Questions tagged [piano]
For questions about music written for piano, playing the piano, maintenance of a piano, or other general questions about pianos.
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KD-160 Kohler piano audio outputs not working
at our worship place we have a KD-160, Kohler digital piano, and it currently has an external mic hooked up to our PA system. I want to get it connected straight into our PA system via the output L/...
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What does this notation mean above the staff? [duplicate]
I'm learning piano and music theory. Today I came across this notation - a bracket line spanning across the width of the staff, and a number on the left. Could someone please tell me what it means? ...
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How to open piano for tuning
I am trying to open my piano for tuning, but I am not sure how to do it right.
The fallboard hinges on the upper panel, and weirdly the fallboard is connected to the body.
Here's a picture:
And here ...
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How to identify voice of whole note
I've got a chord of whole notes and have no idea which voice they're in.
There are other chords in the sheet music that I looked at to try to figure out the voice, but this hasn't been conclusive. At ...
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Meaning of a fingering marking
Henle's edition of Isaac Albéniz's Tango has these two bars:
What does the line connecting the two 2s across the bar line mean?
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Meaning of a stem extending to both sides of a notehead
A piano part of a big band arrangement uses notation where chords are marked and stems extend to both sides of noteheads:
My guess is that this is marking the highest note of the chord to play, as ...
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How do I release a piano note sooner when going to the next set of keys? For example, when I play a quarter note I do not release that note quickly [duplicate]
how do I release a piano key quicker and still stay in rhythm? When I play a quarter note followed by a half note, I do not release the quarter note quickly and that causes a delay in playing the next ...
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Is the fingering strange in Saint-Saens piano version (from Liszt) of Danse macabre
In Saint-Saens piano version (from Liszt) of Danse macabre, m. 79,
there is this left hand fingering (that I show in blue)
Is it a good fingering ?
(it looks like 3 2 would be much more natural and ...
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Notes extending for longer than time signature allows for [duplicate]
I can't seem to find an answer for this on the internet, so I'll try asking here. I've come across a measure that lasts for five beats when the time signature is 4/4 and
should only last for four ...
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Lower voice in Chopin's Nocturne Op 9 No 1 not adding up to 6/4 time signature
I wanted to learn Chopin's Nocturne Op 9 No 1. In most cases, the note values add up to the time signature of 6/4. However, in measure 6 of the right hand part, I counted the note values of the lower ...
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Liszt Hungarian Rhapsody 2, unusual markings?
Disclaimer: I'm a musician but not a pianist. My hobby is to study musical scores of other instruments just to learn a little more about them and how they work.
I came across some unusual markings for ...
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Any advice on fingering for stacked eighth notes?
Any advice on right hand fingering for measures 29 and 31 (The eighth note runs), from "Mia and Sebastian's Theme" (Justin Hurwitz) from La La Land?
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Which notes should be played together? - Polyrhythm
I'm very new when it comes to polyrhythms and only know some basic theory about them. However, I'm having a very hard time in identifying which notes should be played together in this section which is ...
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Need help to understand this chord progression
This song should be in a-minor but I'm not sure about key changes in a following passage (starting from f#m7b5 chord). Any help would be appreciated, thanks!
am7 / em7 / am7 / em7 / f#m7b5 / B /
em / ...
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Help me to understand more interesting improv techniques [duplicate]
Question for all, doesn't have to be specific to jazz.
I love to improvise, and I'm definitely not new to it. This is something that I have been doing for many years.
I'm in a bit of a rut at the ...
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Is there a name for the technique of alternating left and right hand in piano?
There is a technique in piano in which one plays a melody by alternating the left and right hand.
A well known example is in Bach's toccata and fugue in D minor, in the toccata part (right after the ...
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What does this notation mean in piano sheet music?
Self-learning piano and came across these measures in Cornelius Gurlitt's Albumleaves for the young, op 101 no. 8 - the fair.
Why would the line go from the treble to the bass when it’s exactly the ...
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Which hands play which notes in this sheet music?
I'm trying to decide if the right hand plays all the noters in the treble Clef and the left just bounces around between single notes, or (since the steps on the chords in the treble clef point down) ...
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How do you play this chord? It's too far apart to play with one hand. (piano)
My left hand is too far down to help, so I can't use it. How would I play it?
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In these measures of Mozart K331, should the hand without grace notes start with the grace notes or the main notes by the other hand?
See image: Is the orange or the green time correspondence the correct way to play? (Does the hand without grace notes begin to play at the same time as the grace notes, or the main notes, by the other ...
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Electric Piano/Synthesizer that Can Play Two Instruments
I am in an office band and have to be able to play two different instruments. We are currently in a rehearsal studio that has an 88-key on the bottom and a synthesizer on top. For example, on "...
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How do the notes on the treble and bass staves here correspond to each other? (Mozart K331 Mvmt 1 Var. V Measure 100)
In this measure 100 of the Variation V of Mozart's K.331, I'm trying to get it right which note on the treble staff is played at the same moment as which note on the bass staff. In the image I drew ...
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Variation on a Waltz by Diabelli - Liszt [closed]
I was looking for a recording of this piece and the top two youtube results are 2 different pieces both with S. 147, what is the actual one? here and here
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What is the difference between a "voice" and a "register" on an accordion?
What is the difference between a "voice" and a "register" on an accordion?
