As the title suggests, is this possible? I notice that even on the synth voices, there's hardly any sustain. I'm like brand new to it and I'm just tinkering around with it before I actually start learning how to play stuff. Any help is appreciated. Otherwise maybe I'll have to just get a pedal

If you have a favourite piece from a female classical composer, recommend it to me so I can build a playlist. Please only classical

I took classical piano lessons for 10 years until I was 18. My final recital piece was Beethoven Sonata in C. Minor. I never stuck with it enough after high school to really keep my skills, and I’ve been recently really wanting to get back in again. I have some pieces that I can still play simply due to muscle memory, but reading music and general technique/ scales etc. have fallen way by the wayside. I’ve tried a few times “getting back into it”, but it was much easier to stick with practicing as a child (obviously) and frankly it depresses me how much I’ve let myself go. Has anybody been in a similar situation and had success revitalizing / building upon skills?

Has anyone else been diagnosed with this? What was your experience in relation to piano?

It’s a neurological disorder. I was diagnosed yesterday and have no idea how the damage to my nerves/muscles will affect my playing down the line. Thank you very much.

Here’s a link if you’re curious.

https://rarediseases.org/rare-diseases/parsonage-turner-syndrome/

I got a great deal on eBay for a used LP-1 pedal unit, but it is missing all hardware. I need the screws in Yamaha Part #ZZ003000 (that's the black version; white version is #ZZ003100), but in none of the manuals does Yamaha bother to mention what screws are used.

Specifically, I need to know the enough to buy replacements for the short screws (which attach the pedals to the two metal pedal "pillars"/legs) and the long screws (which attach the top of the two metal pillars to the L-515 stand/base in my case but I think are compatible with other bases as well).

They're $10 to buy from Yamaha - not bad! But it's another $10 for shipping (seriously?). Oh, and ZZ003000 isn't in stock. And I'm not paying $20 for white screws to go on my black stand - well, not if I can help it, anyway.

Any help would be greatly appreciated :)

Curious if any redditors know of anybody out there that can fabricate a player piano roll based on a midi file, or something similar? I tried Sierra Rolls, but they seem to be out of service nowadays.

Any help or headway is appreciated.

I am just beginning my journey into piano and I am curious if someone can shed some light on the advantages or disadvantages of different training methods? Do you have to follow a classical training repertoire to properly learn classical music? Can you take a more modern approach? Can you combine them? Is there advantages or disadvantages to either or both?

This may be a stupid question, I am completely new. I began with the intention of learning classical but really do not know what I want out of this yet and am just exploring options.

Hi, I started playing piano for about 3 to 4 months now with a piano teacher having a piano lesson every week, having played piano for about 2 years while I was younger. I practised with beginner partitions like Eric Satie and a bit of Debussy. I am currently working on pieces grade 7 from Final fantasy game music. I try to practice 4 to 5 days per week about 1 hour working on a piece before the lessson. However I find the practice of piano quite difficult: I can decipher a piece without making mistake, playing one hand at a time and then trying to play both hands, however I find the reading of the partition quite tedious and I am not very fluent in playing, thus I would need a few days of practice in order to play about correctly a piece. Could anybody give me any advice for my practice? What should I work on on top of just practising a piece to get more fluent in piano?

Any break longer than 5 min I just loose the drive to continue…

Hey everyone,

I just started learning the piano. I have been taking classes once a week for three weeks now, and I practice a little on my own, mainly trying to play simple versions of cool songs I like. What are some tips or maybe videos you guys recommend for me to practice in my free time? To be honest, my main problem right now is struggling with playing with two hands. Especially like playing a beat with my left hand and a melody with my right hand. Thats what is hardest for me at the moment. Any tip works

I am a new pianist, playing since March 2024, and I have some questions for experienced jazz pianists. I’m specifically looking for answers from people that can already do what I want to do. If you can flip to any page in the Real Book and just start playing, this question is for you:

How did you do it? What was your practice like? Did you have a good Jazz piano instructor? How did you learn the overwhelming number of chords/inversions/voicings? Do you think you took the most efficient route, or would you do something different? How long were you playing before you got into jazz? Did you first go the classical route of reading sheet music and playing classical music? How much playing by ear did you do? Did you go to jam sessions and learn play with more experienced pianists? How long until you started to feel like you were able to play well?

