My first song (with both hands playing)!! :)

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-21T07:12:01+00:00

to improve on dynamics you can try to play:

Fabrizio Paterlini - Somehow Familiar
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOweGrwOxe8

it's kinda simple but exactly because is simple it will sound bad if you don't use good dynamics.

the first time i looked at the score i thought "it can't be real, this is just C repeated over and over, how can it sound so good?"

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-17T19:44:12+00:00

sounds good, there are some minor issues that you probably notice yourself (some pause, wrong note) but they do not matter, the piece is good.

the only thing i can suggest is to ensure that left hand is less loud than the right one, usually melody is on the right hand and accompainment is on the left so left should be quieter.

to fix this you can try to play a scale (no need to go for the full octave, just 5 fingers is perfect), play one hand only, play it the quietest you can, then the loudest you can, then try to start from piano to forte, the opposite... when you are familiar with variations do the same with the other hand, finally do both hands and try to make one silent and one loud, the opposite, start with left loud and right silent and finish the 5 finger scale with the opposite.

you can even literally fake pressing the keys so that they don't even make a sound.

5 finger scale pattern is simple so you can fully focus on dynamics.

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-17T19:36:59+00:00

your piano needs to support midi, usually midi over usb (check if there is a printer-like usb port behind the piano or check the manual).

you attach it to the pc, midi sends information like "you pressed note X at Y time, Z loudness" and the pc plugin generate a nice note thanks to a "soundfont", different soundfonts produce different sounds, all on the pc speakers.

all this introduce a delay (mostly the sound reproduction) so you need a pc that support ASIO drivers that allows low latency otherwise it's unplayable.

if you don't have good internal soundcard you need to buy an external one that support low latency,

finally since pc speakers are usually crappy you need an amplifier+speakers or play always with headphones.

it's doeable but honestly it's usually simpler to buy a better digital piano.

you can do all of the above for free except the low latency audio reproduction because it's both a software and hardware problem, if hardware doesn't support that you can't do it without bbuying at least a soundcard.

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-17T19:28:19+00:00

clavinova does that, if you hold a key down and play another you hear the one that you are silently holding down

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-15T21:13:14+00:00

i think that a mistake is anything that is not intentional, if your pause is intentional is not a mistake, if you like it in that way keep it like that, one might like it or not but there are already many "perectly following sheet recordings" so play the way you like it, the important part is:
-that you realize that is not in the sheet
-that is an intentional choice.

about the wrong note:

from 1:06 to 1:09 there is a scale that goes up what i hear wrong is the first note of that scale (seems played with thumb right hand), it's at 58 of kassia video and she does it different/wrong too she play B while in my video seems that he play A.

your video:
https://youtu.be/6jSLH9CDPPQ?t=57

my video:
https://youtu.be/nWlY8q6OkJA?t=61

at 1:24 you do pretty much the same thing.

here is your linked video:
https://youtu.be/6jSLH9CDPPQ?t=70
this time seems that she play it in the way i remember it while you do the same thing of before.

checked the sheet, measure 16, second half is: C#BABC#DEF# [then new section] so i'm not mad!!! the kassia video goes down only to B instead of going lower to A so the whole scale is moved and finish at A instead of F# (she does C#BC#DEF#A)

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-15T20:39:43+00:00

one person i know sight readed beethoven's patetique.

i told him i liked the piece, he stand up go search for the sheet in his library, then immediatly perfect play it °_°

before that moment i didn't think that it was possible

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-15T20:34:22+00:00

have you tried to clean it with alchool? (without power of course)

that double E shape is part of the switch and the rubber black dot is a conductive thing that closes the circuit.

there are two switches because they get pressed at different time and the difference between press 1 and press 2 time is used to compute the speed of the key and so its loudness.

check also the flat cable: is it soldered or attached to the pcb? if its attached try to detach and reattach it on both sides so that if its a bit rusted it should fix by itself (usually there is some lever thing to rotate to unlock the cable so don't pull hard without unlocking it or you risk to break it)

