golpe is, what are golpeadores? It's not something I'd attempt on my classical guitar)...

Tapping plates....those things flamenco players have on their soundboards to protect their lacquer/varnish/French polish from all those rasgueados

[Joseph K]

Ok but as I understand it, rasgueados don't necessarily involve golpe. I'm avoiding golpe - but have been practising other things like strumming rumba rhythms and quintuplet (AKA flamenco) tremolo.

[BBMmk2]

I have a number of projects to complete, after my present one, which I am involved for a publishing company up in York. My next one will be for someone in Eire!

[Joseph K]

This is me playing what I haven't practised enough.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aHYdcg_G9C0

[Beef Oven!]

Currently practicing the piano transcription of John Cage's 4'33"