PianoTell Recital #4 — Meta Feedback

navindra

Update 3: 15 May 2025

PianoTell Recital #4 is now live!

Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread.

Meta feedback on the recitals can be shared here if desired. 🙂

Update 2: 30 April 2025

The recital is now open for submissions!

Who's going to be the first to submit? 🙂

Simply go to the above link to submit, the discussion here is for any other questions or comments or updates.

The recital goes live on 15 May 2025.

Update 1: 15 April 2025

PianoTell Recital #4 opens for submissions a mere 2 weeks from now!

What better way to celebrate PianoTell's (almost) first birthday than participate in Recital #4?! Check out Recital #3, Recital #2, and Recital #1, for an idea of the recital format.

Why participate in regular recitals? This is an opportunity to share your music if you are a seasoned player, showcase your progress milestone by milestone if you're an active learner, stay motivated and on track, or simply contribute to the community fun! This is what it's all about.

Everyone is welcome and what you submit is up to you.

We will open for submissions on 30 April 2025 (ish) and the recital will go live on 15 May 2025.

The recital format will be the similar to last time. See below for details!

Submission

Template

**Performer:** Name or Alias + Location + Experience
**Piece:** Title + Composer
**Comment Policy:** Feedback type desired (see below)

Put the link to your performance here (see below for details).

**Source of music:** ...
**Instrument:** ...
**Recording method:** ...
**Additional info:** Tell your story or share any interesting details related to your performance!

You may use the following template to specify the Comment Policy:

No Comments Please!
Positive comments only (no criticism or suggestions for improvement please).
Positive comments and suggestions for improvement (no direct criticism please).
All comments; anything goes!

Link To Your Performance:

If you have a video, that's great! Otherwise, audio-only is fine.
Upload your performance to YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, SoundCloud, or Google Drive.
- Your media may be public or unlisted but private will not work.
- The direct link needs to be posted so that the performance is embedded on PT.
Dropbox option: If hosting your performance using YouTube or other service is not possible, then we will provide an upload option.

Submitters are requested to keep their performances up for at least a period of 30 days and as long as possible after that.

Do you want to host your performance elsewhere? Please let me know so that it can be tested.

Example

I hope Marc Martel doesn't mind that I used his video purely for illustrative purposes with some fictional details.

**Performer:** Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
**Piece:** Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
**Comment Policy:** Critical Comments: Anything goes!

https://youtu.be/QkCxE2Lh458

**Source of music:** My buddy Freddie lent me the pages of his original composition.
**Instrument:** Yamaha AvantGrand N3X with Pianoteq.
**Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones.
**Additional info:** Yes, this *was* my first take, but I worked really hard to learn that middle section!

Performer: Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
Piece: Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes!

Source of music: My buddy Freddie lent me the pages of his original composition.
Instrument: Yamaha AvantGrand N3X with Pianoteq.
Recording method: iPhone X with large condenser microphones.
Additional info: Yes, this was my first take, but I worked really hard to learn that middle section!

What's Next?

Are you participating?

Feel free to pledge to perform a piece in the comments below.

Then — practice, practice, practice!

This is an archive of the original submission instructions

PianoTell Recital #4 is now open for submissions!

What better way to celebrate PianoTell's (almost) first birthday than participate in Recital #4?!

The PianoTell recital is an opportunity to share your music if you are a seasoned player, showcase your progress milestone by milestone if you're an active learner, stay motivated and on track, or simply contribute to the community fun!

Check out Recital #3, Recital #2, or Recital #1, for an idea of what this is all about.

Everyone is welcome and what you submit is up to you.

For questions or comments or updates on the recital, please go here instead.

Submit your performance now!

To submit your performance, simply reply to this post, copy/paste the following template, update your details, and post the reply here.

If you don't yet have an account on PianoTell, the sign up process is very easy and completely free. Just look for "Sign Up" at the top of the site.

Your submission will only be visible to yourself and the recital coordinator until the recital goes live on 15 May 2025.

You can look at PianoTell Recital #3 to get an idea of what the recital will look like when it goes live.

Template

**Performer:** Name or Alias + Location + Experience
**Piece:** Title + Composer
**Comment Policy:** Feedback type desired (see below)

Put the link to your performance here (see below for details).

**Source of music:** ...
**Instrument:** ...
**Recording method:** ...
**Additional info:** Tell your story or share any interesting details related to your performance!

You may use the following template to specify the Comment Policy:

No Comments Please!
Positive comments only (no criticism or suggestions for improvement please).
Positive comments and suggestions for improvement (no direct criticism please).
All comments; anything goes!

Link To Your Performance:

If you have a video, that's great! Otherwise, audio-only is fine.
Upload your performance to YouTube, Vimeo, Rumble, SoundCloud, or Google Drive.
- Your media may be public or unlisted but private will not work.
- The direct link needs to be posted so that the performance is embedded on PT.
Ask for help!
Dropbox option: If hosting your performance using YouTube or other service is not possible, then you may submit your audio (e.g. MP3) or video file (e.g. MP4) here instead. In your recital submission, you can just say you uploaded your performance to Dropbox.

Submitters are requested to keep their performances up for at least a period of 30 days and as long as possible after that.

Do you want to host your performance elsewhere? Please let me know so that it can be tested.

Example

I hope Marc Martel doesn't mind that I used his video purely for illustrative purposes with some fictional details.

