PianoTell Recital #3 Is Now Live!
Congratulations everyone! It looks like an wonderful recital.
I will try not to be shy this time and leave as many comments as I can.
rogerch your improvisation sounds great as usual. This is my end goal here. I don't think I will get there. But sure I will try.
Nightowl I think you have improved a lot! I assume this is an Alfred 2 arrangement. It doesn't sound bad at all! I have a feeling that forum peeps are underrating Alfred pieces a lot.
Peyton wow, that is amazing. I've ended up watching some more videos from your youtube. Also saw paintings in your website. I think my little engineer brain has an art overflow now. Things I hear and see are all amazing!
Animisha this was very enjoyable to listen. It definitely sounds like a lovely piece to practice. I am putting it into my list of pieces to learn.
keff my beginner ears don't hear any slips. I was not familiar with Gershwin's Summertime. Now I think it is a beautiful piece and played very well here.
iternabe oh... this piece sounds wonderful. I will look forward it. But I don't think I will ever match your level of dynamics, articulations here.
Sophia & @rsl12 oh my... I was not expecting this duet at all! Magnificent collaboration. I am glad I got to hear it. This sounds so fun. I just have a big grin here 
Thank you both.
rach3master well... you were not kidding about intensity. I am sorry about mechanical issues. But this sounds incredible! It really sounds like a professional recording to my untrained ears. Well done.
First batch of comments, in semi random order for a change:
Nightowl — Frankie and Johnnie
I know you tend to feel a little insecure about your progress, Nightowl. But look at you now, honestly. Playing a complicated tune with ease and flair! That was very well played, confident and fluent. Your hard work is paying off and it shows! I would say I never want to hear you moan again, but that would mean I can't either. We can't have that now, can we, after all, we thrive on it (I know I do) 
Seriously, that showed a LOT of progress, like night and day compared to your previous recital.
plop_symphony — A Hermit Crab Surfing
Adorable! Very well played, flawless and steady beat, and I loved how the left hand kept jumping across to the other side. I could just see the little crabbies crabbing there ^_^
hebele — Minuet in G
Wow hebele, that was very good! I was very impressed that you even included the trills... very smoothly played too. Yes that piece is basically the rite of passage for classical music... And I agree we need a bit of everything especially in our early days of learning!
navindra — Over The Rainbow
That was lovely! Steady and confident, and I love the sound of your piano too. Or should I say tooned? You are right, Over the Rainbow is definitely one of the nicest arrangements of the Alfred series, and a lot trickier to play than it appears. And you snuck in some improvisations too, you sly devil Ok, I managed to not mention the hat. Should I mention the hat? Naaahhhh.... But oooh, that HAT!
rach3master wow!!! I love this performance!! And your piano sounds glorious!
Did you buy the sheet music online? I think I might need to buy it too… 
Musicnotes?
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Nightowl Frankie and Johnnie
The left hand pattern is quite tricky, and swung - making it twice as tricky. And on top of that there are chord changes, meaning you have to move your left hand to a new position while the right hand keeps playing. It costs me always a ton of time to learn a new left hand pattern to have my senses free for the right hand melody (luckily I can re-use my left hand over and over again). You did it right on the spot for a not so beginner-ish piece. Bravo. And I must also say, you are getting better and better - each recital you raised you personal bar. Can't wait to hear you at your next recital in 3 months. (And of course earlier, if you want to show you progress in another thread 
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Btw - about you and your blues aversion:
One thing I want to address in a supporting way, is the way your hands look. For me it seems they are a bit cramped. The palm is sitting low and starting from the knuckles your fingers are bending up. Both the fingers that are pressing a key as the fingers which are resting. Especially the resting fingers should be very relaxaxed without tension, or the need to bend them up. Iternabe had a similar issue and started a thread (this one). In my opinion, your issue is even more pronounced. I don't want to spoil the recital thread, but encourage you to start an own thread to get tips from our better players, their opinions are more profound than mine.
Peyton A Dream of Far Away (part two) by Peyton
Playing the entire band with help of whatever you used to add more instruments. Very impressive an also felicitous. I was always (and still am) a big fan of your storytelling, "Mark Knopfler-as-pianist"-like compositions. But you impressed me again with a totally different style, your eastern. Thank you for sharing, you are setting the bar for the recitals very high.
keff Summertime, originally from Porgy and Bess by G. Gershwin et al., jazz arr. from Brent Edstrom.
Oh yes, this one has a nice jazzy feel under the hood. The left hand alone sounds quite tricky because the syncopated rhythm. Not to mention the right hand. You played this one very well without a single mistake. For a 3 minute piece this is very impressive!
iternabe Malagueña (Traditional Spanish folk dance theme, arranged by Faber)
You hit the mark of this dance to the point. Listening to your interpretation I literally see spanish people, dressed as Toreros, playing guitars. (Don't know if this makes any sense, but it is what I see.) You played it really flawless, maybe someone at Faber company puts a link to your version as reference.
A few more randomly:
Animisha — To a Wild Rose
That is an adorable piece, Animisha. I agree that some pieces are so much more pleasant to practise than others... well we talked about that often enough Thanks for your sweet, delicate performance!