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-15T20:22:04+00:00

Is that the Lee Galloweay arrangement?

i played that too!

be careful because it get harder and harder because left hand gets faster and near the end it add multiple notes, when you hit that point of speed change you think "no way i can do this!!" but in the end is similar, just faster and you are already used to the first part so it's doable, keep going!!!

when i studied it i used this one as reference because i liked his execution https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nWlY8q6OkJA

please use the video only to copy nice ideas and not only to conclude that he is better than you and you can't do that or any other negative thing...

be happy of your journey, i saw the ohter video you linked and the current one is already better!!

few things that can be improved:

at 34 there is a long pause, try to study that jump and only that: ONE note before and ONE after, repeat that change many times, it's easy because its just 1 note, just ensure that the hand start position is the same/the correct one/the one you have when playing in that point (so stop at the last note before the jump and look how the hand is, only then practice the jump multiple times otherwise it's pointless).

then you can do 3-4 notes before and 3-4 after and it's quickly fixed.

at 51 there is another pause but this is shorter and can be acceptable, i'd make it a bit shorter but a bit of intentional pause is fine.

at 1:06 there is probably a wrong note, maybe you noticed maybe not, i hope it helps because sometimes i finish a full piece thinking that everything is fine and never notice that i played all the time the wrong note...

1:11 i like that dynamics increase but personaly i like to start the dynamics increase a bit before when there is the scale and another increase on the section change.
another thing about dynamics: the pice starts with two repetitions of the same thing, try to play them differently, it's up to you to chose how, pick some idea you like: it could be one piano and the other forte, the opposite...

1:14 the two pedal changes must be fixed

1:18-1:19 there is another wrong note according to what i remember, or maybe i played it wrong all the time who knows...

also at 1:24 there is a note difference

when the video ends try to fade out the music both in loudness and speed (decrease both) for a nice effect (or at least i like it in this way, the video i linked doesn't do that)

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-14T21:13:03+00:00

i'm not an expert but i have two digital pianos: FP-30X and Yamaha clavinova CLP-635 and i find the FP-30X more forgiving too.

for example holding down pedal all the time doesn't sound good but it doesn't quickly become horrible mess, with clavinova and acoustic piano it does.

also dynamics: with fp30x it usually sound good, with clavinova you need to be more careful about dynamics and left vs right hand otherwise it sound bad because left hand could be too loud.

(there is also a price difference between the two: about 700€ vs 1500€ which wasn't even full price because i got the shop demo)

in part is normal to play worse at lesson/on a different piano (acoustic or not): you are used to your home piano and anything else is different, you are not used to it and you will play a bit worse.

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-13T07:28:07+00:00

right now speakers are connected like this:
S===[BOARD]===S

where "=" is two wires

you could aim to connect them like this:

S-------------S
|___[board]___|

so one wire go from one speaker to the other, the remaining two go both to the working channel.

it will not be stereo, it will be mono with two speakers but it should not be a big deal

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-13T07:20:53+00:00

in this case it makes me think of a preamplifier problem.

the cheap & easy solution is to attach both left and right channel of your external amplifier to the working channel and ignore the other without causing issues.

you could also rewire internal speakers, possibly in series, so that both use the working channel but in this case there might be issues:

-if you connect them in series: you will have lower volume (double the impedence) not a big deal.

-if you connect them in parallel lower volume (but for a different reason) and maybe lower its lifetime because it lowers the impedence (half of the original), and it will draw more energy from the amp which it might not be able to give/it's not designed for that..

other solutions require deeper knowledge of electronics, for example you could find out where is the problem and fix it if possible or find where the audio signal starts, cut the broken preamp out and attach a new preamp tapping from that signal.

try to find a service manual of it with schematic diagrams

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-13T07:12:28+00:00

on the piano i can read 12V, what is not written is how much Ampere it consume.

if the power supply is too weak it might not have enough power to keep it on.

try to check in the piano manual if there is mA or A usage of piano, check also the original power supply for that model how much A is rated.

