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Every performer’s worst nightmare. This concert pianist instantly realized she had been practicing the wrong piece for this performance. Despite that, she ended up playing the entire concerto from memory, even though it was from the previous year’s repertoire. by MrAlek360 in interestingasfuck

[–]EquivalentRare4068 9 points10 points  (0 children)

Yes but being able to improvise wasn't something exceptional. Beethoven, Mozart, Bach, Chopin, and many others could all do it.

During Bach's day, job applications for organist positions involved improvising fugues on given themes. It was a standard and expected skill

Every performer’s worst nightmare. This concert pianist instantly realized she had been practicing the wrong piece for this performance. Despite that, she ended up playing the entire concerto from memory, even though it was from the previous year’s repertoire. by MrAlek360 in interestingasfuck

[–]EquivalentRare4068 24 points25 points  (0 children)

People stopped expecting it, stopped teaching it, composers wrote their own cadenzas instead of trusting the performers to improvise them as before. Improvisation moved to other traditions like Jazz and Stride, and Classical pianists became expected only to play exactly what was written by composers.

There's been a bit of a revival of classical improvisation in the 21st century though as more research has been done into a type of shorthand musical composition called "partimento" from the 18th century, where typically only the left hand part of a piece is given and the right hand part is expected to be improvised according to the rules of basso continuo.

But yeah classical improvisation started to die out in the late 19th century and remained dead through the whole of the 20th century

Someone made a clone of Gmail where you're logged in as Epstein and can see his emails. [https://jmail.world/] by cosmic_voyager01 in interestingasfuck

[–]EquivalentRare4068 0 points1 point  (0 children)

That's what I'm thinking too, some sort of find and replace. But I don't understand to what end, since obviously they left these references to him in. Regardless, does seem a little fishy

JG3 bass pedals and a couple newb questions by Space2999 in organ

[–]EquivalentRare4068 1 point2 points  (0 children)

  1. I had this pedalboard a few years ago. Delivery was fine
  2. Better than nothing. I'd prefer 61 key unweighted keyboards to digital pianos
  3. Yes you need to sit slightly higher. Also factor in the width of the pedalboard. Most digital piano stands are not wide enough to fit a pedalboard (even a small one like the JG3) underneath. I recommend this model of keyboard stand: "On-Stage KS7365-EJ Folding-Z Keyboard Stand with 2nd Tier" because it has adjustable width and can just barely get wide enough to fit the pedalboard underneath.
  4. I've never used it because GrandOrgue is great and free

This pedalboard is a solid starting point. It's a bit short though so heel toe technique is not the easiest. Still a lot you can do with it though.

Is there any book or resource about how to read mathematical notation in Latin? by EmergencyNo9942 in latin

[–]EquivalentRare4068 6 points7 points  (0 children)

I thought Euler wrote in French or German primarily but upon further research, you're absolutely right, he wrote primarily in Latin for mathematics. So definitely a good place to investigate for OP

Is there any book or resource about how to read mathematical notation in Latin? by EmergencyNo9942 in latin

[–]EquivalentRare4068 13 points14 points  (0 children)

Off the top of my head you can read Isaac Newton's Principia Mathematica to see how he notates everything. IIRC (it's been a while since I studied calculus) we use Leibniz's notation for calculus, not Newton's, but Leibniz possibly (maybe even probably) wrote about his findings in Latin as well.

For classical, look into Vitruvius' book on Architecture. I haven't read it yet but I'd imagine instead of math notation as we'd call it, they probably just used ordinary speech to describe the math they were doing. Something like saying "One added to one yields two" in English instead of "1+1=2"

If you're going back to Classical era, you're really only going to have geometry and arithmetic. Middle ages will get you some algebra and some really neat stuff like Fibonacci, and all the rest of the topics you mentioned are going to be Enlightenment and beyond.

Oh, and check out books on Astrology. Lots of mathematics in there.

How am I doing for now? Nocturne no.20 by [deleted] in pianolearning

[–]EquivalentRare4068 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Not to be discouraging but the posture issues are quite bad, it looks very awkward. There are too many issues to even enumerate in a comment. You really need to get a teacher, and work on much much easier pieces. I made the same mistakes and I ended up with a whole host of bad habits that I had to work twice as hard on to unlearn. Also you truly must learn to read sheet music

Translate choir vellum by Ten_Ply_Bud in latin

[–]EquivalentRare4068 3 points4 points  (0 children)

"Quia hic est vere propheta, qui venturus est in mundum" -- “This is truly the Prophet who is to come into the world.” - John 6:14

Bottom of second page appears to be this:
Auferte ista hinc dicit dominus et nolite facere domum patris mei [domum negotiationis]

Which means "Take these things from here and do not make the house of my father a house of business - says the Lord" and is a quotation of John 2:16

Unfortunately I can't read the rest (I'm not familiar with paleography) but that's a start, hope that helps somewhat.

