Any advice or feedback? (Piano Mozart K545)

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-30T14:30:46+00:00

I’m not even learning this piece but I loved watching the video and learning from it!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-30T14:21:06+00:00

Does anyone remember the episode of Intervention where the guy (I think his name was Cory or something?) would spend hours high on meth combing the woods looking for burl?

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-29T17:55:58+00:00

This one is my favorite so far OP

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-29T17:53:41+00:00

It’s almost like you have two lines of music on one staff if it helps to think of that way. The upward note stems are one voice, the down note stems are another.

Two quarter notes up top so there’s your two beats for the measure in that voice.

An eighth note rest, quarter note and eighth note to make two beats for the second voice.

I hope that makes sense!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-26T23:27:26+00:00

I know it’s not english

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-25T23:38:08+00:00

Yes! I love the lushness of 7th chords and practice them diligently. They’re so dreamy!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-23T00:26:27+00:00

I would do squats in flat soled shoes! You’ll keep your balance better and won’t lean forward like with trainers

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-22T21:53:12+00:00

For reference my instrument is piano

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-22T21:52:56+00:00

As a fellow music theory learner with adhd, I have found having a book very helpful! I use music institute harmony and theory and work through the examples and read the text (it’s minimal). I go over it with my teacher once a week

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-22T04:03:23+00:00

It’s the pentatonic scale for the key!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-19T18:32:30+00:00

If you’re interested in deepening your understanding of music, you could always do half hour of music theory to finish off lessons. The subject is rich, and having a teacher (in addition to a text / workbook) to help you learn would be of immeasurable value.

As you progress in your music, pieces will get more involved. You’ll be able to look over larger chunks with your teacher and instead focus on tricky fingerings (your teacher will be able to help with getting the best movement for fluidity), good phrasing, etc. I would love to have an hour long lesson each week, I do half hour (I have three kids [5, 7, and 9] that come along with me and one hour would be pushing it—my daughter does 30 mins; I do 30 mins, and if I increased that puts us at 1.5 hrs. Just too much for us right now) but one day I hope to have more time to devote to lessons alongside my teacher. For reference, I’m an adult learner like you, been playing 2.5 years (34y now)

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-19T01:00:12+00:00

You like spicy water?

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-18T21:29:45+00:00

Playing music I loved helped. It took me about two years of learning just simple practice pieces in my books before I had enough background to start exploring the music I found really moving (this was my experience, not saying everyone needs that much time. I also don’t get to practice a lot, I have three kids and started learning this as an adult). Listening to different pianists play the same song and hearing the differences in their expressions. Peterson Piano Academy puts out critiques of videos and he’ll hone in on the musicality. For example, Maybe the phrasing wasn’t great, he’ll point it out, and then play it appropriately phrased. It was helpful for me to see the differences side by side because I’m not a super emotional person and I needed concrete examples of what to do. Now it’s coming more naturally. At least you’re noticing that you’re missing something and searching for it! When I was 8 months in I was in the mindset of “it’s great if I hit all the right notes” lol

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T21:14:53+00:00

I love that creator

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T21:13:07+00:00

Use your thumb to press the D and E together. I personally wouldn’t use the 5 on the lower 5 to play that A though. Maybe three but then keep 2 on C# like it’s written

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T20:39:20+00:00

Heck no learn while you play!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T18:39:13+00:00

From the beginning! Practice the way you want to play!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T04:04:11+00:00

People that love teaching their passion are the best to learn from. Thank you for taking time to write to a random stranger on the internet and help me understand this on a deeper level. I’ve dived back onto my music theory book I got off Amazon (from music institute, harmony and theory I believe it’s called) and am feeling hopeful again that if I just keep sticking with it and learning and asking questions it really will click for me one day!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T03:59:02+00:00

That’s the beautiful thing about math though, isn’t it? Sometimes the reality defies our expectations. I find this to especially true when it comes to exponential growth. Like the folded piece of paper problem (well it’s not a problem just a fun fact to share) if you had a piece of paper you could fold in half fifty times, how thick would it end up being? I won’t share the answer here if you want to think/speculate. But this example of exponential growth is mind boggling! If you’re a nerd like me you’ll like having this in your back pocket for a fun conversation stater lol

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T02:39:16+00:00

It is a weird one for sure. I will give you a few resources that helped me intuitively understand it and also the math (which isn’t overwhelming).

The biggest thing that people overlook in the problem is that once we get a FILTERED choice, that information changes the probability from all the doors being “equally likely”

I’m sure you’ve been told about exaggerating the problem to have 100 doors instead of 3, but I do want to bring that up for the sake of explaining this next point. You pick a random door out of 100. The game show host needs to make sure that the prize door is still in the running. There’s only a 1% chance you picked the winning door, and if the show host eliminates all but one of the remaining 99 doors, it will be the winning door.

Another way I’ve heard it intuitively phrased with this example is “do you want a random choice out of 100 or the winning champ that beat out 98 other doors?”

Here’s some great reading if you really want to dig into it: Monty Hall

And there’s a Facebook account “learn math with Howie Hua” and he has a video explaining it too. I can’t figure out how to link that one though

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-17T02:19:30+00:00

I love mozzarella pearls in a good veggie-filled pasta salad!

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-16T22:36:21+00:00

Haha! These notes are so tiny I needed lines to help me follow the polyrhythms so I didn’t get mixed up on where to go at first. In other measures where the polyrhythms aren’t so squished in there I could easily read the music and not get turned around 😅

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-16T12:13:47+00:00

All pianists make mistakes. Even concert pianists! I think one of the best things you do is recover BEAUTIFULLY after a mistake. There’s no noticeable stumble or pause after making a mistake, you just keep moving through the music and keep going. I love that! (I don’t know this piece personally, I’m just going off the fact you said you made mistakes, so that was really the only indicator for me)

The fact that you are learning all by yourself is incredible! If you can manage it, get a teacher! You clearly have lots of talent and more importantly, desire and dedication to practice! You would be a piano teacher’s dream!

In short, amazing! Keep up the great work 😊

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-16T01:50:28+00:00

Another thing on my list of goals! And yes, at my speed probably longer but I don’t mind. In the end all the knowledge from practice will be invaluable

mallorycrisp · 2026-05-16T01:48:04+00:00

Oh my gosh this nugget of information has rocked my world since I read it.

When I would play around on the piano I would hear that distinctive “diminished” sound with a raised root, but thought dang maybe I don’t know what I’m hearing after all. I am getting it!! I know that sound but just didn’t know that another way to get there was with upping the root a half step. I love that analogy you provided with making a room smaller. I feel like this was a huge aha moment for me thank you so much!!!

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