Welcome to 🎹 Piano | Tell — Introduce yourself!

navindra · 2024-05-04T20:00:00+00:00

👋 Hi! 🎹 Piano | Tell is a traditional forum for anything related to the piano and music. It's free, open, and you're welcome to contribute. 🎹 Piano | Tell is self-funded, which means no ads while being free to use. I'll add some basic Terms for P|T when I get to it. There will be no small print here. Things may be a bit rough at first! Please let me know if you have any feedback and I'll do my best to accommodate. I will implement support for piano recitals if there's demand. You're welcome to a Gold Member star — simply introduce yourself here and share how you found PianoTell! ⭐️ Say hi!

Sophia

JustinVG I found that the pieces in these books were mostly not motivating me

Oh my goodness, so true. I was so happy when I finally finished Alfred! But I'm glad I persevered to get at least a basis to build further on.

JustinVG Currently I'm going to perform:

I'm assuming you mean live performance, but I'd like to point out that we have several recital possibilities in this forum as well. It's not live, but you can submit a recording of your choice. It's very nice to both showcase your own progress, and see/hear what others have been busy with. As you can imagine, we have all levels, the ones who can play Rachmaninov with their eyes closed and the ones who struggle with toddler pieces - that's what makes it so exciting. I highly recommend it 🙂

Nightowl

JustinVG Welcome to the forum, it's great to have another beginner here. I learned using the Alfred's All In One Piano Course books and although some of the pieces are quite dire, they all helped me to build basic skills, so although I grumbled about them at times I know the system works.

JustinVG I am always extra hesitant to share my progress when the general user has 40+ years of experience and plays Rachmaninoff with their eyes closed.

I know exactly what you mean JustinVG - even in the world of amateur players there are many advanced players and it can make a beginner self conscious, but I think you're brave to perform in front of an audience, I've never attempted such a daring feat.

JustinVG

Sophia but I'd like to point out that we have several recital possibilities in this forum as well

I saw! And I wil find courage to participate. I think I could just record pieces I'm learning with my lessons 😃

Sophia It's very nice to both showcase your own progress, and see/hear what others have been busy with.

On that note, I just recorded a cold-turkey trial performance. I wanted to test how ready I was. And i'm not unhappy. I will post in a few moments.

Edit: here it is

Nightowl I think you're brave to perform in front of an audience, I've never attempted such a daring feat.

I must say it is very scary. I went a few times to that amateur piano gathering and played one time late after the planned performance was done and a lot already went home. After I played one of the teachers walked to me and said "This is something you should play next time!". It gave me enough courage and motivation to do it. It helps that everyone there plays piano and know that performance is a whole other game.

ShiroKuro

JustinVG I missed your self-intro post when you first made it, but let me say again welcome!

I owned a Petrof upright for a few years (before getting my current piano, which is Yamaha C2 grand). The Petrof I had also had a really nice tone, there was something very unique about it, and its voice was what made me want to buy it. (I hope its current owner is taking good care of it!)

Anyway, I'm glad you found PT! 🙂

JustinVG

ShiroKuro The Petrof I had also had a really nice tone, there was something very unique about it, and its voice was what made me want to buy it.

I fell in love with the tone with the P 118, it had a super warm tone, no idea how they do that with such a small upright. But the issue I had with the 118 is that the highs were also warm and not that clear. I was afraid that I would grow out of it when I would have a few years of experience. So I choose the next step, a P 125.

A grand is awesome, but who has the space 🥲

ShiroKuro

JustinVG My Petrof was a P115, so not the same instrument. But I went from a beat up old Baldwin to that and it was wonderful.

When I first started learning piano (I started as an adult), I never thought I'd be able to have an acoustic instrument. When I got my first acoustic upright, I never thought I'd have a grand. But now, 20+ years later after first starting piano, here I am. So, never say never I guess!

twocats

JustinVG So I choose the next step, a P 125.

I had a Petrof 125 and I loved it! It had such a beautiful sweet tone. Eventually I had to say goodbye to upgrade to a grand. But it's such a lovely upright.

What finish do you have? Mine was a gorgeous flame mahogany!

JustinVG

ShiroKuro But now, 20+ years later after first starting piano, here I am. So, never say never I guess!

So there is a change! Maybe one day 😃

twocats What finish do you have? Mine was a gorgeous flame mahogany!