Sincerely, Someone who wants to play jazz but has made very little progress

I wouldn’t consider myself an absolute beginner at the piano since I had lessons as a kid. I can somewhat read music (I know the terms and symbols but utterly lack the pattern recognition/memory of a skilled pianist) and I know where to put my fingers. Other than that, I’d say I’m basically a beginner though.

Hello,

I'm training in classical for about a year and half with a teacher. She gives me a piece to practice every few weeks, suggested sight reading as well. When I finish my practice in the piece, I do some sight reading and I also practice scales because I actually like to.

How can I improve on this routine? Or if I practice longer, what can I add?

How would you utilise 1 hour of practice for someone in classical training?

I played piano for about 6 months now. When I’m starting, I really hate learning to sight read sheet music, so I go to youtube especially PianoSecrets Channel and learn syntesia instead and it basically accelerated my learning. I can play Claire De Lune, Arabesque, Nocturnes just by watching syntesia and youtube videos. Should I go back to basic and relearn how to read notes? If so, what can be recommended? Does going back to basic fix my bad habits in learning some piece? I want to start learning some complex piece and I’m very diligent when learning something. Need help

Title ^

Grades as in ABRSM/RCM etc

I have bilateral exotropia, ppl gave feedback to my recent post about starting/reading sheet music but there's just one problem.. my ability to read in general.. because of lazy eye reading is slow for me so if anyone under a similar experience have any advice, bless your soul

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I've been going through the Hanon etude book for the last 4 months, but I got stuck at the scale memorisation for a whole month. And in that time I only memorised 10 scales out of 36. I'm thinking of just memorising the major scales without the minors, because I'm about to go crazy. I already know what they are, what they do and how to create them because of music theory. I just need to learn how to play them fast. What do you guys think?

Spotify “top artists” of 2024 are hitting some of my favorite music subs. I’m curious where the pianists landed. Chopin was my #1, and Rachmaninov and Lugansky were in my top 5.

Mods, I hope some random discussion is allowed, but understood if not.

I bought a used FP-90X after researching online and tried it for 5 mins before buying it and of course it sounds different than my FP-10 but I figured it's a matter of getting used to it and EQing it right, so I bought it. 5 days in and I'm still not thrilled by the sound this thing produces, at least through the headphones. Is it going to sound better over time as my ears get used to it? Where do I go from here? Switch from Roland to Yamaha or Casio? Which Digital Piano brand/model produces the best acoustic piano sound in the ~$1300 range. Im pretty sure I don't care about the action as much as the sound. If this is as good as it gets, whats the next level up in terms of price/model?

What do you guys think of this deal? It’s 3 years old, original owner, only issue is that the lowest Bb key does not work. I imagine I’d be able to open it up and fix it but I don’t have any experience with that so open to hear what you guys think.

pic of the key

Hi everyone, it's my first post in this community.

Recently I bought the Yamaha P-225, and it's my first piano, so I'm a beginner.

Now, my main question is:

Is there a way to get the music sheet for this demo song?

This piano has a beautiful demo song for the first piano voice, and I'm interested in learning it.

But after spending hours searching on many websites and even in the user manual, I can't find anything about the song.

https://youtube.com/shorts/2BZ-L_0fwXk?si=bSLsYeUur3-OV4pR

In this YouTube link, you can hear the song; it's the first one.

Thank you so much for your help :3

I’ve started learning with the book Faber Adults 1, and I have a question: should I memorize the compositions they provide? I can play them comfortably while reading the sheet music, but I don’t remember them by heart. Is this the right approach, considering that these are very simplified versions of songs, and I probably won’t play them later anyway?

Full credit of course goes to Wolfgang. I sort of know where I want to go. Needs work I know that. And over-cooked the very last notes. Will be working on it - get a proper sequence and accompaniment etc.

But the sounds from the piano are nice, so sharing my short walk performance.

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1OPcGNgKkdsRDaMvftmqo_7yNoIJ-hCBJ/view

And 'Take 2' - with a somewhat nicer (stock/standard) ending sequence :

https://drive.google.com/file/d/10C6HpRbfIy9HF737Hf-NzlLI-X135QAZ/view

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