Ok I think I’ve listened to all of the submissions, everything sounds wonderful! Now I need to come back and make some more individual comments.
PianoTell Recital #2 Is Now Live!
rsl12 If you learned this quickly, it must mean you're improving! I don't know the piece but there are no obvious wrong notes. It's unclear from your submission what kind of feedback you want so I'll leave it at that! When your performance was over, some political informercial started playing and I couldn't figure out how to get back to your performance. I had to reload the page to get out (which meant my message-editing box also cleared). If there's an easy way to get back to your video in that situation, let me know.
You have auto play turned on. On the bottom of the screen there's a slide switch next to the settings gear icon. Set it to off. That way, when the video ends, it'll just stop and you can hit replay or click on the progress bar at the beginning.
gRumble's default is to have it on because they make their money out of ads. I can't blame them, I'd do that too if I could.
Somehow I overlooked the feedback desired bit. Not that it matters, it's all good. That particular piece is early to mid beginner and I'm beyond that point now by a good bit. I just needed something at the last second and pulled that piece out of the hat. Even I didn't think it would take only 6 days (with 1 day off too!) to go from never playing it before to getting it recorded/submitted. It's not the best, but I made the submission deadline.
javiercorre — Sonatas K. 208 and K. 380
Great performance! I think you will do well on your recital/exam! Your playing is confident and solid. I really like the way you shape the music with dynamics and very tasteful ritards. Thanks for your playing!
iternabe — O mio babbino caro - Sounded very nice, not at all metronomic and very flowing, so whatever you did there worked well for me!
keff — Over the Rainbow - Nice arrangement and performance of this piece!
plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball - another cool piece from you! Played with a nice touch that captured the dance feel of the ball. How satisfying to tackle a piece that was too hard a year ago and smash it out in a week!
Schubertian2 — Ballade 4 - what an achievement to play a Chopin ballade so beautifully! Incredible, really enjoyed listening.
WieWaldi — Quick Five Blues - Very good, seems the blues lessons are going well!
Nightowl — What A Wonderful World - Congrats on your one year piano anniversary! I thought you played it well, my suggestion would be to play with more confidence knowing you can do it! Easier said than done with that pesky red button though!
Sophia — A Classy Rag - what a fun piece! Captured that rag feel really well!
rogerch — Slow Steps - sounded great, and a cool idea to improvise around a particular cadence.
thepianoplayer416 — When You Wish Upon a Star - beautiful! Always great to return to a piece and play it better or up to tempo too.
Sam — The Never Finished Piece - enjoyed it just as much second time round!
MarieJ — Waltz in F minor - What a lovely piece! It didn’t sound particularly ‘in progress’ to me! And as always a beautiful video to go with it.
Player1 — Ashokan Farewell - Sounded good - you sounded very comfortable playing this!
TC3 Worried Life Blues - Great job on that! Not only can you sing and play at the same time, but you do both of them really well. The piano part sounds way beyond basic to me.
Thank you for comments earlier on my performance of "God Bless the Child". I continue to play it and as I get more comfortable with it, I'm able get the rhythm looser.
Sophia - A Classy Rag - A classy performance and after less than a year of playing. You are so wise to get it smooth before working on tempo. I tend to get obsessed with tempo too early in the game and live to regret it when I try to smooth it out afterwards.
Thank you for listening to my performance earlier and your kind remarks.
@Cratersmash— Sonata No. 3. Another advanced piece, far beyond me. Prokofiev is a great change of pace from the usual baroque and classical pieces. Thanks very much for sharing!
@diretonic — Chega de Saudade (No More Blues). Some lovely jazz, we need more of that around here, thanks! Jobim's tunes are great, and this one is a nice departure from the usual "Girl from Ipanema." Hope your arthritis is better these days!
@rogerch— Slow Steps. Love your improvisations, still don't know how you do that ... I was a bit confused about "minor fourth" until I realized it was what I know as a minor iv chord, then it made sense.
Enthusiastic but mediocre amateur.
keff — Over the Rainbow. A very different arrangement from what I was expecting - I really liked it! A shame about the print size, it’s challenging enough to play while reading, without encountering format problems as well!
plop_symphony — The Midnight Ball. A confident, playful performance. You’ve been learning for under 2 years, and you polished this off in less than a week?! You must be very pleased with your progress!
Schubertian2 — Ballade 4. A concert-hall-worthy performance, enhanced by a well-chosen video compilation. Stunning!
WieWaldi — Quick Five Blues. . Bravo!
Nightowl — What A Wonderful World. Happy Pianoversary for yesterday, Nightowl! Don’t be too concerned about brain freezes - they’re part of the ‘red dot syndrome’, but when you’re going it alone, the recorder is your very best friend. Well done!
Sophia — A Classy Rag. I started with Alfred’s AIO too, but most certainly did not reach AIO level 3 in a mere 10 months! Great progress and a 'classy' performance - congratulations!
rogerch — Slow Steps. Lovely chord progressions - a gentle and melodious result. You should indeed be pleased with this!
thepianoplayer416 — When You Wish Upon a Star. (My comments are over in the PW Recital forum.)
Thanks so much, Marie But I just need to emphasize that I didn't completely start from scratch. I played as a child and also went through the entire first Thompson book about 6 years ago. I flew through the first Alfred book in about six weeks, just catching up with what I had already picked up in the past.
Also, I'm starting to think that I probably picked up more from my parents (both professional musicians) than I realized.
I wouldn't want to give the impression that I'm going through the method at super speed... it's decidedly leveling down now
SalmonJack — Bliss Ten
Bliss Ten is gorgeous, and I love your expert playing and the lush recording. The entire performance is lovely. I’m especially captivated by the section from 5:20 until around 6:20. Those are some really interesting rhythms that sound really cool!
Sgisela — Do Tebe
I enjoy your expert playing of this lovely piece and I’m glad to hear it again! The whole performance is great to listen to. I was particularly impressed by the section that starts around 1:15 with the melody in octaves alternating with some really nice flourishes. Thanks for sharing!
ShiroKuro — Reminiscence
Your performance sounds great! This piece is beautiful and ethereal, and I like the way you play it. You have a delicate touch that sounds lovely. This piece has some really nice syncopation and you did a great job with the tricky rhythms. I think you’re ready to play this in your recital!