**Performer:** Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
**Piece:** Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
**Comment Policy:** Critical Comments: Anything goes!

https://youtu.be/QkCxE2Lh458

**Source of music:** My buddy Freddie lent me the pages of his original composition.
**Instrument:** Yamaha AvantGrand N3X with Pianoteq.
**Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones.
**Additional info:** Yes, this *was* my first take, but I worked really hard to learn that middle section!

Performer: Marc Martel from Canada. I've been playing since 1980!
Piece: Bohemian Rhapsody from A Night at the Opera by Queen.
Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes!

Have fun!

ShiroKuro

Ok, here's my pledge! I will submit Hana-Bi for this recital!!!

navindra

Less than a week left until Recital #4 opens up for submissions!

I'm going to fall back to Alfred's for this one, but no way I'm missing a recital.

Consider this part of my PACT. 😃

Sophia

Nice! My piece is from Alfred as well, as a thank you and goodbye gesture 😊

rsl12

Ahhh you are going to do the toccata? I've got the opening lyrics!

Welcome toooooo the last piece in Aaaaalfreeeed
I love Baaaaach it's so much fuuuuuun

Sophia

Hahaha nooooooo way! Heck no! Never! Ok maybe not never, but, yeah. Never 😄

It’s a little similar to Good Old Tune but alas, no cute lyrics, no adorable singer… 😩

Nightowl

I've been working on a tricky piece for a few weeks, but I'm not confident I'll have it ready for the recital, so I'm also working on an easier piece which might be manageable. I have a love/hate relationship with recitals - it's stressful trying to play anything well enough for a decent recording, and it's never perfect, but it forces me to try to improve my skills as the red button reveals all my weak points. So, mixed feelings about the process but I'll try to get something submitted.

Sophia

Exactly the same here @Nightowl! I find it easer on the nerve to prepare early... in fact I recorded my recital piece three weeks ago. Mine is not perfect either, but _v points to temporary sig _v as long as there is no complete massacre involved, it'll have to do 😁 Recording in advance has definitely proven a huge nerve soother, I can thank @Player1 for the idea. As usual, I just nicked it 😋

Player1

Sophia

I'm eagerly waiting for this recital but doubt I'll have anything to submit. Pasacaglia isn't anywhere close and won't be for a long time. I'm just starting on the second phrase which will only finish the first of 5 pages.

I'm also working on Reflections, by Dennis Alexander (because the finger movements are very similar to Pasacaglia) but I still can't sit and practice for long. I can play the first of 2 pages (very poorly) so I might have it ready before the end of the submissions period mid-month. Don't count on it, I'm going into a down cycle physically and that makes it harder to practice. (I might have to have another surgical procedure this summer, which will make 4 in a year and a half. I don't know yet if I will or not. Oh joy.)

I still haven't done more than peek inside Faber.

So steal away, I'm glad someone can use the idea. Just don't forget to pay your royalties. (I accept chocolate doubloons, pieces of eight, candy corn, and candy bars, but not CC's, checks, MO's, or saltwater taffy.)

twocats

I don't think I'll be able to participate this time, maybe next time!

Y'all have fun!! 🙂

Sophia

@twocats I was going to put a "like" on that post, but then I realized it might give the impression that I like the fact you're not participating 😂 Hopefully next time!

twocats

Sophia I was going to put a "like" on that post, but then I realized it might give the impression that I like the fact you're not participating 😂

I would have understood it as an "acknowledgement like" 😉

Sophia Hopefully next time!

Yes, hopefully! 🙂

Sophia

Player1 Just don't forget to pay your royalties.

Never! Chocolate it is. And flowers. You didn't mention flowers, but they are gratuitous. Here you go!

hebele

I've managed to get a recording for it today. The recording itself is crude. The piece is short and my playing is not anywhere near perfect. But it is mine and it will do. Now I can reclaim my practice time for other things.

Happy happy, joy joy!

navindra

The recital opens for submissions this week! There's still time to press that red button. 🔴🎥

ShiroKuro

navindra The recital opens for submissions this week

BTW my goal is to be one of the last people to upload because I want to do Hana-Bi and it’s not ready.

Ironically, autocorrect changed “ready” to “easy” just now… it’s not wrong! 😆

TLH21

Ach, logging on for the first time in what seems like months and I and still without a recording, or a viable way of getting something ready to record by the deadline. I'll be sitting out once again.

ShiroKuro

TLH21 you might consider submitting a portion of a piece? Or a truly in-progress recording, rather than a polished recording?
Just a suggestion, no pressure!

TLH21

ShiroKuro In the time available I could perhaps resurrect a beginner piece, but I probably wouldn't get much benefit from that. I'll ponder the works in progress suggestion - some of the ragtime stuff is pretty brutal though, until it is played at a reasonable tempo.

navindra

ShiroKuro Hah! I always manage to creep in last, not just because I publish the recital, but because I'm soooo behind. My recording has to be done on May 11th because that's the last Sunday before the recital goes live, and no way I'm recording on a work day... but I can certainly push creating and uploading the video till the last minute. 🤣

Sam That's like a dream of mine! I can't wait to see it!

Schubertian2 Sorry, on work days I'm slow and so I can't promise an exact time for when things will be ready. I will get everything lined up and open up for submissions by tonight!

ShiroKuro

TLH21 tempo is always a killer isn’t it!