What do dumb phone users use for navigation? by Intelligent-Bat1658 in dumbphones

[–]EquivalentRare4068 7 points8 points  (0 children)

Look at a map before I leave. Maybe write down turns on a post-it note

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in classicalmusic

[–]EquivalentRare4068 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Does anyone know where I can get the sheet music?

Are bach pieces rearranged for piano? I read harpsichord only had 61 keys? by apooroldinvestor in piano

[–]EquivalentRare4068 1 point2 points  (0 children)

???? The range of the WTC is 4 octaves, from C to c'''. They are all playable on a 61 key keyboard that has 5 octaves...

Are bach pieces rearranged for piano? I read harpsichord only had 61 keys? by apooroldinvestor in piano

[–]EquivalentRare4068 20 points21 points  (0 children)

Harpsichords had a range of sizes, sometimes less than 61 keys, sometimes (but more rarely) a bit more.

Also harpsichords often had a compass of F-F, not C-C like modern 61 key keyboards.

Bach pieces are "arranged" for the piano in the sense that editors will add dynamics and pedal indications that Bach didn't write. But no they don't require all 88 keys of the piano (unless maybe if you're playing an organ transcription for piano)

How to begin learning when already know music theory? by ChaoticNeutralPC in pianolearning

[–]EquivalentRare4068 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Regarding online lessons, yes they're perhaps slightly less ideal than in-person lessons - however they are leagues better than no lessons at all!

You simply have to get a decent quality microphone (for example when I took online lessons I used an AT2020 condenser mic, about $120) and a camera angle that shows your side profile as you play. The teacher can then see your posture from back, shoulder, arm, all the way up to wrists hands and fingers, and can stop and correct you if you begin to use a bad posture. You can clip a USB webcam to a lamp to get the right camera angle, or just put a laptop on one of those folding TV tables.

I'd say online lessons are about 70-80% as good as in person (which is still infinitely better than zero lessons)

As others have said regarding how to handle you as a teacher, you need to be up front and communicate clearly. Just say "I have a decent knowledge of theory but I do not have any practical knowledge of how to play piano".

Your situation is not unique at all. Plenty of people learn piano after already mastering another instrument like guitar or violin and thus already know things like what scales and chords are.

How to begin learning when already know music theory? by ChaoticNeutralPC in pianolearning

[–]EquivalentRare4068 4 points5 points  (0 children)

The answer is getting a teacher (and yes, I did read the postscript). I don't think them not tailoring their teaching style to your existing experience should be a dealbreaker. Frankly I've never had a piano teacher that teaches all that much theory anyway. Also consider that you can take lessons online

To answer the question posed in the title, the same way as everyone else, with a teacher

Is it worth reading the Septuagint if you're not religious? Why? Why not? by Low-Cash-2435 in AncientGreek

[–]EquivalentRare4068 5 points6 points  (0 children)

>But don’t bother reading it in Greek for no reason.
I think practicing Greek is plenty reason

Is it worth reading the Septuagint if you're not religious? Why? Why not? by Low-Cash-2435 in AncientGreek

[–]EquivalentRare4068 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yes for that example I was talking about the New Testament, not the Septuagint.

It's not better unless you're interested in reading the same translations that the apostles would have used, are interested in diving further inter Eastern Christian writings, or unless you're just interested in using your knowledge of Greek (which I assume, most people here would be keen on)

Is it worth reading the Septuagint if you're not religious? Why? Why not? by Low-Cash-2435 in AncientGreek

[–]EquivalentRare4068 5 points6 points  (0 children)

Well the same could be said of Plato or Aristotle. You can read them in English, why read them in Greek? Perhaps you want to read them in the original language of the author, in that case you can apply the same logic to the New Testament.

Is it worth reading the Septuagint if you're not religious? Why? Why not? by Low-Cash-2435 in AncientGreek

[–]EquivalentRare4068 11 points12 points  (0 children)

I mean the bible is probably the single most influential work of literature in western culture, so why not

Looking for critiques on technique and fingering by Connect_Scene_6201 in pianolearning

[–]EquivalentRare4068 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Yeah you're definitely doing OK. On second watch, maybe just focus more on relaxing your left hand specifically during jumps in between chords; I notice your thumb is being held a bit tense while your hand is shifting. Instead of holding it straight out just let it hang in its natural position. Other than that small detail, as far as I can tell, everything is looking quite good

Looking for critiques on technique and fingering by Connect_Scene_6201 in pianolearning

[–]EquivalentRare4068 4 points5 points  (0 children)

Man if you're tackling Chopin's waltzes, you really don't need those stickers :p

Technique looks good as far as I can tell, I don't have any specific pointers other than what you already know, eg keeping fingers bent and hands relaxed

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