For example the Hohner Bravo III says it has 4 "Standard bass voices" and 3 "Standard bass ...
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Invert open voice chords
when playing open voiced chords, do I still want to invert them so they fit each other? Or isn't open voiced chords as common to invert?
And when I play chords with my right hand, and bass note with ...
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What is the correct way to fade out the end of a piano piece with the sustain pedal?
I am a self-taught piano player which is why I am asking this. When I end a piece I hold the sustain pedal and then gradually lift it to decrease sound until I finally let go. I recently was wondering ...
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Chord change timing in lead sheet with two chords in a bar
Sorry if this has been asked before, but I couldn't find it all. In this example, and in general I wonder. Im not sure I can upload photo of the example due to copyright.
But in this bar there's an A ...
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How to write hendecatuplets (11) and icosiduplets (22) on Noteflight?
I found these icosiduplets and hendecatuplets in Chopin's Nocturne Opus 9 Number 1:
I wanted to use such tuplets in my own music. How to write them in Noteflight?
Thank you!
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How to hear chord progression
Trying to learn chord progressions by ear. Reading from multiple sources to listen for the root and so on.
I tried searching for this question and couldn't get it. But do I actually listen after the ...
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What does l.v. with a dashed line following it mean?
In the image above, I see the l.v. symbol with a dashed line following it.
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When practicing scales, is it fine to learn by reading off a scale book instead of concentrating on my keyboard?
I'm a beginner, and I'm worried about practicing scales in an inefficient way. Is it recommended for the long term, for the sake of internalizing scale structure, that I memorize where the fingers ...
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How can I lift my fingers off each piano key faster and still keep the same tempo when playing songs?
I recently noticed that when I press the piano keys, I do not lift my fingers fast enough off the keys. This causes a "dragging sound". However, I seem to keep the music tempo going. This ...
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How to play the "Ped" symbol when there's no corresponding release symbol
I know what this symbol means, but I would like to know if I have to press the pedal as soon as I see the symbol and keep pressing it until I see the another "Ped", and then repeat.
I don't ...
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How should I count a quintuplet over an eighth note? [duplicate]
I'm in the process of learning Wedding Day at Troldhaugen, and in measure 49 and beyond there are several instances of quintuplets over eighth notes. For example:
I'm not quite sure how to count ...
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Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st movement): How to play tremolo together with a 3-note chord? at Bar 313-314, Bar 319-320
Looking into the Rachmaninoff - Piano Concerto No. 2 (1st movement) solo piano (arranged by LotusFlower, see the YouTube video,
there are those 3 horizontal bars known as Tremolo at 7:00 and at 9:23. ...
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What is this harmony in this pokemon battle theme?
Fair warning: I'm more-or-less a complete neophyte when it comes to music theory.
I Bede's theme from Pokemon Sword/Shield, there's a piano riffing in a descending manner in the harmony in a really ...
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How do you play dotted eighth notes in bar 35 with bass clef?
This piece is called Hotel California.
This is the link
EDIT: sorry for the unclear explanation; I meant the dotted eighth notes at bar 35.
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What are Rachmaninoff's most difficult chords for the right and left hand?
Context: My teacher and I were playing some AI generated music which included some chords that were quite difficult if not impossible to play. We started speculating about what are the most difficult ...
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Problem in hiding empty staves
Could anyone know a possible solution for sorting out this hiding empty stave problem?
(P.S) I'm using join multiple measure option, so does that make any problem for hiding?
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Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude): tension-ful chord progression in bar 9, 10, 11
I am trying to digest the Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) chord progression in bar 9, 10, 11 with the full of tensions.
Three related sub-questions.
In both the Zoltán Gárdonyi (1906–1986) ...
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What does a vertical square bracket and number indicate on a piano score? [duplicate]
Does it indicate to play the A# and C# with the same finger (a horizontal style thumb?). I’m not sure that’s possible!
Does the notation have a name?
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Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude): Top voices on ascending fifth, descending second, descending second
I wanted to follow up to analyze the top voice on the right hand of the Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude).
Here are my (related) questions:
Is the red box note a B-flat or B? (It looks that ...
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Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) -- chord progression along the Arpeggio (in the first 4 bars)
Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude)
I am curious to know whether there is a logical reason for the "chord progression" of the Arpeggio for Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude).
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Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) -- Piano zu 7 Oktaven -- which order to play?
In Franz Liszt Transcendental Étude No.1 (Prelude) --
There is something saying "Piano zu 7 Oktaven" --
my question:
Which is the ordering to play these bars?
Am I understanding correctly ...
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accidentals of the treble and bass clef
I don't understand why we have to write the key signature on the bass line?
It's already precise on the treble line, so we already know the tonality of the piece.
What's more, is it possible in this ...
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How do scales actually help a person play in a different key?
I've recently started the piano, and I want to learn all my scales so I know them, but I just can't seem to grasp how these scales actually help when I have a different key signature, sure I know the ...
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What does this notation mean in piano music? [closed]
All I've been able to find is that it is a up bow marking for string instruments and have no clue what it means for piano.
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Why does the author play C and E on this sheet music?
Looking at this sheet music, I would have played E and G but he plays C and E. Is there something I don't understand?
Thanks
Reference :
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How should I finger this on piano?
I am an experienced composer with moderate piano skill. I've only taken a handful of piano lessons. My limited piano skills usually suffice to get me through playing what I need to as I compose. A ...
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