PianoTell Recital #7 — Meta Feedback

navindra · 2026-01-16T03:19:03+00:00

Update 3: 15 February 2026 PianoTell Recital #7 is now live! Please comment on the performances directly on the recital thread. iternabe — Invention No. 6 in E Major, BWV 777, by J.S. Bach Sophia — The Windmills of Your Mind by Michel Legrand Nightowl — Moonlight Sonata by Beethoven Peyton — I'm Going to Miss Me When I'm Gone by Peyton keff — Take Five by Paul Desmond KevinM — Erster Verlust (First Loss) Op. 68.16 by Robert Schumann rogerch — Mystery by rogerch pianocat — Ave Maria by Gounod & Bach arr. by Tolga Karaca Player1 — Passacaglia by Handel/Halverson WieWaldi — Blueberry Hill by Vincent Rose Opal — Etude Op 76 No. 2 in A minor by Sibelius MarieJ — Piano Sonata op.27-2 ‘Moonlight’ 1st mov. by Ludwig van Beethoven lilypad — The Rainbow Connection by Paul Williams & Kenneth L. Ascher plop_symphony — Waltz in A minor, B. 150, by Frédéric Chopin rsl12 — A Tune for Howard to Improvise Upon by Billy Taylor ShiroKuro — Song for Gavin by Ludovico Einaudi Cratersmash — The Lark by Mikhail Glinka & Mily Balakirev rach3master — Piano Concerto No. 1, Movement 2, by Sergei Rachmaninoff Pathbreaker — Arabesque No. 1 by Claude Debussy navindra — Laura by David Raksin & Johnny Mercer Meta feedback on the recitals can be shared here if desired. 🙂 Update 2: 31 January 2026 The recital is now open for submissions! Who's ready to submit? 🏹 Update 1: 15 January 2026 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. For inspiration and a general idea of the recital format, just take a look at past Quarterly Recitals: PianoTell Recital #6 PianoTell Recital #5 PianoTell Recital #4 PianoTell Recital #3 PianoTell Recital #2 PianoTell Recital #1 Everyone is welcome and what you submit is up to you. We will open for submissions on 31 January 2026 (ish) and the recital will go live on 15 February 2026. 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! if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } 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 Norah Jones doesn't mind that I used her video purely for illustrative purposes with some fictional details. **Performer:** Norah Jones from New York, USA. I've been playing piano on and off since I was a kid! **Piece:** Don't Know Why by Jesse Harris **Comment Policy:** Critical Comments: Anything goes! https://youtu.be/tlriGKmxrQ4 **Source of music:** I learned this by ear. **Instrument:** Kimball spinet **Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones. **Additional info:** I've always loved this song by my friend Jesse. It's all about missed connections and I totally connect with that. This is one of those songs where the pauses mean everything. Thanks for listening! if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } Performer: Norah Jones from New York, USA. I've been playing piano on and off since I was a kid! Piece: Don't Know Why by Jesse Harris Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes! Source of music: I learned this by ear. Instrument: Kimball spinet Recording method: iPhone X with large condenser microphones. Additional info: I've always loved this song by my friend Jesse. It's all about missed connections and I totally connect with that. This is one of those songs where the pauses mean everything. Thanks for listening! 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 recital announcement. 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! One might even argue that performing is truly what it's all about. For inspiration and a general idea of the recital format, just take a look at past Quarterly Recitals: PianoTell Recital #6 PianoTell Recital #5 PianoTell Recital #4 PianoTell Recital #3 PianoTell Recital #2 PianoTell Recital #1 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 coordinators until the recital goes live on 15 February 2026. You can look at PianoTell Recital #6 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! if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } 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 Norah Jones doesn't mind that I used her video purely for illustrative purposes with some fictional details. **Performer:** Norah Jones from New York, USA. I've been playing piano on and off since I was a kid! **Piece:** Don't Know Why by Jesse Harris. **Comment Policy:** Critical Comments: Anything goes! https://youtu.be/tlriGKmxrQ4 **Source of music:** I learned this by ear. **Instrument:** Kimball spinet **Recording method:** iPhone X with large condenser microphones. **Additional info:** I've always loved this song by my friend Jesse. It's all about missed connections and I totally connect with that. This is one of those songs where the pauses mean everything. Thanks for listening! if(window.hljsLoader && !document.currentScript.parentNode.hasAttribute('data-s9e-livepreview-onupdate')) { window.hljsLoader.highlightBlocks(document.currentScript.parentNode); } Performer: Norah Jones from New York, USA. I've been playing piano on and off since I was a kid! Piece: Don't Know Why by Jesse Harris. Comment Policy: Critical Comments: Anything goes! Source of music: I learned this by ear. Instrument: Kimball spinet Recording method: iPhone X with large condenser microphones. Additional info: I've always loved this song by my friend Jesse. It's all about missed connections and I totally connect with that. This is one of those songs where the pauses mean everything. Thanks for listening! Have fun!

Nightowl

WieWaldi Ah, but when you calculate the percentage of members taking part in the recitals, it's a different story. On this forum there are 395 members. On Pianoworld there are more than 115,000 members. Which means that on this forum roughly 5% of the members participated, while over on PW roughly 0.002% took part. So, PT punches above its weight! 😃

Player1

Nightowl

sigh

I was told there wasn't going to be any math...

ShiroKuro

Player1 I was told there wasn't going to be any math...

🤣

Nightowl

Player1 Sophia and I accidentally did this with Musetta's Waltz not too long ago... this is now the 2nd time involving Sophia and someone else playing the same piece. Hmm... Anyone else thinking the same thing I am here? That once is happenstance. Twice is coincidence. Three times is enemy action? 😊

It was not Sophia who played the same piece this time around. I submitted a basic version of Moonlight Sonata and Marie then added her submission of the complete version.

Player1

Nightowl

Ooops, my bad.

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