Sophia & @rsl12 — Just a "Good Old Tune"
Normally I don't comment on my own pieces, but of course now I have a reason to It was super great fun to work with someone else! It was the first time for me to play a duet this way. It was such a surprise when I received his video that he didn't only sing, but also added a melodica improvisation to the mix! Thanks for agreeing to do this with me, @rsl12! Tell your daughter it was a commission well spent - I just hope you don't squander it all at once.
Player1 — Legend of Madrid
That was lovely Player1. Despite you not having been able to practice a lot, I'm still seeing a huge amount of progress between this and your previous pieces. I loved how the mood changes around the 30s mark from light and fluffy to dark and intense... you caught that moment so well and led up to it by dramatically slowing down just beforehand. Even the page turning was done with flair. 
And then back to the main theme in the same manner. Very nicely played and I am glad you submitted it after all!
Calavera — Antipyretic
A very spirited performance! Sound quality is very good too, clear and crisp. What you call a "shorter piece" is still longer than anything I have ever learned ^_^ Well played and I agree, the title is very whimsical and fun.
Ha ha! Oh - my - gosh! Everything about that is brilliant. The idea, the piece, your playing and rsl singing and accompanying. Ok, I knew rsl can sing very good, but I never expected he takes from his 12yr old daughter the melodica, together with the $5. You are a bad dad! Ok, your performance is worth the $5, maybe even more, but the melodica?!? How dare you!
And Sophia, your playing was so flawless, so melodic and free of any mistakes. All this on a three minute piece. With a quite complicated left hand. Actually a mild ragtime left hand, to be honest. You improved a lot! Now I know why you had been a bit silent in the blues&blues&more_blues-thread. No, you must have put some effort into this one to get a video that let this piece seem playable so effortless! Big big respect to you (and bad-dad rsl^^).
Btw: sorry rsl, after Sophia's announcement I thought you'd be a stick or something that runs on batteries. Glad it was you! 
navindra — Over The Rainbow
It really is a very nice arrangement, and you do it justice with your excellent playing, so smooth and gentle. Lovely!
rach3master Call of Silence: Attack on Titan OST / Hiroyuki Sawano
Very thoughtful and calm. And beautiful. Your playing is just perfect, I can't image how this one can be improved any further. You can take this one as it is, and use for the anime series as soundtrack. Kudos to your performance and thank you for sharing this marvel!
ShiroKuro - Wow @ShiroKuro what a beautiful piece, masterfully played! I was completely mesmerised by your performance!
And... a few more, last batch for today.
rogerch — Flutter
So very pretty and gentle! It just flows and I would not have guessed this was improvised if you hadn't explicitly mentioned it. You could fill any hotel with pretty music all day long and it would be a hotel I would spend a lot of time at
iternabe — Malagueña
Ole! Very nice and I can see a huge improvement in your technique, iternabe. It makes me jealous not having a teacher because it does make a very obvious difference in your playing. Lovely piece!
WieWaldi — Frisco Blues
Oooh another lovely piece... you are right. All those arrangements are beautiful, with so many very interesting little details and just a pleasure to listen to (and watched, if played by the famous WieWaldi). It is also apparent that Christian has a very distinct "voice" in how he arranges music, and you capture it well. It's also such a pleasure to watch you make progress.... In the past you sometimes had to catch up a little with the ding tock tock tock drummer, but you don't need it anymore. I think the last time I said your timing is becoming rock solid - now I can change that into it IS rock solid. Plus of course your playing is getting more and more intricate. Of course you are my hero, always 5 steps ahead of me
SalmonJack — Just Mist
Wow, composed and performed to perfection! It was fun reading along with the notes, and then the other one with the pretty imagery. Nice harmonies, and it flowed really beautifully.
plop_symphony A Hermit Crab Surfing by Akira Miyoshi
I never tried to play something with crossed hand. If you do it, you make it look easy. Very well played. This piece has a very pronounced swing rhythm, I like it.
Player1 Legend of Madrid by Nancy Faber
I think you improved a lot with this piece. I am talking especially about your sense for the rhythm and timing. I think the notes after the page-turn are expected to be played sharper, louder, more staccato. That's it. Still, all in all you create a nice impression of a Zorro feeling with that piece. Well done!
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MarieJ I Giorni by Ludovico Einaudi
Can't give any constructive feedback, so I'd be better quiet or I tell how lovely you played this Einaudi. In my opinion this sounds very much like the original, you imitate his playing style very well. And the length of this one without any mistake is very impressive, too. Also kudos to your very artisitic video editing. Amazing! It is nice to see how far self learners can get, givin me hope!
Oh - one constructive technical feedback: Please hold the last note longer. Way longer, let it ring out until your piano is silent from alone. Or pedal it. You can cut down the total time a little bit with video editing software and do a fade out when the tone is already faint.
hebele Minuet in G by Christian Petzold.
You saved my day - at least ONE played a beginner Minuet. Thank you. Joking aside, this one was very solid. I don't know if playing those thrills that early is wasting time or not, but let's face it: One day you must learn them. Later this will take less time for sure, but this is the case with everything. Actually, I am happy you played the trills, as they sound georgeous. The entire piece sounds georgeous. Big respect to a 1yr self learner!