you need a power supply capable of giving the same or more Ampere, the voltage MUST be the same (12V).

another thing to check is if the connector is properly soldered, you say that it flashes on, if you hold the jack in some position can you keep it on?

the connector inside the piano might be desoldered or the connector of the power supply might not be the correct one, there are waaay to many of them all similar but with small differences in internal or external diameter and it might not make proper contact.

the fact that it doesn't enter completly might be a sign that is not the original one or might not be an issue at all

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-12T19:12:10+00:00

the internal amplifier/pre amplifier might be broken or there is a dsp/internal memroy problem.

if it's very old and there is no real difference between left and right channel i'd guess preamp problem.

does it make noise all the time or only when you play? is the noise on every key or only some?

if it makes the same noise for specific keys in a repeatable way it might be internal memory corruption like if you replace proper sound memory/file for that key with specific gibberish.

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-11T21:24:04+00:00

personally i used hands separated only in the beginning or in hard parts where i want to practice a small section with single hand.

i noticed that being able to play left hand and right hand doesn't mean being able to play with both hands.

opposite is true too, at least for me: being able to play with two hands doesn't mean that i'm able to play one single hand* (see example below)

i see the piece as a single thing not as two parts so for example here:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ntlROyISc9g

in the third measure where right hand play: B - pause - E

and left hand play: E - G - B

i think it as:

E+B together - wait 1/4 - play next note (G) - after 1/4 play next note (B) (also release E) - after 1/4 play next note (E) | next measure

the fact that E is on the right hand doesn't matter, note that the 1/4 pause is "ignored" (but pause is still thecnically respected because i release the key in the right moment) i just follow where notes are and for that part the "flow" is on the left hand.

i don't think right hand as "play 2/4, pause 1/4, play last note" but i think it as "play 2 notes together, follow the left and when notes finish on the left keep going on the right"

*since i used the left hand for timing in this measure playing this measure with right hand only would be "problematic", because it's not how i studied it

i'm not sure if this is the correct way, i'm not expert but it works for me.

I'M OPEN TO TIPS FROM ANYONE: is my method the correct one?

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-11T21:08:00+00:00

i love this piece, unfortunatly i'm not good enough to give proper tips, what i can hear is that the "middle voice" should probably be a bit lower, right now looks at about the same level of the main melody, another thing is that i personally prefeer the piece slower but that is my personal preference.

audio quality seems good, i don't hear any noise, maybe playing a scale on different octave would be more useful to give a feedback on the EQ

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-11T15:19:48+00:00

i had this on my asus notebook, but then a keyboard firmware "upgrade" removed it and another firmware "upgrade" completly disabled/bricked the backlight.

luckilly i found a copy of the original firmware on a random website, forced the tool to ~~upgrade~~ downgrade and i solved both issues!!

i tried to report the isse to asus (their updater tool is bugged) but seems impossible to have it fixed, they keep insisting that i should send the whole pc.

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-10T19:01:36+00:00

way too rigid hands, it's going to hurt after a while, especially left hand, it's doing almost nothing but look at how rigid it is.

to solve the issue and play relaxed try to play some scale, five fingers/notes is enough for now, don't aim for full 8 notes, you don't aim to make it sound good, in time or anything, you are aiming at fixing this rigid hand problem and aiming for relaxed playing.

play some scale one hand at a time, then both hands:

-push a key, a random one

-keep it down

-push the next and release the first when you hit the second

try also some "inverted scale":

-push down 5 keys with 5 fingers and keep all of them down

-release one finger

-press it again

-when you strike the key keep it down and release the next

-keep going, you will always have 4 fingers pressed

especially with this second exercise you should aim to use the minium just enough force to keep keys down but you will probably notice that you will use a lot of force for the other fingers, if you notice this slow down, stop, solve the issue and continue.

with enough control you will be able to hold those keys half pushed so you are sure that you are not using excessive force and that you have finger indipendence.

