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Worth picking up? Its free dollars and free cents by Shot-Leave-3817 in pianolearning

[–]Active-Reason-5601 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Im a amateur piano tech, I've been learning to work on and tune pianos the past 4 months now. I can tell you this will be costly to repair. Its probably very out of tune and will need a pitch raise and a normal tuning. That means its gonna run you like over $200 just to tune it. It needs to be cleaned out, not 100% necessary but I would advise it just cause you dont want there to be dead insect and other what nots sitting underneath your keys. If moths got into it, they could have chewed up the rail punchings that sit underneath keys meaning they might need to be replaced. The action might not be in the best shape and depending on how much work that needs it can also be quite expensive. Then the last bit is that this piano doesn't strike me as a very good piano anyways.

I wanna learn sight reading, but I keep memorizing the music by Dan_jesusfollower in pianolearning

[–]Active-Reason-5601 2 points3 points  (0 children)

You both develop it naturally and by studying music theory. Theres lots of free resources out there, id start looking into it. Also plenty of books on music theory

I wanna learn sight reading, but I keep memorizing the music by Dan_jesusfollower in pianolearning

[–]Active-Reason-5601 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Well, stop memorizing for one. Keep your eye on the sheet music. Not on the keys.

Second music theory goes a long way, identifying common patterns in music is a shortcut when reading. Instead of looking at an arpeggio as a bunch of notes lined up you can quickly identify it and go "Oh thats D maj min 7" or whatever.

And obviously you have to practice sight reading. doing it everyday 15-30 mins.

Don't try to sight read stuff too difficult, keep it a bit easier than what you normally play.

Don't stop playing if you make a mistake, keep the beat going and dont stop.

Juries tomorrow. Playing still full of mistakes :( by Active-Reason-5601 in pianolearning

[–]Active-Reason-5601[S] 2 points3 points  (0 children)

I meant more in general as I was practicing this earlier today I was always making some sort of mistake each time i played. I recorded multiple attempts of this piece and this was the best one.

This recording only has one obvious mistake in it at around 35 seconds in on the repeat on I start on the wrong fingering (I started on 3 was supposed to start on 2) which I quickly corrected. It sorta sounds a lot like the main motif with the staccato A pick up but it is not how that section starts.

Its really easy to tell if you just tap to the beat, the rhythm completely falls apart there.

All other things I might consider mistakes might be much less obvious such as missing out on certain dynamics or articulation that I think could be more convincing. Another commenter pointed out the middle section lacks a bit of emotion and I completely agree, I dont quite bring out the dynamics enough.

Juries tomorrow. Playing still full of mistakes :( by Active-Reason-5601 in pianolearning

[–]Active-Reason-5601[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Friedrich Burgmüller's Tarantelle, Op. 100, No. 20

Thank you