I really wanted the Walnut or Mahagony but that would mean I needed to order it from Petrof directly without the change of playing it. I was warned by multiple people that is a big risk, buy without the change of playing. So I have a Black one. Although it is the only high gloss black furniture in our house, the sound is why I bought it.

Little story: in the store they also had a beautiful Walnut upright Bösendorfer. But it wouldn’t sell. The store told me they were going to change it to a black finish to sell 😢 it was a little too lange and above my budget for my first piano (35.000 euro I thought to remember).

twocats

JustinVG Little story: in the store they also had a beautiful Walnut upright Bösendorfer. But it wouldn’t sell. The store told me they were going to change it to a black finish to sell 😢

Noooooooooo!! Those cases are made by woodworking artisans at the factory. That's such a travesty.

PianoMagistra

Hi Folks,
I'm Bruno. I found PianoTell using Claude (Anthropic AI). I have to say, I'm very impressed with the manner in which folks discuss things on this site. Well done to the moderators.

After wanting to play piano for years I finally made the jump about 4.5 years ago and bought a Roland FP30x . I've since migrated to a Roland FP90x and love it. I originally told my wife I'd learn to play the blues, but quickly realized that I much prefer playing classical pieces adjusted to my level.

I'm an adult learner for whom the theory is much easier to learn than the practice. It takes me a lot of time to learn a piece. My ultimate goal (which I'm still very far from being able to do) is to play "River flows in you" by Yiruma.

I look forward to chatting with you all in the forums.
_Bruno

rsl12

PianoMagistra I have to say, I'm very impressed with the manner in which folks discuss things on this site. Well done to the moderators.

Thanks for the compliment! The moderators don't have to do very much because the users are great!

PianoMagistra My ultimate goal (which I'm still very far from being able to do) is to play "River flows in you" by Yiruma.

Want to join our little group project? Some of us just started learning an Alexis Ffrench piece (if you like Yiruma, you will probably like him too). It's Grade 6, but we've come up with some ideas to make it easier to play:
https://forum.pianotell.com/d/2499-play-last-song-your-way-piyw-10-september-2026

navindra

Welcome again to PianoTell! Thanks for taking the time to introduce yourself! ⭐️

PianoMagistra I found PianoTell using Claude (Anthropic AI).

Oh that's so fascinating! I'm so glad to hear this because Google has de-indexed us.

That's a great piano from a great company and those are some great goals!

It'd be interesting to hear how your software has helped you in terms of learning the piano.

Sophia

PianoMagistra it. I originally told my wife I'd learn to play the blues, but quickly realized that I much prefer playing classical pieces adjusted to my level.

That is super interesting! I think most people start with classical and then branch out. I’d love to know more, is it because you feel a passion for the genre, or because of the technical aspects?

PianoMagistra

navindra
hmm, is there a post that explains why Google de-index you? Seems extreme.

I'd glady expand on my app, but I think I'll wait a while before discussing it again. Glad to be here, seems like a good forum.

PianoMagistra

Sophia
I just really like the genre and once you learn more about it you realize how influential its been on so many styles. As an adult I just wanted to play for enjoyment, so I figured I'd try that first. I didn't have anybody to force a particular style on me.

But as I progressed I really started to like (simplified) classical pieces. I like the technical challenge and how even a simple piece can sound very nice on its own, as opposed to learning chord accompaniments, which doesn't appeal to me. 4.5 years later, I have yet to play that blues piece for her, perhaps I should get to it :-)

Sophia

Nice. I enjoy reading about how people choose their journeys. Too many people abhor classical music just because they didn’t grow up with it, while others get all snooty and feel the need to constantly remind newbies that everyone other style is somehow inferior. None of that has ever happened in this forum, I’m very pleased to say 😊

navindra

PianoMagistra Google de-index you

No, it's a mystery. Google just runs on proprietary/broken algorithms.

Shari88

Hi, I was at PW for several years before it changed owners. Took a break. Finally getting back into piano again and thrilled to discover your site. Thank you! -Shari

rsl12

Hi Shari! Nice to meet you--I guess my time at PW didn't overlap with yours. Did you find pianotell through pianoworld?

navindra

Shari88 Great to have you here, welcome to PianoTell! ⭐️

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