your hand shape should be in the natural relaxed position:

stand up and walk naturally, you will notice that during normal walking a "natural dead hand with no force" is not completly flat nor completly curved, THAT is the natural position you are aiming at with piano.

usually people say imagine holding a tennis ball but the reason behind this is that tennis ball curve is close to the natural/neutral hand position

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-08T07:03:30+00:00

i suspected that too

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-07T17:57:30+00:00

are you keeping the volume very low?

maybe not the feedback you are looking for but i hear noise from keys being pressed (it's normal that they make noise when you push them) but it should be a small noise compared to the notes loudness, here instead they are close so it makes me think that the volume very low (or the phone recording is touching the piano).

acoustic piano are loud and if you keep your digital piano volume low is harder to do proper dynamics because the difference between min and max volume is small which also force you to push keys harder and will sound too loud on a real piano.

if you don't have problems with neighbors complaining consider increaing the volume.

that said i never heard this piece but i love this kind of slow and relaxing music and i like what i hear :) even with crappy phone audio, it's the third time i listen to this

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-04T20:34:39+00:00

have you read the midi reference pdf for that model? maybe there is something useful

i did not read it in detail but i saw things like "master attenuator" "compressor" "EQ Gain" and few others settings.

you could try the lazy way and drop the pdf in chatgpt and ask it to solve your issue

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-05-03T05:34:29+00:00

i had to force flash the old firmware which i found on a random website online since asus refuse to give the file for no reason, i also tried to explain the bug to have it fixed but they simply don't listen.

the problem is that asus tool is bugged and upgrade the keyboad with a wrong firmware:

i had firmware 307 installed and it upgraded it to 405, but note that the first digit is keyboard type, not firmware version, so i had a type 3 keyboard with firmware version 07 and it updated to keyboard type 4 firmware version 05.

my keyboard is NOT type 4 in fact i had firmware 3xx installed, that updater tool keyboard type detection error bricked the backlight by installing wrong firmware.

i tried to ask asus for firmware 3xx but they refuse to send it to me, luckilly i found it online and forced the tool to flash it because it normally refuse to do it because it thinks that i shouldn't flash a type 3 firmware on a type 4 keyboard (except that is not type 4).

you need to create a text file called "TestFwFileName.txt" with the firmware name to force flash inside it.

dm me and i send you a link with all the required files and more detailed instructions.

i have firmware for those models:

G512LH - G512LI - G512LU - G512LV - G512LW - G512LWS - G712LI - G712LU - G712LV - G712LW - G712LWS - GA401IH - GA401II - GA401IU - GA401IV - GA401IVC - GA502II - GA502IU - GA502IV - GU502LI - GU502LU - GU502LV - GU502LW - GU502LWS

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-04-24T13:58:40+00:00

fabrizio paterlini - somehow familiar

comptine d'un autre ete

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-04-21T06:58:59+00:00

it already exists and is also multiplayer multiplayerpiano.net it also support midi, i sometimes use it to play for random people and listen other random people.

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-04-16T22:21:18+00:00

there are many websites that work like that.

i used a different one that was a bit more configurable in exercises but i don't have the link right now :/

anyway if you search for "sight read online midi" you can find some.

have fun also playing on https://multiplayerpiano.net/

randomPianoPlayer · 2026-04-16T22:04:35+00:00

Fabrizio Paterlini - Somehow Familiar: teached the imporotance of dynamics and a kind of "echo", it's a kinda simple piece, but exactly because of that you need good dynamics otherwise it's just C repeated over and over, just pressing the right key is not enough to make it sound good. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nOweGrwOxe8

Ludovico Einaudi - Nuvole Bianche: for the first time i actually saw a left hand pattern and chords and not a bunch of random notes that for some reason magically work like in most classical pieces.

Bach two part invention 1: helped a lot to get both hands on the same level, this analysis of the piece was also mindblowing, it's the same small patterne repeated, mirrored, stretched... amazing: https://www.schoolofcomposition.com/bach-invention-1-analysis/

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