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navindra · 2024-10-27T03:17:06+00:00

Update 3: 15 November 2024 PianoTell Recital #2 is now live! Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread. iternabe — O mio babbino c...

Nightowl

Sophia Yeah, you'd best be careful, as P1 just admitted he has a tendency to "terminate" people who cross him. I hear he's quite lethal with that cattle prod of his! 🤠

Nightowl

rogerch It might be nice to have a dedicated thread of Christmas songs - maybe you could start one? (Ideally not before 1 December though... or am I being a Grinch to think that Christmas should stay in December?)

rogerch

Nightowl thread of Christmas songs - maybe you could start one? (Ideally not before 1 December though... or am I being a Grinch to think that Christmas should stay in December?)

That’s a good idea! Don’t worry, I completely agree with “not before December 1”! I may not be ready by December 1 so if someone else starts the thread I will add to it. 🙂

TC3

I'm fumbling my way through the piano parts of my eventual submission, but I still need some serious time to learn lyrics ... I'll post whatever I have by the 15th, but don't expect too much!

thepianoplayer416

Worked on a piece that is barely 2 min for 2 weeks (1 min per week) which is as much progress as I can do. For many of us even a 2 min piece is a stretch. Version 1 is usually something that isn’t great so would be recording v2 & 3.

Player1

thepianoplayer416

I'm not sure how long my piece is, but 2 minutes would be stretching it. By a LOT!

It's 20 measures long, no repeats, at 3/4 time (flowing smoothly). I have no idea how they managed to get it to fill 2 pages.

The interesting bit is that at one time I passed this one over because it was too complicated. There's a couple of LH chords with fingers 2 & 4 that I couldn't manage to do back then. Now it's so simple.

And of course I still screw it up anyway.

Cratersmash

My piece is very long and very complex because it's actually something I've been preparing for months for a competition I have next week. The upside is that it's very impressive when I do it well, the downside is that there's roughly 5 trillion opportunities to mess up. I did a run-through of it when I practiced today and it went good, though! I'll probably have a recording submitted within the next few days.

WieWaldi

I still vote for an offset recital schedule in PianoTell. (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)
In this case, we get indirectly a Christmas recital every year. 🎅

rogerch

WieWaldi Yes, that's my vote too!

navindra

WieWaldi rogerch

We could delay publishing the recital by 2 weeks... and publish in December.

I'm only saying that theoretically right now because I've learned that communicating all this upfront is best and last minute changes aren't ideal, but we could still do that if there's significant support for it.

It may be worth getting at least 4 recitals behind us before switching things up.

General thoughts are welcome on:

How long should the submission period be? 2 weeks seems like a good starting point but if we want to welcome ABF participants, we can open 2 weeks early for a December recital.
Should the recitals be quarterly or every quadrimester? Some people have several pieces ready to go on short notice, others need more time... but I think quarterly seems a reasonable compromise.
Assuming we stick with quarterly, it seems like folks are generally favorable to (Mar, Jun, Sep, Dec)? Any other proposals?

Any other ideas?

rogerch

navindra We could delay publishing the recital by 2 weeks... and publish in December.

Hey Navindra, since people have already submitted pieces for the November recital I suggest proceeding with November as planned.

If it's not too much work for you we could have a recital in December as well. Otherwise, we can proceed with a holiday piece thread in Member Recordings as we've been discussing. 🙂

Most importantly, I'm super grateful to you @navindra for starting pianotell and giving us recital opportunities. My suggestions are just suggestions and I'm happy to participate in whatever you decide. 🙂

navindra

rogerch I think a holiday piece thread in Member Recordings is an excellent idea!

I can provide any ancillary support that might be needed if you or someone else can help organize and run it. 🙂

If you want me to run it as a 1-off themed recital in the Recital Hall, I think that will be quite doable as well and I can definitely do it if there's wide interest for it.

navindra

rogerch ShiroKuro Sophia Thanks so much!

Most of all, I'm enjoying PianoTell just as much thanks to you all and the whole community here. 🙂

ShiroKuro

I don't have a strong opinion about whether PT's recitals should be offset from ABF's...

I will upload my recital piece whenever the deadline is.

But I would love a holiday recital 🙂

@navindra yes to the comments above thanking you! This is a wonderful site and you've given us all a lovely gift by creating it. 🙂

Sophia

ShiroKuro yes to the comments above thanking you! This is a wonderful site and you've given us all a lovely gift by creating it

I second that! No third that. I mean "everybody else" that 🤣😂🥰

Player1

Ok, I have something. 6 days from start to getting a recording and I'm submitting it now.

At one time I thought this piece was difficult.

Nightowl

Player1 Awesome work P1! 😃

Player1

Nightowl

Hah, wait until after the 15th to say that. The piece isn't very polished because I didn't really want to spend any more time on it.

navindra

navindra I've not recorded yet... and I'm thinking maybe this time I'll do it on Pianoteq so that I could also submit it to Modartt's 2024 contest and make an easy 20€. Or maybe not... but then I'll have to tune one of my pianos and clear the house (of noisy little people) for the recording. I'm waffling, but I'll get it done either way!

I just play tested all my options and I think I'll be recording on my upright this time around. I've never done that before, so I don't have high hopes I'll be able to figure out just how to properly do that!

I did give Pianoteq a spin and I enjoyed it very much. The new Bösendorfer is very nice, the U4 is as fun as ever, and I think the NY Steinway D remains my all-up favorite.

I'm just feeling the acoustic upright more this time around. I'll have to pick a tuning and recording strategy... I've got my work cut out for me.

If all fails, I might just have to go back to Pianoteq. 😃

thepianoplayer416

The last recording session was a rush. Used a grand piano at the conservatory half an hour before a teacher was scheduled for a lesson. Setup the camera and did serveral re-takes while checking the time every few minutes.

WieWaldi

thepianoplayer416 Playing under pressure is no fun. Except for Peter Bence, maybe.

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