Those of you who pound away at the piano everyday practicing hard, do you think a digital piano can withstand that?
Question: Those of you who pound away at the piano everyday practicing hard, do you think a digital piano can withstand that? My mom is giving me our 17 year old acoustic piano when I move out...but it's not practical to take to an apartment. Although I'll miss the sound and feel of an accousti ...
- Piano tuning
Question: Can anybody pls explain briefly how a piano is tuned ? 1. What's the base reference note ? is it A in the space of 440 Hz (like violin) ? How many tuning fork(s) is/are used ? 2. I understand that it is tuned in cycles of 5th, and Octave. How to tune other notes then ? 3. I assume pia ...
tagged: Piano Tuning- What should I expect from Piano Tuning?
Question: Last Monday my Yamaha U3 was tuned for the first time since it was delivered about 6 weeks ago. When I purchased the piano, two free tunings were included, and this was the first one. The piano tuner spent about 2 hours tuning the piano and after he left the piano sounded fantastic. T ...
tagged: Piano Tuner- any helpful info for beginning piano? (trumpet player)
Question: i've been playing trumpet for quite a few years, and i'm trying to get a quick start on piano before college. every college or conservatory i've been to has recommended learning some piano before entering the school. i am currently taking lessons from a great pianist/composer, but asi ...
tagged: Piano Trumpet- A work with three instruments (e.g., three violins) and piano - is this a piano trio or a piano quartet?
Question: A work with three instruments (e.g., three violins) and piano - is this a piano trio or a piano quartet? I'm thinking it's a piano trio? Answer: It's neither. Piano trio is violin, violoncello, and piano. Piano quartet is string trio (violin, viola, and violoncello) and piano. What yo ...
tagged: Piano Trio- Does anyone know if a piano transcription of this work exists?
Question: I am interested in purchasing Bartok piano transcriptions (Marco Polo). I am not too familiar with his (Bartok's) transcriptions of baroque music. How well do they work? How good are the performances? Worth buying? Also, there is a common band arrangement of a Frescobaldi toccata (I b ...
tagged: Piano Transcription- Are there any piano transcriptions of Wagner's operas besides Liszt's attempt?
Question: Are there any piano transcriptions of Wagner's operas besides Liszt's attempt? In particular, Im looking for piano transcriptions of the Ring Cycle, but Liszt only did Valhalla. Are there others? Answer: Although you asked for a piano transcription of the Ring, I suspect that you were ...
tagged: Piano Transcriptions- Can anyone direct me to Elton John's, Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player album torrent?
Question: Can anyone direct me to Elton John's, Don't shoot me I'm only the piano player album torrent? Answer: Sure can! (0) Connect to internet (1) Can't find it on a BitTorrent site? Then .... (2) Open another Peer-to-Peer (filesharing) program (3) Find 'Search' facility in program (4) (a) T ...
tagged: Piano Torrent- Does anyone know the name of the piano theme that is played during meet my folks when the intensity of the show begins to mount up?
Question: Does anyone know the name of the piano theme that is played during meet my folks when the intensity of the show begins to mount up? Its a short piece played intermittently throughout. Answer: Credits say original music by Jay Stewart. I seem to recall he did music for other Seven seri ...
tagged: Piano Theme- Isn't there a company who is claiming that their software (which uses midi and runs on DOS) blows everything else away for teaching piano?
Question: i've seen some discussions on piano teaching software. Some mentioned the Miracle, which offers a complete course with their keyboard. Does Software Toolworks (Miracle) offer a DOS version for use (over midi presumably) with other keyboards? Is there any other software available that ...
tagged: Piano Teaching- Long Distance Piano Lessons By Phone?
Question: I am intrigued by the idea of engaging the services of a piano teacher who is on the West Coast while I am back East, the reason being that I don't have a good cocktail lounge piano teacher in my area. I've reached the end of my self-teaching journey, having purchased just about every ...
tagged: Piano Teacher- Can you recommend a Piano Teacher in Arlington, MA?
Question: I took a few (3-4) piano lessons 20-odd years ago (I'm 42 now), didn't have a piano of my own, so I dropped it. Last year, I acquired an old piano and got out my old books. I've been teaching myself (Bastien older beginner) and have made pretty good progress so far, but now I want to ...
tagged: Piano Teachers- Can anyone recomend any piano tab sites and explaine how to read piano tab if it exists?
Question: Is there such a thing as piano tab? as i want to play piano but have no interest in learning to read music. i already play guitar and learn most songs via tab and was hopeing i could do the same with piano Can anyone recomend any piano tab sites and explaine how to read piano tab if i ...
tagged: Piano Tab- When can i find piano tabs for love story theme?
Question: I'm looking for piano tabs for love story theme When can i find it? Answer: Here's an example of a musical term coming full circle. Tabs, as in Tablature. Would you even recognize medieval lute notation as sheet music? :-) Yeah, I know, you're looking for guitar music that you can use ...
tagged: Piano Tabs- Where can I find some Beatles Piano Tablature?
Question: Where can I find some Beatles Piano Tablature? Answer: There is an excellent book of Beatles piano transcriptions published by Hal-Leonard. It's called The Beatles Book. They also have authentic piano transcriptions for Billy Joel and Elton, for what it's worth.
tagged: Piano Tablature- Is there someone who managed to gather piano, synth, moog chords to blur songs on the net ?
Question: Is there someone who managed to gather piano, synth, moog chords to blur songs on the net ? Can anyone play the moog part in Coping ? I'm too lazy these days (and probably wouldn't be able) to figure it by myself... Answer: Not free, but http://www.sheetmusicplus.com lists Blur - Blur ...
tagged: Piano Synth- Can a Piano / Synthesizer Amplified Through Studio Monitors?
Question: I just picked up a used Yamaha digital piano/synthesizer from a friend of mine who no longer used it. It needs an amp, though -- and all I have is a half decent mixer with some good Behringer B2301A studio monitors. Can I use this setup to play this piano through instead of getting a ...
tagged: Piano Synthesizer- I've been wondering, has anyone orchestrated the piano symphony (op. 39 nos. 4-7) of Charles Alkan?
Question: I've been wondering, has anyone orchestrated the piano symphony (op. 39 nos. 4-7) of Charles Alkan? The second subject of the first movement, for instance, would go wonderfully on the winds at its first appearance (and of course we'd have to assume Alkan would put it in the strings on ...
tagged: Piano Symphony- Is kurzweil the best fake piano?
Question: We had this kurzweil k2500xs and sold it in going over to the software sampler. And we took the kurzweil pianos for granted. So is there is piano sample I can load into an emagic exs24 that will come close to those supple kurzweil modules? Even the kurzweil's standard piano program wa ...
tagged: Pianos- What experience have any of you had with storing a grand piano?
Question: What experience have any of you had with storing a grand piano? Would I choose a van and storage kind of place or are there piano storage companies that specialize in just that? I live in Woodland, near Sacramento, Calif. Thanks in advance for any info Answer: I'd suggest three things ...
tagged: Piano Storage
